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Editor's Note: This is the final installment of a three-part series featuring Dennis Sackmann

RITZVILLE - It didn't take long for word to spread. Dennis Sackmann, a.k.a. "MacGyver," had been laid off by the new manager at the grange supply store. He was available.

"By that afternoon, I had received two or three phone calls offering me employment elsewhere," he said.

One offer came from Mitch Hille, who ran the local Chevrolet dealership. Hille needed a service manager.

Sackmann worked there for about a year until his brother-in-law, Scott Fitch, offered him a job as the store manager at...