369th Drycleaning Class Graduates

LAUREL, Md. — In news that it titles Drycleaning & Laundry Institute (DLI) Graduates Return to the Workplace, both the Introduction to Drycleaning and Advanced Drycleaning's 369th classes were completed earlier this spring, reports DLI.

“We’re celebrating 90 years,” says Harry Kimmel, communications director for the Institute.

“DLI’s school of drycleaning technology began operations in 1927. The Institute has offered courses every year since, except for a brief interruption during World War II,” he notes.

The Institute writes: These courses cover the drycleaning process, stain removal, finishing, materials safety, and management. Students spent about half the time actually working with spotting boards, finishing equipment, and cleaning machines, and the other half in the classroom.

DLI also held a special post-Clean Show 2017 Introduction to Drycleaning course in mid-June. “DLI exists to help dry cleaners succeed,” it relates.

The spring 2017 Drycleaning & Laundry Institute (DLI) Introduction to Drycleaning graduating class. Note: This is the 369th class in a 90-year history at DLI.Front row (from left): Brian Johnson, Drycleaning & Laundry Institute (DLI) director of education & analysis; Wendy Jaglowski, Gate City Cleaners, Pocatello, Idaho; Rose Dill, Just Shirts Drycleaners, Hamilton, Bermuda; Marie-Eve Bedard, Les Ateliers Bedard, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada; Deborah Sifontes, Cleaners, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.; Sonia Iraheta, Flair Cleaners, Studio City, Calif.; David Ahn, J’s Tailors and Cleaners, Dallas, Texas; Michelle Steffanic, Progress Cleaners, Pine Grove, Pa.Middle row (from left): Brian Gordon, Durham Cleaners & Launderers, Durham, N.C.; Daniel Paulo, Alterations By Lucy and Crisp & Clean Dry Cleaning and More LLC, Palm Coast, Fla.; Skylar Brown, The Black Tux, Gardena, Calif.; Jordan Chan-Mendez, Milwaukie Cleaners, Milwaukie, Ore.; Werner Husemann, Comercial Paquete SA de CV, San Pedro Garza Garcia, N., Mexico; Alycia Shawley, Murrysville Cleaners, Murrysville, Pa.; Andre Yarrell, Lyerly’s Cleaners, Mount Pleasant, S.C.Back row (from left): Jared Adrian, American Dry Cleaners, Morgantown, W.V.; Trent Repokis, Elegant Cleaners, Atlanta, Ga.; Shelly Anderson, Regency Cleaners, Tyler, Texas; Brad Houchin, Chickasaw Laundry Services, Ardmore, Okla.; Carlos Castillo, Bethesda Dry Cleaners, dba Dry Clean Club, Bethesda, Md.; Jon Sifontes, Cleaners, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.. (Photo: DLI)

The spring 2017 DLI graduating class of Advanced Drycleaning, the 369th class in a 90-year history at DLI, dating back to 1927.Front row (from left): Marie-Eve Bedard, Les Ateliers Bedard, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada; Maricela Donado-Sandoval, Puritan Cleaners, Richmond, Va.; Miriam Bedoya, Puritan Cleaners, Richmond, Va.; Minh Pham, Marion Dry Cleaners, Seacombe Gardens, South Australia, Australia; David Ahn, J’s Tailors and Cleaners, Dallas, Texas; Mark Hatch, French Cleaners, W. Hartford, Conn.Back Row, (from left): Skylar Brown, The Black Tux, Gardena, Calif.; Joel Akonedo, Clean Ace Drycleaners, Lagos, Nigeria; Jordan Chan-Mendez, Milwaukie Cleaners, Milwaukie, Ore.; Alycia Shawley, Murrysville Cleaners, Murrysville, Pa.; Carlos Castillo, Bethesda Dry Cleaners, dba Dry Clean Club, Bethesda, Md.; Brian Johnson, DLI director of education & analysis. (Photo: DLI)

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