May-June 2018

31 Students Complete DLI’s 372nd Drycleaning Course

 Seventeen students from around the U.S. and the world studied at the Drycleaning & Laundry Institute’s School of Drycleaning Technology’s 372ndIntroduction to Drycleaning course, February 26-March 2. Fourteen more attended the ten-day Advanced Drycleaning Course, March 5-16.

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372nd Introduction to Drycleaning Course
February 26 – March 2, 2018
Front row from left to right: Brian Johnson, DLI Director of Education and Analysis; Melanie Cataffo, Cataffo Ventures, Inc., Castle Rock, CO; Jane Sturdivant, Crystal Cleaners, Advance, NC;  Madeline Orozco, Ultra One Day Cleaners, Glendale, AZ; Carol Person, Impress Cleaners, Richmond, VA; Caisa Figueiredo, Lavecia, Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL;  April Jordan, Impress Cleaners, Richmond, VA.
Middle row (l-r): Abedelal Ajaj, Atlantis Laundry, Doha, QATAR; Mohammad Zalmai, Thompson Tailors, Kamloops, BC, CANADA; Brianna Kain, Donaldson 1 Hour Cleaners, Neenah, WI; Alecia Wiggins, Davis Dry Cleaning, Summerville, SC; Ellen Martinez, Champion Cleaners, Woburn, MA; Chetan Bhalani, Dryclean Direct, Silver Spring, MD .
Back row (l-r): Adam Cataffo, Cataffo Ventures, Inc., Castle Rock, CO; Dong Jun Choi, K-Bro Linen Systems, Inc., Burnaby, BC, CANADA; Jeanette Poasa Sili, Nette’s DryCleaners, Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA; Bryan Stevens, Harco Co, Mississauga, ON, CANADA; Aaron Sturdivant, Crystal Cleaners, Advance, NC.

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327nd Advanced Drycleaning Course
March 5 – 16, 2018
Front row from left to right: Mohammad Zalmai, Thompson Tailors, Kamloops, BC, CANADA; Jane Sturdivant, Crystal Cleaners, Advance, NC; Citlali Simon, Puritan Cleaners, Richmond, VA .
Middle row (l-r): Brian Johnson, DLI Director of Education and Analysis; Abedelal Ajaj, Atlantis Laundry, Qatar; Caísa Figueiredo, Lavecia, Rio de Janeiro,  BRAZIL; Eva Santos-Portillo, Puritan Cleaners, Richmond, VA; Jana Anastasopoulos, Medfield Village Cleaners, Medfield, MA.
Back row (l-r): Graystone Hill, Blue Sky Cleaners, Seattle, WA; Aaron Sturdivant, Crystal Cleaners, Advance, NC; Adam Cataffo, Cataffo Ventures, Inc., Castle Rock, CO; Loraine Sexton, Jim Massey Cleaners, Montgomery, AL; Grant Beatty, Murrysville Cleaners, Murrysville, PA; Destinee Brake, City Cleaners, Akron, OH; Jeanette Poasa Sili, Nette’s DryCleaners, Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA.

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Abedelal Ajaj reviews his finishing work with DLI Instructors Jim Groshans and
Jim Kirby.
Class April, Madeline pressing
Madeline Orozco and April Jordan practice their finishing skills. Madeline Orozco received a schoarship from Cleaner’s Supply.
Class Loraine Sexton
Loraine Sexton of Jim Massey Cleaners in Montgomery, Alabama received the Barry McElveen Scholarship from the SouthEastern Fabricare Association.
Class Aaron and Jane Sturdivant
Aaron Sturdivant with Crystal Cleaners in Advance, North Carolina, received the Cleaner’s Supply Scholarship. Jane Sturdivant, also with Crystal Cleaners, received the Sto Fox Scholarship from the North Carolina Association of Launderers and Cleaners.
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Kreussler awarded a scholarship to Graystone Hill (center) of Blue Sky Cleaners in Seattle, Washington for DLI’s spring 2018 drycleaning course. Standing with him are DLI CEO Mary Scalco (left) and Brian Johnson, DLI Director of Education & Analysis.
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DLI Instructor and Chief Analyst Jim Kirby shares tips on finishing
with Adam Cataffo from Cataffo Ventures, Inc., Castle Rock, CO.
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From left to right: Brian and Abedelal Ajaj from Atlantis Laundry in Qatar and Caísa Figueiredo with Lavecia in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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From left to right: Mohammad Zalmai with Thompson Tailors in
Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada and Jeanette Poasa Sili from Nette’s DryCleaners, Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA receive pants finishing tips from
Instructor Jim Groshans.
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Ellen Martinez from Champion Cleaners in Woburn, MA. and Jeanette Poasa Sili from Nette’s DryCleaners, Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA and Brian Johnson, DLI Director of Education & Analysis. Poasa received a scholarship from R.R. Street’s and Company.

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