WFI installs new leadership at fall
conference in Tomah
During its annual Fall Conference, the Wisconsin
Fabricare Institute announced
its leadership changes for the upcoming term. There were some
old familiar names on the list, as well as a few new ones.
Taking over as the association’s
president will be Sue Doolin of Packard Way Cleaners in Cudahy.
She was given the presidential gavel from Arlene Tutkowski of
National One Hour Cleaners in Oak Creek, who will now serve WFI
on the board in the capacity of past president.
All of the other officer positions for the
coming term were filled by Richard Kline of Kline Cleaners in
Madison. He was elected to serve as vice president, treasurer
and secretary.
WFI’s board also saw some turnaround
when directors Tom McKay of Avenue Fabricare and Doug Berry of
BMP Cleaners, Inc, both fulfilled their terms.
Joining the board in their stead were
Sandy Mielke and Robert Keene. They were joined by Dennis
Schmitt, a past president for the association.
Mielke is the owner of Quick Cleaners and
Laundry, Inc. in Oconomowoc. She has been working in the
drycleaning industry for nearly two decades, starting off as a
presser for a One Hour Martinizing store owned by Charlie Case.
She worked her way up to a managerial
position and later was employed at Fabricare. She purchased her
own store in 1997 and has since expanded it to include two
satellite locations in Hartford and Waukesha.
Keene, a plant supervisor for Band Box,
has worked at his brother’s company since 1959, Prior to
that, he was in the U.S. Navy. He earned a certificate for
attending the Textile Rental Services Production Management
Institute at Texas Woman’s University in 1996, and was
the recipient of a 40-year member award from TRSA in 1999.
He also serves on the City of Tomah
Housing Authority and City Cemetery Board and is a lay leader
at Tomah Methodist Church. In his spare time, he works as the
area driver representative for children under treatment at
Shriner Hospital.
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Zellers to teach shirt finishing in April
seminar
The Ohio
Cleaners Association will
be hosting a seminar on “Shirt Finishing and
Production” on Tuesday, April 26 at the Machinex
Corporation, 11445 Rockfield Court in Cincinnati, OH.
Instructor Jane Zellers will address a
variety of topics, including: quality standards; proper
equipment layout; shirt production per hour; the importance of
lot control; and dressing a shirt on the press properly in
order to avoid touch up.
Zellers, who has over 30 years of industry
experience, will demonstrate her methods using new
Sankosha shirt units provided by Machinex.
The program will run from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
Registration begins at 6:30 p.m.
The cost is free to all OCA members and
their employees.
Non-members and their employees pay $40
each. There will be no refunds for cancellations after April
22nd.
For additional information, contact the
OCA office by calling (614) 221-1900.
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