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It will be a busy three days for those who attend the Rocky Mountain Fabricare Association’s annual conference, “Growing Your Business Through Excellence,” May 5-7 in Colorado Springs.

The association has planned four educational seminars, a golf tournament and a planning session open for all members.

The RMFA Microfiber Masters Golf Tourney will tee-off at 10 a.m. on Friday morning at the Gleneagle Golf Club at 345 Mission Hills. Registration to participate is $69 per golfer.

Later that evening, RMFA will host a welcome reception with tabletop displays from 5:30 to 7 p.m. and a group dinner at Marigold Cafe afterward.

On Saturday morning, the tabletop displays will be open from 7:30 to 9 a.m.

Immediately following, Joni Canterbury and Kathryn Stewart will present an hour-long session on “Performance in Excellence Through Environmental Compliance.” There will be a slideshow presentation demonstrating how cleaners can achieve environmental compliance. They will also look at the kickoff of the first Environmental Results Program for the industry in Colorado and how it will affect cleaners’ businesses in the future.

Canterbury is from the Colorado Department of Health Small Business Assistance Program and Stewart is with the Generator Assistance Program.

At 10:15 a.m., Lorrie Janick of Craft Training Partners, a drycleaning consultation firm specializing in on-site and internet-based training will discuss “Customer Retention Through Excellence.”

A luncheon with awards, presentations and time to again explore the allied trades exhibits will follow.

At 1:30 p.m. “Dryclean Dave” Silliman will look at the “State of the Industry.” Silliman a third-generation cleaner with decades of experience, is the IFI representative for District 7.

Silliman will be joined by Tom Janick to co-present a seminar at 2:45 on IFI’s “Award of Excellence” program. Janick is the vice president of Craft Training Partners.

On Sunday, the final day of the conference, RMFA will have an open-door planning session at 8: 30 a.m.

The headquarters hotel is the Sheraton Colorado Springs at 2886 S. Circle Dr. For room reservations, call (800) 981-4012.

Registration for the conference costs $100 per RMFA member and $125 per non-member. For the golf tournament there is an additional fee of $69 per golfer.

For more information, contact RMFA by calling (303) 433-4446.

The Washington State Drycleaners Association will be holding a wetcleaning seminar in Seattle, WA, from 9 a.m. until noon on Saturday, May 6.

The event will take place at Corry’s Fine Drycleaning, located at 4640 Union Bay Place NE.

Jeff Lenz of Fabritec International will present the class which examines fibers and fabrics and how they are affected by the wetcleaning process.

Lenz, who has over 24 years of cleaning experience and owned and operated Lenz Fine Dry Cleaning in Charleston, SC, for over 14 years, will also discuss proper classification, the importance of water levels, proper use of chemicals and prespotting/
postspotting.

The seminar is free for all WSDA members and only $10 for non-members.

Those who plan on attending may pre-register by calling Fox Cleaners at (425) 827-1441 and be entered to win a free Apple iPod

Permagro Dry Cleaning Equipment Sales & Service will hold an open house on May 13 and 14 to show the Prima PureMax hydrocarbon machine with tonsil filtration and the StillMax model hydrocarbon machine with conventional distillation.

Show hours will be 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. both days at 7175 Orangethorpe Ave., Buena Park, CA. For more information, call (714) 228-2181.