4 FABRICARE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DLI DISTRICT COMMITTEE MEMBERS Toran Brown – President Rytina Fine Cleaners & Launderers (916) 485-4700 603 Fulton Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95825 toran@rytina.com Ray Kroner – President-Elect Kroner Dry Cleaners (513) 661-1400 3820 North Bend Road, Cincinnati, OH 45211 raymondjkroner@gmail.com Don Holecek – Treasurer Crown Cleaners (865) 604-7464 6300 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919 don@crowncleaners.com Kyle Nesbit – Chair TIDE Cleaners (281) 320-9807 230 Spring Hill Drive, Suite 325, Spring, TX 77386 knesbit@tdc-edittx.com Larry Fish – District One – Director Pier Cleaners (401) 783-6482 50 High Street, Wakefield, RI 02879 piercleaners@piercleanersri.com Norman Way – District Two – Director Puritan Cleaners (804) 516 9527 1807 Staples Mill Road, Richmond, VA 23230 nway@puritancleaners.com Rhonda Eysel – District Three – Director Master Kleen Dry Cleaners (706) 561-4000 3521 Macon Road, Columbus, GA 31907 rhonda@masterkleen.net John Mertes - District Four - Director Ziker Cleaners, Inc. (574) 287-2887 1240 S Bykit Street, Mishawaka, IN 46544 jmertes@zikercleaners.com Dan Sims - District Five - Director Jim’s Formal Wear (618) 224-2961 804 East Broadway, Trenton, IL 62293 dansims@jimsfw.com Danny Bahlman, CGCP® - District Six – Director Bahlman Cleaners (325) 650-7706 101 West 19th Street, San Angelo, TX 76903 danny@bahlmancleaners.com Ryan Fish – District Seven – Director Red Hanger Cleaners (801) 355-6935 536 S 200 W/PO Box 1114, Salt Lake City, UT 84101 ryan@redhanger.com Ray Rangwala – District Eight – Director Esteem Cleaners (626) 796-8785 3703 Huntington Drive, Pasadena, CA 91107-5062 esteemcleaners@gmail.com Mark Albrecht - Allied Trades - Director The Route Pros (304) 410-5816 95 North American Street, Woodbury, NJ 08096 routeprosmark@gmail.com Mary Scalco – CEO & Corporate Secretary Drycleaning & Laundry Institute (800) 638-2627 14700 Sweitzer Lane, Laurel, MD 20707 mscalco@dlionline.org David Grippi – District One – DCM Clean Franchise Brands (781) 499-6993 711 5th Avenue South Suite 210, Naples, FL 34102 dgrippi@cleanfranchisebrands.com Chris Edwards – District Two – DCM A Cleaner World (336) 841-4188 2019 Eastchester Drive, High Point, NC 27265 chrisedw@aol.com Jeff Alexander – District Three – DCM Orlando Cleaners (407) 481-2000 223 N Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL 32805 jta@orlandocleaners.com John Rothrock – District Six – DCM Yale Cleaners (918) 706-0429 4221 West Albany Street, Broken Arrow, OK 74012 john@yalecleaners.com Mark Scott – District Seven – DCM Bakker’s Fine Drycleaning (425) 820-4103 11630 98th Avenue NE, Kirkland, WA 98034 marks@bakkersfinedrycleaning.com Gina Hernandez Lozano – District Eight – DCM Ortega Cleaners (949) 248-3405 27184 Ortega Highway Suite 105, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 Ginahdz.lozano@gmail.com Jeff Jordan – Allied Trades – DCM Sanitone by Fabritec (859) 781-8200 8145 Holton Drive, Suite 110, Florence, KY 41042 jeffjordan@fabritec.com STAFF Publisher Mary Scalco | mscalco@dlionline.org Communications Director Harry A. Kimmel III, APR | hkimmel@dlionline.org Designer Kathy Guido | kguido05@verizon.net Fabricare Vol. 58, No. 2 (ISSN 1084-6778) is published quarterly by the Drycleaning & Laundry Institute at 14700 Sweitzer Lane, Laurel, MD 20707 (301) 622-1900. All rights reserved. © 2026 Drycleaning & Laundry Institute. Written permission is required to reprint articles from this publication. The subscription price for Fabricare and The Journal of Drycleaning & Laundry Institute is $85 a year to DLI members only. Periodicals postage paid at Laurel, MD, and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Fabricare, 14700 Sweitzer Lane Laurel, Maryland 20707 (301) 622-1900 ADVERTISING INDEX Enviroforensics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 U.S. Leather Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 EzProducts International, Inc.. . . . . . . . 13 NIE Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 EZ Timers Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . 34 DLI Become the Best. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Advertising Information: For information on advertising in Fabricare or to receive a current media kit or rate card, call 1 (877) 878-3260. What went wrong? Can you tell what went wrong with this garment? Find the answer on pg. 37.
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