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Full schedule for Fall Fest EXPO

Continued from page 1 There will be demonstrations tion “The Election is Over — Schaeffer. effer at [email protected],
“Creating a Sales Culture to En- by Sankosha USA, Forenta, LP Where Do We Go From Here?” Later, there will be a Fall Fest (215) 830-8495.
hance Route Development in and other key manufacturers fol- Kuehl is a highly-sought speaker EXPO Recap and Closing Ses- Updates on the event can be

2020 and Beyond.” lowed by videos and a live Q&A for his insightful economic fore- sion with Kathy Benzinger of found on sponsors’ websites: ne-
There will also be time for session. casts and this has been dubbed Benzinger’s Cleaners, Mark Pol- fabricare.com, pdclean.org and
route drivers to discuss their Next up will be “Enhancing as a can’t-miss event. lock of Signature Cleaners, Don sefa.org.
2020 success stories and best Cleaning Performance and Spot- Afterward, a panel of experts Holocek of Crown Cleaners,
practices, and Peuster and Al- ting Demonstrations” from var- will take part in a fireside chat on Rhonda Eysel of MasterKleen Residential
brecht will discuss how you can ious leading chemical and “Where Does the Industry Go and Larry Fish of Pier Cleaners.

be getting more from your staff detergent allied trades. From Here?” featuring DLI CEO From 5 to 6 p.m., there will be perc ban
and increasing trends and On the final day of the Fall Mary Scalco, Riaz Chathuani of time set aside for a socially-dis-

spends. Fest EXPO, there will be time Polo Cleaners, Frank Kollman, tant virtual cocktail reception approaches
Thursday will spotlight pro- dedicated to gaze at the future. attorney of Kollman & Saucier and social hour.
duction, including “Tips on Fin- Chris Kuehl, an economist PA, and more. It will be moder- For more information or to Continued from page 1
ishing and Maintenance Best with Armada Business Intelli- ated by Peter Blake and PDCA register, contact Peter Blake at still called for fire-rated con-

Practices” to begin the day. gence, will begin with the ques- Co-Executive Director Leslie (617) 791-0128 or Leslie Scha- struction and other “i dotting and
t crossing”measure, emphasized
The Cowboy Cleaner rides away Nealis, including the placement
of two sprinkler heads over the
machine.
Continued from page 1 sponded in kind with kindness “I have gotten so many cards, or pity for hands he had been “Now, this is a big change be-
He was also one of the first in- as news of his health deteriorat- letters and e-mails from people dealt,” he wrote. cause the two heads might cost
structors for the California Air ing became known. all over this country,” he wrote. Slatten remained upbeat even them $5,000, and it makes the
Resources Board’s state certifi- Slatten suffered from a brain “Some people who I might only when delivering his final mes- changeover to a Class III ma-
cation for drycleaners. tumor that was causing blind- see once a year at a show or con- sage to the public: “My wagon is chine within the realm of possi-

He also regularly assisted the ness and headaches, as well as vention, have take the time to packed and the horses are bilities,” Nealis added.
industry by writing hundreds of from multiple myeloma. He was write! Some days the mailbox is chomping at the bit... these boots Even so, any extra costs hurt
columns as a regular contributor being treated at M.D. Anderson so full I have Janet (Kenney’s will take one last slow walk to New York cleaners who are still
to Cleaner & Launderer and in Phoenix, AZ. wife) read ‘em to me.” the wagon and as the ‘Cowboy struggling with falling volume in
served as the executive director In his final column that he Schwarz marveled at the way Cleaner’ rides into the sunset for the wake of COVID-19. Nealis
of the Western States Dryclean- dictated to Jeff Schwarz of A.L. Slatten dealt with his illness. the last time, with a tip of the advises those who wish to
ers and Laundry Association for Wilson — just six days before “Kenney always took his profes- Stetson and a tear in my eye, this change machines to apply for a

almost 15 years. he passed away on Oct. 15 — he sion seriously, although he sel- cowboy says... Goodbye. God variance as soon as possible.
He impacted many dryclean- said he was very touched by the dom took himself seriously. willing we will meet up yonder Bureaucracy moves even
ers over the years and they re- response. Never one to ask for sympathy in the sky Lord, in the sky.” slower during a pandemic and
the application process could
take a while.
Cleaning up in the real estate market Still, those who have applied
prior to the deadline will demon-
strate a show of good faith to
Some cleaners are selling their heated up recently, that means and company partner David ogy can locate historical insur- achieve compliance. Hopefully,
plants, trying to get out of the numerous Phase I and Phase II Hoffman. ance policies that can be used as inspectors will feel this way.
industry during hostile eco- environmental site assessments They will be joined by Kristen funds to pay for environmental “If I were a cleaner, I would
nomic times, while others are (ESA) will need to be con- Brown, director of operations investigations as well as reme- reach out to an architect or an
looking to buy in order to ex- ducted. for Policy Find, John M. diations. engineer,” Nealis explained. “I
pand in hopes of a stronger fu- Those who wish to learn more Scagnelli, partner at Scarinci At the conclusion of the pro- would prepare a variance appli-
ture. about the process will have an Hollenback LLP, Ted A. Warpin- gram, virtual attendees will have cation. I would put it in and get
Those who fall in either group opportunity during a session ski, shareholder at Davis the opportunity to ask questions the ball rolling.”
have a lot of questions at this scheduled for 3 p.m. EST on Kuelthau, and M. Andrew during a Q&A session. Addition- She also added that cleaners
time, so National Clothesline Wednesday, December 9. Skwierawski, senior attorney at ally, they may sign up for a free should make sure the new ma-
has teamed up with Enviroforen- The webinar, which is free to Davis Kuelthau LLP. consultation. chine has an ETL label stating
sics to help drycleaners make the public, will feature a panel Some of the topics the group In order to register for the we- that it meets the city’s fire code.
sound decisions during difficult of six experts, including Dru will focus on will range from binar, go online to http://go.en- As for the application for
times. Shields, director of drycleaner how to maximize real estate viroforensics.com/National- variances, a big reason they are
As property activity has accounts from Enviroforensics value to how insurance archeol- Clothesline.
even possible right now is be-
cause of the actions of Dennis
Ahn of National Waste Clean of
South Plainfield, NJ. He helped
create the first variance for
Sam’s Cleaners of Brooklyn.
“It was over a year ago I sub-
mitted the variance for Sam’s
Cleaners,” he said, noting it did-
n’t get approved until Aug. 24 of
this year. “We were the founda-
tion of variance approvals.
That’s why it took so long.”
“The industry needs to stay in
business,” Ahn added. “If I can
help keep a few more in business
by doing this, then my hard
work has paid off.”
For more information about
the variance process for sprin-
kler systems with the NYFD, a
helpful resource is located at
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/fdny/
codes/reference/reference.page
with links to the New York City
Fire Code and a pdf on “Modifi-
cation of Fire Sprinkler Require-
ment for Dry Cleaning
Establishments Replacing Per-
chloroethylene Equipment” that
contains FAQs for those seeking
more information about the vari-
ance process.
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