Current Position: James “Clark” Sowers is the owner of Sowers and Son Dirty Laundry in Rapid City, South Dakota. This month marks a milestone for Sowers. He has been a business owner for fifty years, the last twenty-five in the garment care industry. The Genesis: March 6, 1976, was supposed to be just that, a […]
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Wakefield Publishing Co. and Cleaner & Launderer…
New Ownership as of March 1, 2026 March 2026 – Sixty-six years on. Having been published monthly from October 1960 to date, there have been just two publishers of Cleaner & Launderer. Mr. Wally Urquhart of La Canada, California as the first. The mid eighties began a new era when, in honor to their parents […]
How to Use AI Without Losing the Human Touch
Everywhere you look, people are talking about AI. New apps. New software. Smart routing. Automatic texts. AI is not going away. It can be very helpful in your business. But here’s the key: AI can help you contact your customers. It cannot help you truly connect with them. And in this industry, connection is what […]



