Helena – Mr. Wise Dry Cleaners is in their advanced season responsible for treating their regulars within the community and their regulars in the legislative assembly for three generations, and counting, so that they can be their best .
Since 1972, Mr. Wise Dry Cleaning has belonged to the family and has exploited the same building where it all started on 1118 Helena Ave.
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Russel Schlinging and his wife Tami took over the family business in 2018, continuing their family inheritance.
“I worked in this place. I was pressed in pants here when I was going to the Junior High below (Helena). So I got it out and out of this place, working almost my whole life”, said Russel.
Every two years, their business accelerates for months when legislators enter the capital of the Legislative Assembly.
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Now, with the 69th session in progress, they have a lot on their plate, or more on their racks, but it is not their first rodeo.
They plan a head, which allows the two parts to operate during their loaded seasons.
“It takes us about 5 or 6 months. We gathered there. It is a pocket calendar. And inside this calendar, has its schedule for the next three months on all their laws, their meetings And all that, “said Russel.
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Each session, Mr. Wise distributes pocket calendars with coupons for their services included.
A Russel’s mom system found 15 years ago to establish lasting relations with the legislators and that did that exactly that for the Republican Senator John Esp.
“It’s a bit like a family in the kind of meaning with a kind of problem with family affairs and treat it with care. Well, as if they knew my name, you know, after all these years and, and, you know, I think they care about what they are doing, “said ESP.
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While legislators use their services, Mr. Wise also has relations with the Road patrol, the Helena police department and even the Yellowstone show, treating clothes that have been used on the big screen, but whoever crosses their doors that need a pressed shirt for a large maintenance or dress for a special occasion, they are all treated with the same care.
“Customers are very friendly. You know, the community here is so great. They are almost like a family and we try to treat them like the family, you know? It’s just it’s worth doing a mile Additional for them.
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They plan to keep it in the family, forming their daughter Elizabeth to manage the company in the future for a fourth generation.