Article: Design school focuses on flowers ; Students can earn a certificate in floral arrangements at David- Curtis.

CENTERVILLE -- It's no surprise that the students' fridge really smells at the end of the week.

At the David-Curtis School of Floral Design, 209 N. Main St., students put in three 40-hour weeks to earn a certificate in floral arrangements. That translates into a lot of flowers that need to be kept cool.

Ruth Jorgensen, owner/ president of the school and Centerville Florists Inc., first attended the school in the 1970s after her son Kevin Jorgensen, a Kettering West graduate, completed the program.

"At the time he was looking for a job. I kept seeing the ad for the school, and saying he should go. He didn't want to. He said I should go, but I was afraid to, so I had him go first," Ruth ...

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