Snap Fitness and Thin and Healthy’s Total Solution in Silverdale recently launched Thin and Healthy Image Consultation. This is the same motivational tool featured on NBC’s The Biggest Loser — a visual image of what you’ll look like when you lose weight.

At Thin and Healthy Image, a vision of how great you are going to look and feel is created in three easy steps, producing a real photograph of the person at their goal weight.

Thin and Healthy Image can be reached at (360) 698-2628.

Mallory Jackson opened Custom Picture Framing on Bay Street in Port Orchard in 1985 and has a total of 23 years custom picture framing experience, and claims they key to her success is her background in graphic design. Jackson was educated as a commercial artist and gained valuable experience in the care and handling of valuable artwork while working for the Tacoma Art Museum. read more »

Dr. Doug Smith, chiropractor, and Spinal Health Care Center has moved to a new location, 1386 Lund Ave., Ste. 1 in Port Orchard. The new office is located at the intersection of Bethel Rd. and Lund Ave. adjacent to Rite Aid.

Dr. Smith brings over 14 years of experience and uses traditional, effective chiropractic techniques on people of all ages to relieve back pain, muscle spasms, joint stiffness, headaches and more. An on-site licensed massage therapist who does deep-tissue as well as relaxation massage is also available. A complete X-ray system will be added in this year. read more »

Growing up on Kitsap Lake, Carole Dawson was known to her friends as “the pop kid.” With her home always having an ample supply of soda pop — her father owned Bremerton Bottling Co. —her home on the lake was a natural attraction.

These days, Dawson in a way continues to be the grown-up version of that “pop kid.” The president and CEO of the company, which has been in her family for more than six decades, Dawson talks with passion about the many products Bremerton Bottling Co. offers, and about the people behind the scenes.

“It’s pretty simple — it’s just product,” she explains the business as she walks among rows and rows of wracks stacked ceiling-high with beverages ranging from bottled water to energy drinks, teas and sodas. read more »

Recent research shows that buying local campaigns provide only limited and short-lived results for small businesses. So, as budget-conscious consumers turn to mass retailers, Internet and malls for bargains, what can small business owners do? Here are three suggestions. read more »