Kent chiropractor earns top certification | Briefs

Gary Blackburn, doctor of chiropractic, recently received certification by the Council of Extremity Adjusting.

  • BY Wire Service
  • Thursday, April 26, 2012 5:58pm
  • Business

Gary Blackburn, doctor of chiropractic, recently received certification by the Council of Extremity Adjusting.

Dr. Blackburn (inset photo) joins an elite group of only 900 Certified Chiropractic Extremities Practitioners in the world. He is also a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician, which indicates exceptional proficiency in the assessment and treatment of the root causes of recurring pain in the spine and extremities.

Blackburn has worked with Olympians, professional athletes and teams, and locally, has work with the Valley Regional Fire Authority in injury prevention and performance training.

Blackburn’s practice, Rebound, is at 11107 SE Kent-Kangley Road.

For more information, visit www.youcanrebound.com.

Elsewhere

Yogurtland, pioneers of the self-serve frozen yogurt category, has come to Kent.

The new franchise, 10216 SE 256th St., Suite 106, in the East Hill Village Center, next to Kent Meridian High School, is the company’s fifth location in the state. It officially opened Friday.

Franchise owners Lauren and Gregg Bennett, who also own two other Seattle locations, first stumbled upon Yogurtland while visiting their daughter in college in the San Francisco area last year.

They soon began looking into franchise opportunities.

“As people are becoming more health-conscious and moving from ice cream to healthier options, the frozen yogurt industry is booming,” Gregg Bennett said. “I’m looking forward to providing a healthier dessert option to kids and families in local neighborhoods.

“Kent is a great market for us as we will be the first in the city and our product is strongly appealing to the local demographic.”

Customers will be able to serve themselves from 12 different sweet and tart flavors that include traditional favorites like cookies and cream and Dutch chocolate.

Since the opening of its first location in Fullerton, Calif. in 2006, Yogurtland has grown to more than 175 locations in the U.S., Mexico and Guam.

• The Washington State Chapter of CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) announces the launch of its newly designed website at www.CCIMWA.com.

Designed and developed by Applied Imagination Media (AIM), the new site boasts user-

friendly navigation, an event calendar, and a news blog where CCIM-WA members are able to contribute news, ideas, and opinions that are of value to other chapter members.

• The Kent Staples Stores on 104th Avenue Southeast and East Valley Highway offer binder recycling. Anyone who brings a binder for recycling will receive a coupon for a new binder. Shoppers will save $2 on new binder for each binder they recycle.

For Staples, it is a first-of-its kind retail program with TerraCycle, Inc., which creates an eco-friendly, money-saving solution for customers to trade-in used binders.


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