By Greg Knight
Bakke to open new salon in familiar location
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Solvay Bakke works with a client last week at her new business, Island Salon, on Shakes Street.
With the opening of Island Salon this week, Wrangell native Solvay Bakke is rejuvenating the commercial salon space that previously housed Kasinger’s Creatives on Shakes Street near Inner Harbor.
Bakke, who originally planned on a career in childcare, graduated from the cosmetology program at Clover Park Community College in Tacoma, Wash. and also worked at the prestigious Angelo Mendi Boutique near the stadium district in Washington’s “City of Destiny.”
It was her work at Regis Corporation, the largest hair salon chain in the world, that prepared her for returning to Wrangell to op...
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