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Hwy.), Pace Fitness and Valentino’s Fitness Centre, south of town, the Copper Kettle (Water St.), Hot Diggity Dog (Queen St.), Boondocks (Perry St.), Duke of Durham (Water St.), Zinn’s Bistro (7A Hwy.), Fat Boy Slims (Manchester), Had- den’s Satellite (Water St.), Bite Me Bait & Tackle (Water St.), The Dollar Store (7A Hwy.), Where Angels Gather (Queen St.) and R.B. Country Fixin’s (Queen St.). Moving into 2008 the trend continued with the closure of Old Country Bulk Store (Water St.), Waterfront Diner, (Water St.), Beatties In The Country (7A Hwy.), JDK Gaming & Computers (7A Hwy.), Railroadhouse Motel, (7A Hwy.), Mangos (Water St.), Tansi Orthopedics (Port Perry Plaza), Blossom Fashion (Queen St.), Conlin Pontiac-Buick (Simcoe St. south), Thai’s Asian Bowl (Simcoe St. south), Kenneth Bell King of Glitz (Queen St.) and the Waterfront Pub (Water St.). Fortunately, as we've reported in this column over the past year, most of the stores we’ve mentioned have been filled with new tenants and businesses. So much for the past couple of years. We now return to the present to update what's been happening over the past month in the business community. First of all, welcome to Terry and Christine Vos, who have taken over ship of the local 7A highway. This is the store formerly owned by Jeff Reid. And finally for this month - we see brown paper cover- ing the former store occupied by Petite Images at 233 Queen St. and have learned Tracy and Warren Strong, owners of the Framer’s Gallery, will be opening an “outlet store” at this lo- cation featuring mini one-of-a-kind items until Christmas. sy J. Peter Hvidsten Focus on Scugog 204 Queen St., Port Perry 905-985-2172 Professional Alteration 16 Years Experience 905-982-1955 1869 Scugog St., Unit 4 Port Perry ‘Nails & Spa, Teen & Adult MAKE-UP LESSONS Scaring in November — Limited Spow ‘Learn how to apply your make-up using the latest 186 Casimir St., Port FOCUS - NOVEMBER 2008 7