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The start of every month brings surprises as we look around the commercial sectors of town to see what changes have taken place. This month we must unfortunately report a couple of more store closings - leaving a few ‘holes’ in the downtown retail section and not a good start for the new year. In the centre of town at 191 Queen St., Native Focus, which has held down this location for more than a de- cade, quietly closed in early January. Native Focus sold and displayed the work of Canada’ First Nations artists and sculptures and was operated by Jeremy LePage. Calling for ‘Tales of Travel’ The tragic marine disaster last month, when a cruise ship sank, leaving more than 4,000 passen- gers and crew scrambling for their lives got us to thinking about others who have had harrowing or unforgettable travel experiences. With this in mind, we are asking our readers to let us know. Have you had a vacation that did not meet your ‘dream vacation’ expectations? What happened? Was your experience funny, bizarre, near tragic - or just simply unbelievable? If you have a unique, humorous, horrifying or bizarre travel experience - we'd love to share it with our readers. Drop us a brief description of your adventure at focus@focusonscugog.com, or call 905-985-8585 and we'll arrange for one of our writers to contact you. YOUR WIFE CALLED!! She would like one or more of the ‘best’ soy candles and/or a Gift Certificate this Valentine's Day from You’re So Country Primitive Furniture 9 Country Decor 1874 Scugog Street, Unit 3 Port Perry (beside M&M Meats) 02. FEBRAURY 2012.indd 3. As reported last month, FM. Finds closed its doors the end of December and to the east, at 160 Queen St., Pathway to Heaven has announced they are selling their fixtures and will be closing by the end of February. A change is coming to the corner of Simcoe St. and Hwy 7A where Scugog Animal Hospital has operated for many years. Dr. Roland Powers recently sold the well known animal care clinic to Dr. Jessica Sherwin, who will move the veterinarian practice into bright, new facilities at 15930 Old Simcoe Road, later this month. At another end of town, Port Perry Pickers has opened a shop over Cango gas bar at 1625 Scugog Street, at the intersection of Queen St. and 7A Hwy. Port Perry Pickers buys and sells antiques and collectables. Back on Water St., we see the sign is up indicating anew Japanese restaurant is about to open. The new eatery will be called Jinju Sushi and it is located in the former location of For the Love of Jo Coffee House, at 54 Water Street. @ Simon Chang @ Alia @ Nygard @ Be Creative e Longitude @ Captiva @ Roots © Point Zero @ Baltex @ Silhouette Solutions and much more! -. over 2000 swimwear items in stock 2 BRECKS FOCUS - FEBRUARY 2012 3 12-01-28 8:55 AM