Creature Comforts to close its doors March 31

Creature Comforts, which has served animal lovers in Fallbrook for more than 35 years by providing quality pet supplies and first-class customer service, will close the doors of its store at 720 E. Mission Rd. for the final time today (March 31) at 6 p.m.

"I’m 78, so it’s time," said Shirley Schmitt, who has owned Creature Comforts for more than 30 years and was an employee when owner Scott Garmon first opened the store in 1979. "I deserve to go fishing with my grandson."

Schmitt will be fishing the Salmon River in Riggins, Idaho, where she will live with her daughter, Diana Stewart, who a yea...