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Daytona Beach News-Journal Spring Home Show
WHEN: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday
WHERE: Ocean Center, 101 N. Atlantic Ave., Daytona Beach
ADMISSION: Free, $5 parking
INFORMATION: 386-681-2365 or jessica.fox@news-jrnl.com
“They’re loving the attention,” Alyssa Cavarretta said of the brother and sister toy Australian shepherds who curled up together as passers-by at the Ocean Center stopped to “ooh” and “aah” over them.
The 3-month-old pups were among several dogs and cats at the ARNI (Animal Rescue, Need and Intervention) Foundation booth who were looking for permanent homes, said Cavarretta, an ARNI kennel technician.
The Spring Home Show opened Friday morning and will continue through Sunday afternoon. It features 350 booths displaying everything from boats to bedding, and was attracting a steady stream of visitors on its first day.
Joan Reynolds and Tom Gager of Ormond Beach sat in on a vegetable gardening seminar led by Karen Stauderman, who writes The News-Journal’s “Plant Lady” column, and stayed to browse through the exhibits.
The two are regular visitors to the annual Spring Home Show. “Every home improvement we’ve done, we’ve contracted through someone from the Home Show,” Reynolds said.
Paul and Natalie Bearden came from Deltona for the show. “We come almost every year,” Natalie Bearden said as her husband snapped a photo of a landscaping exhibit with his phone. “We like to make the rounds to see if there are any new products we need to be aware of.”
The Beardens especially enjoyed the plants on display in several vendors’ booths and at the companion Everybody’s Flower Garden Show because they’re thinking of adding a botanical garden to their backyard.
Dick Violette of Port Orange and his wife recruited a neighbor to take in the Spring Home Show with them. “We try not to miss one of these shows,” Violette said. “We get new ideas for things we have to replace.”
Back at the ARNI Foundation booth, kennel technician Cavarretta said the toy Australian shepherds, Jake and Marley, were born without their back paws, possibly as a result of overbreeding of their mother. The animal rescue organization is hoping to have them fitted with braces before following up on several inquiries about their adoption.
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