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<p>WILKES-BARRE TWP. &#8212; Curious visitors packed Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday for the second day of the 18th annual NEPA Home &amp; Garden Show, shopping over 100 vendors for all their indoor and outdoor space needs.</p><p>Assistant show manager Jamie Milliron said this year&#8217;s event has grown with the addition of some family-friendly, hands-on opportunities, such as a &#8220;new product zone&#8221; on the arena floor.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s basically showing what new products are out there,&#8221; she said of the space, which featured items like a light-up toilet seat from Kohler and an iRobot mopping device. &#8220;Everybody can look at them, touch and feel them so they know what&#8217;s out there.&#8221;</p><p>In addition to browsing everything from roofing and granite to home fragrances, patrons also had chance to walk away with a masterpiece of their own making for free.</p><p>Directing a group of about 15 attendees, Eat, Drink &amp; Paint owner Barbara Sick stopped to assist several painters looking to complete the next step of their white-birch-tree-and-cardinal canvases.</p><p>Sick, who taught art in schools for the last three decades before opening her Tunkhannock business, was thrilled to participate in the show and hopes patrons were able to relax, have fun and get creative at her station.</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve only been a patron, I have never been a vendor, and I am loving every minute of it,&#8221; she said of the steady flow of participants.</p><p><strong>TV stars</strong></p><p>Down on the main floor, groups of people waited for their chance to meet some of their favorite television stars.</p><p>Brothers-in-law and business partners Wayde King and Brett Raymer of Animal Planet&#8217;s &#8220;Tanked&#8221; happily posed for pictures with fans, signed autographs and talked tanks &#8212; or aquariums &#8212; as attendees made their way around the arena&#8217;s lower level.</p><p>&#8220;A lot of these people can&#8217;t come to Las Vegas and see us, so we (travel to) get to see them,&#8221; King said.</p><p>&#8220;We get to see (our fans). We get to hear what they want to know about the show. They ask us questions, and it&#8217;s really interesting meeting everybody,&#8221; Raymer added.</p><p>The NEPA Home &amp; Garden Show concludes Sunday. Hours will be 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Visitors look over wooden cardinals at the Sawptician Chainsaw Carving exhibit at Mohegan Sun Arena during the 18th annual NEPA Home &amp; Garden Show on Saturday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/web1_TTL021019HomeAndGarden_2-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Visitors look over wooden cardinals at the Sawptician Chainsaw Carving exhibit at Mohegan Sun Arena during the 18th annual NEPA Home &amp; Garden Show on Saturday. </caption0><photoCredit0>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/web1_TTL021019HomeAndGarden_3-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Exhibit booths fill the floor of Mohegan Sun Arena for the 18th annual NEPA Home &amp; Garden Show. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/web1_TTL021019HomeAndGarden_3-1.jpg</photo1><caption1>Exhibit booths fill the floor of Mohegan Sun Arena for the 18th annual NEPA Home &amp; Garden Show. </caption1><photoCredit1>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/web1_TTL021019HomeAndGarden_1-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Cheryl and Mark Cicerini, of Jefferson Township, front, talk with John Mahon and Maria Ciccone of Gavin Construction at the Mohegan Sun Arena during the 18th annual NEPA Home &amp; Garden Show on Saturday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/web1_TTL021019HomeAndGarden_1-1.jpg</photo2><caption2>Cheryl and Mark Cicerini, of Jefferson Township, front, talk with John Mahon and Maria Ciccone of Gavin Construction at the Mohegan Sun Arena during the 18th annual NEPA Home &amp; Garden Show on Saturday. </caption2><photoCredit2>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit2></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Show continues today at Mohegan Sun Arena</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Marcella Kester</p><p>For Times Leader</p></bylineMeta></div>

Robotic mop among new offerings at NEPA Home & Garden Show