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The song may strike us as sentimental, but the idea—no, the ideal—is right on target! What our world needs now, and has always needed, is love, sweet love. It does not call for a saccharine substitute that provides the sweetness artificially, but the genuine goods. We need a love that challenges as profoundly as it comforts; that disturbs and demands as deeply as it delights. To love is not easy, but it is worthwhile.

Princess (ID No. A003593) is a beautiful pastel calico with a sweet disposition. The shelter’s adoption fees for female cats and kittens are $55, which includes physical exam, feline leukemia/FIV (feline HIV) tests, rabies vaccination and spay surgery. Adoption fees for male cats and kittens are $35, which includes physical exam, feline leukemia/FIV test, rabies vaccination and neuter surgery. The shelter, at 429 Green Swamp Road (N.C. 211) in Supply, is open to the public for viewing animals and adoptions from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays.

Spring is our most colorful time of year in the garden. Camellias are finishing up just in time to let flowering dogwoods and azaleas take center stage.

In the midst of all of this beauty, here are a few of my garden observations about all of the beauty and some potential disease problems.

Jennifer Lynn Johnson of Leland and Blaine Tucker Cully of Ocean Isle Beach were married Dec. 13 at Jennies Branch Baptist Church in Shallotte.

The Rev. David Helms officiated.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs Keith Johnson of Fayetteville and the granddaughter of Louise Rochetti of Linden and the late Abraham Rocchetti; Frances Melvin of Erwin and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Johnson of Fayetteville.

Mr. and Mrs. James E. Lewis of Shallotte announce the marriage of their daughter, Jennifer Lynn, to Mr. Johnathan Charles Chastain, Dec. 20, 2008 at St. Luke Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Henry B. Rehder officating the renewal of vows.

The couple’s original wedding ceremony took place Dec. 21, 2007, before the groom’s second deployment to Iraq.

The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Chastain of Hayden, Ala., and the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Emmitt Chastain and Mrs. and Mrs. Edsell Vaughn.

SUPPLY—Local officials, celebrities, business leaders and the defending champion have signed on to cut a rug this year for the second annual “Dancing with the Brunswick County Stars” to benefit the Brunswick Community College Foundation.

Thursday morning, organizers gathered at BCC’s Odell Williamson Auditorium to announce the participants in this year’s event, scheduled for Aug. 28 at Sea Trail Resort and Convention Center in Sunset Beach.

Once again, it’s time to fire up those outdoor grills and enjoy some great home-grilled cuisine.

Grilling has become unbelievably popular, but I have found, though, there is a misconception concerning outdoor cooking. Most everyone assumes if you’re cooking outside, then you’re barbecuing. Not so.

When barbecuing, one must utilize an indirect heat source that produces smoke or heat to cook the meat. This process usually takes more time than other types of cooking, depending upon the type and size of meat.

Arbor Day observances can be tricky. There is the date set aside for the national Arbor Day celebration, in addition to many other observances across the country occurring at different times. Here is a brief history of how Arbor Day got started:

J. Sterling Morton and his wife moved into the Nebraska Territory in 1854 from Detroit. He and his wife were lovers of nature and the home they established in Nebraska was quickly planted with trees, shrubs and flowers.

Work by renowned raku artist Charles Chrisco is being featured through April 29 at Sunset River Marketplace gallery in Calabash.

The art of raku is said to have originated in 16th-century Japan by a Korean immigrant who had settled in Kyoto and married a Japanese woman.

Translated, raku means “great happiness,” a title bestowed on the early wares by the reigning ruler of Japan.

Clay artist Chrisco knows the pleasures of raku.