Spring brings yard sales

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

SIKESTON -- Warming weather plus spring cleaning add up to one thing for bargain hunters: yard sales.

"They are starting to come out in the paper so it won't be long now," said Rhonda Hardin of rural Bertrand, a yard-sale enthusiast.

Advertisements for garage sales and yard sales "start picking up in April -- about 30-40 a week," said Shawn Crawford, classified advertisement manager for the Standard Democrat newspaper. "The first week in May is when they really start full fling."

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