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is no more. Uncle Bill's Flea Market owner Ben Seay (bottom, right), with the help of some friends, took down a sign that had caused some members of the Barkers Creek community concern. "The number one reason the store's gone is because the community didn't like the idea of it being here," Seay said Tuesday.
Area residents John and Yvonne Wintermier presented Jackson County commissioners with a petition in June containing more than 100 signatures of those they said were offended by flea market sign, which, they said, had a negative influence and offended "the Christian people and children of the community." The store had been operated at Uncle Bill's for about five years. |