Staff photo/Angela Weaver: Jocelyn Gray, 3, thumbs through a box of toys during the St. Marys Community Garage Sales Saturday.

More than 40 households participated in the sales, some on Friday and Saturday, and others just one of the days.
Kelly Fogle and her mother Faith Hoagland held their family garage sale at Fogle’s house on both days.
“We had a bunch of stuff we didn’t need and decided to make some money selling our extra things,” Fogle said.
She said some of the items at their sale included a big-screen television, entertainment center, seven-piece bedroom set, hope chest, grandfather clock, pool table and various pieces of furniture including a recliner and two dinette sets.
“I brought stuff over, my other daughter brought stuff over,” Hoagland said.
Fogle said she started her sale on Friday and would be ending at 4 p.m. on Saturday, adding that whatever didn’t sell she would take to the thrift store.
“I’ll be donating it,” she said.
Haley Daniels, 6, said she was visiting the sales in the hopes of finding toys.
“I found a lot of stuff,” she said, noting the shoes she was wearing.
Stacy Hecht said she held a garage sale because she was relocating.
“We are moving,” Hecht said. “So we decided to have a sale to get rid of all the extra items that would not fit in the new home.”
The items at Hecht’s sale included desks, an entertainment center, televisions, microwaves, furniture and various knick-knacks.
“I’m hoping other people in the community find something they like,” she said, adding that she was only open until 5 p.m. Saturday and she would also be donating the items she did not sell.
Mandy Rager, Malinda Bubp and Kay Burd held a family garage sale at Rager’s home on Friday and until 3 p.m. Saturday.
“We wanted to make some money,” Rager said.
She said Friday’s rain stayed away for their sale, which was fortunate.
Bubp said she was selling a lot of her clothes.
“It’s a way to clean out the closets,” she said. “If I hadn’t worn it for a year, it was gone.”
In addition to adult clothes, their sale also had kids’ clothes, household items, craft items, furniture and an Ohio State tent.
“What doesn’t sell is going to Goodwill,” Rager told The Evening Leader.
St. Marys resident Rhonda Burger visited the sales on Saturday in hopes of finding clothes.
“It’s a way to get things cheap because of the economy,” she said.
Jessica Severt and Megan Reiser also took advantage of the sunny weather in hopes of finding deals.
“I was looking for cameras,” Reiser said. “Sometimes there’s some cool stuff.”
Severt said she was looking for clothes.
“I like garage sales because they’re cheap,” she said.
Mike Post visited St. Marys from Rossburg on Saturday for the sales.
“It’s something to do,” he said. “I’m looking for some treasure. You never know what you’ll find.”