The sign -- as well as the plastic garbage can displayed with it -- was taken down Wednesday evening. Vantine hopes the sign, as crude as it is, has done its job.
"My kids play out here," he told this news organization late Wednesday afternoon.
He said he has the support of his neighbors in Beavercreek because cans, bottles and trash have been chucked onto their property as well.
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