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Archive Home > 2006 > November > 23 > Tree marking Bend family's loss becomes gift for city's Christmas

Tree marking Bend family's loss becomes gift for city's Christmas

By Christine Metz / The Bulletin
November 23, 2006

The giant Christmas tree now in Bend's downtown left an empty space in Mary and Harold Hart's front yard almost as large as the one in their hearts.

On Dec. 26, 1975, the Harts' son, Jim, died after a drunken driver hit the pickup he was riding in. The 21-year-old man left behind a wife,....

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