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Local man flies north to retrieve Christmas trees





Merel Hayen of the Triangle 4-H Christmas tree lot in Bootjack cut a Noble Fir free of its shipping string last Friday. “People are excited” when they come to buy trees, he said.With the county facing a shortage of Christmas trees last week, Creekside Nursery’s Tom Ritter decided it was time to seize the day.
With trucks and drivers in short supply, Ritter and wife Lori hopped a flight to Oregon, where the couple rented a truck and headed back down with 200 cut trees inside.
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