12-06-11 Bulletin

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Landrum and Polk basketball teams face-off, page 10 and 11

Tryon Daily Bulletin

The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper

Vol. 84 / No. 214

Tryon, N.C. 28782

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

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Columbus Christmas Parade

Landrum High School students are looking to collect 4,000 food items as part of a District One food drive. The last day for the students to collect food is Dec. 7. The food will be donated to local churches in the Inman, Landrum and Campobello areas. Those interested can donate cans of items like beef stew, ravioli, vegetable soup and canned vegetables.

Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:

Today

Columbus Cub Scout Pack 659 members wave to residents watching the Columbus parade from the sidewalk in front of Food Lion. The parade was held Saturday, Dec. 3 at 4 p.m. (photo by Samantha Hurst)

Foothills Conservative PAC, Tuesday, Dec. 6. Guest speaker, Wayne King, vice chairman of the NCGOP. Located at Tryon Estates. Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Tuesdays, Ozone Drive and Hwy. 176, Saluda. Polk County Transportation Authority, makes a regular trip to Hendersonville on the first and third Tuesday of each month.

Biker Bear Streat leaves legacy of service

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by Samantha Hurst

John Bear Streat once gave a dog the shirt off his back. He also helped take care of a hospice patient from time to time and donned a Santa costume each year for St. Luke’s Hospital where his wife, Leslie Burgess works. “You don’t expect that from

a big leathery biker,” said Burgess. “But that’s just the kind of man Bear was.” Streat passed away Wednesday, Nov. 30 from injuries he sustained in a motorcycle accident after leaving the Polk County Toy Run Saturday, Nov. 26. Just 10 minutes before the

accident, Streat had dropped his wife off and continued on with other bikers. Burgess said officers investigating the wreck haven’t been able to determine a cause, while doctors said Bear showed no signs of any medical condition that could have made

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