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Coombs, BC - History Project

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    Cedar Tree

    Gay Lynn Farkas

    One of my favorite memories of French Creek School was the large cedar tree at the back of the baseball diamond. Many times at lunch my friends and I would go play games such as tag or “house” behind the tree. I attended FCCS from 1972-’77.

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