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    Mission School Road, where Tim Boursaw recalls his early life of crime | Jane Boursaw Photo

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    Tim Boursaw, second from right, and Debbie Kennedy, right, with pals in Key West in the 1970s (I think that might be Deb Hart, left, and Tom Dewsbury)

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    1943-1945, Cutting Ice in Old Mission Harbor: Chum Reay and Brud Reay on the Ice-Cutting Machine
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