Police stop children, reward them for wearing helmets
Program expected to run through the end of the month
By Eliav Appelbaum eliav@theacorn.com
      Sage Slee didn't know what was going on when she saw police lights flashing. The 8-year-old Tierra Linda Elementary School third-grader was walking her bicycle off campus with her friend, Hanna Rueter, after school. Senior Dep. Julie Novak of the Ventura County Sheriff 's Department stopped them for doing the right thing- wearing their helmets.
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Retired sergeant talks about time in top secret U-2 project
Spy plane used in Cold War, other assignments
By Eliav Appelbaum eliav@theacorn.com
      Bill Smith has had so many close calls, he makes Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible" look like an antique salesman. "There was terror and adventure," Smith said. Smith, 77, worked on the U-2 spy plane project from 1960 to 1964 at the height of the Cold War.
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