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Thousand Oaks 05/16/08 Students at Weathersfield Elementary in Thousand Oaks laugh at Spanner the clown and Clampit the clown during Friday's Ventura County Fire Department's "Adventures in Safety" assembly. Weathersfield is the last school in the county to see this performance. Spanner, played by Fire Engineer John Foy and Clampit played by Fire Captain Mike Lindbery retired after 18 years of teaching students the importance of fire safety. Dana Rene Bowler / Star staff
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More from Education: K-12Brian Cohen, above left, is dressed up as an oversize smoke alarm by Spanner the clown, played by Fire Engineer John Foy, in the Ventura County Fire Department's "Adventures in Safety" assembly at Weathersfield Elementary School in Thousand Oaks on Friday. Foy started the safety program in 1990 to teach kids important fire safety lessons. Students, right, enjoy the final performance of Foy and his teaching clown.
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