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COMMUNITY NEWS a STAFF REPORT The Cumberland County Department of Social Services will kick off its ChildFirst training on Oct. 28 with nationally-known attorney and child advocate Victor Veith, the director of the National Child Protection Training Center in Winona, Minn. The center, along with Cornerhouse, administers the ChildFirst program. Members of the DSS multi-disciplinary team, law enforcement offi cers and attorneys and paralegals from the District Attorney's offi ce will participate in the training. DSS and the Child Advocacy Center received a $30,154 grant from the National Children's Alliance to assist with the $58,000 cost of the ChildFirst training. A private donor, the Cumberland County Department of Social Services, the Cumberland County Sheriff's Offi ce, Fayetteville Police Department, Bladen County Department of Social Services and Hoke County Department of Social Services are contributing to the remaining cost. "The goal is to have every social worker, district attorney's offi ce staff and law-enforcement offi cer dealing with juveniles to be ChildFirst trained," Skeens said. "Anyone who receives this training can then become a forensic interviewer." Luncheon to Honor Nurses Who Served in Vietnam Methodist University will host a special luncheon Nov. 10 honoring nurses who served in the Vietnam War. Twenty-nine Vietnam veteran nurses have already registered to attend, some from as far away as Georgia and Maryland, and more are expected. The remarkable courage and personal sacrifi ce displayed by nurses who deployed to Vietnam are often overlooked, and that's why these special veterans deserve to be honored. Organized by Methodist University's Nursing Program and its Lura S. Tally Leadership Center, the luncheon to honor Vietnam veteran nurses will run from noon to 2 p.m. on Nov. 10, in the Nimocks Center on the Methodist University campus, 5400 Ramsey Street, Fayetteville, N.C. This luncheon is part of the City of Fayetteville's Heroes Homecoming, a 10- day series of events that will run in the days leading up to and beyond Veterans Day to give all Vietnam Veterans the homecoming they deserved but never received. The Nov. 10 luncheon will include presentations, exhibits, special music and guest speaker Lt. Col. Teresa Hendrix, Ph.D., who will present a unique historical perspective on the contributions made by nurses in the Vietnam War. Retired Brigadier General Connie Slewitzke, a former Chief of the Army Nurse Corps, will attend the luncheon. She served in the 36th Evac Hospital and the 6th Convalescent Center in Vietnam from 1967-1968. Another nurse who will attend the luncheon is Jeanne Reed Gainey who was with the U.S. Agency for International Development in Vietnam from 1966-1968. When her clinic was under attack during the Tet Offensive, she and others were rescued by U.S. Army Special Forces. Vietnam veteran nurses who would like to attend should contact the event organizers to register for the luncheon. Anyone with an acquaintance or friend who is a Vietnam veteran nurse should encourage them to register and attend. These veterans will be recognized at the luncheon as one of the honored guests. Admission is open to the public, but advance registration is required, and tickets are $25. Information is available at www.methodist.edu/tallycenter/ nurseluncheon/index.htm and also at www.heroeshomecoming.com. COMMUNITY NEWS DSS Conducts ChildFirst Interview Training Oct. 28 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM OCTOBER 26 - NOVEMBER 1, 2011 UCW 9