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COMMUNITY NEWS a STAFF REPORT COMMUNITY NEWS Book Signing Set at ASOM As part of the Heroes Homecoming II celebration, The Airborne & Special Operations Museum Foundation will host a book signing with author Jeff Falkel on Friday, Nov. 9. presentation and question-and-answer period. Immediately following his talk, he will sign copies of his book, The Making of OUR Warrior. Falkel's son, Chris, was killed in 2005 in Afghanistan. While supporting Operation Enduring Freedom, the men of his son's Special Forces operational detachment became involved in a 54-hour combat engagement with the Taliban in Afghanistan. The planning, professionalism and bravery of Staff Sgt. Falkel helped save the lives of his team as well as the 16 Afghan National Army soldiers fi ghting with them. For his actions that day, Staff Sgt. Falkel was posthumously awarded the Silver Star Medal. The elder Falkel's book takes a sobering look at the life of one of our nation's warriors as told by his family, friends and teammates. Books are available in the museum's gift shop. Beginning at 3:30 p.m. in the museum's theater, Falkel will conduct a Fayetteville, and is part of the U.S. Army Museum System and tells the story of Army airborne and special-operations units from 1940 to the present. Museum hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Closed Monday; open Federal holiday Mondays. For more information, call 910.643.2774 or visit the website at www.asomf.org. The Airborne and Special Operations Museum is located in downtown Sheriff's Office Seeks Information Cumberland County Sheriff's Property Crimes detectives are looking for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of suspects that have targeted and stolen "back-fl ow preventers" from residences, day care centers and places of worship in the Hope Mills area of Cumberland County resulting in thousands of dollars in damages. Anyone with information concerning the identity or activities of the suspects should contact the Cumberland County Sheriff's Offi ce Property Crimes Unit at (910) 677- 5455. All calls are confi dential. American Girl Fashion Show® 2013 Open Model Calls the Sixth Annual American Girl Fashion Show® on March 23 and 24, 2013, at the Crown Center Ballroom. Next year's shows will be bigger and better than ever. Open model calls will be held on: Calling all girls! The Child Advocacy Center will host Nov. 10 at the North Regional Library, 855 McArthur Road, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Dec. 1 at the East Regional Library, 4809 Clinton Road, Dec. 8 at the Cumberland County Headquarters Library, 300 Maiden Lane, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Interested girls and their parents may come to a session anytime between the scheduled hours. The American Girl Fashion Show committee is looking for a diverse group of models who look like the historical dolls and wear size 6-6x or 10. Models will participate in fundraising for the event. Proceeds from the American Girl Fashion Show will benefi t the Child Advocacy Center's prevention and intervention programs for child abuse. For more information, please call the Child Advocacy Center at 910-486-9700. WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM NOVEMBER 7-13, 2012 UCW 9