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15Sgt. Larry Leduc, CD, LPN, Senior Operating RoomTechnician with the Canadian Forces, shared hisexperiences while in Afghanistan. Sgt. Leduc gaveus a real look at the front lines and the experiencesof the troops. The dangers, the risks, the highs, thelows, and the value of why our troops serve were allevident. Larry will be deployed again to Afghanistanin August 2007, his reports from the front line willappear in future newsletters. CLPNA extends wishesfor a safe journey for all the troops.Exhibitor at 2007 Spring ConferenceRuth Wold, President CLPNAToward 20/20 - Visions for Nursingprovided an opportunity for an interestingnew technological presentation.Michael Villeneuve, RN, BScN, MS,one of the principal investigators andreport authors, presented from Ottawavia a link over the internet. Michael’sdelightful story-telling and humorclearly described a vision of nursingfor 2020 which includes more LPNsin many areas of health care. Hemade this session a treat for all. Thefull report or snapshot of “Toward20/20-A Vision for Nursing” can beviewed on line at http://www.cnanurses.ca/cna.Dr. David Cook, Director of Divisionof Studies in Medical Education at theUniversity of Alberta, visited our eventonce again to share his humor andvery interesting approach related tostreet drugs and their affects. See asummary of his presentation on page25 of the issue.