Tri-County Vanguard

Special coin to help mark army cadet corps’ 115th anniversar­y

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“We started looking into where we could get the coin made,” Hudson said, “and we got a hold of this company and (they) came back and said, ‘yes, we would like to have the opportunit­y to do it.’ We sent them the informatio­n, kind of what we were looking for ... They went ahead and had the coin struck so we could have a look at it and once

we saw it, we said, ‘yeah, that’s exactly what we want.’”

Kirk Taylor had been a sea cadet, but he had a great relationsh­ip with the 110 Army Cadets, said Hudson, who remembers “as if it was yesterday”

the doctors also only see patients for certain cancers.

There was concern that without the clinics some patients may forego necessary treatment and consultati­on because travel to Halifax was a barrier for them. There had been discussion of enhancing and increasing telemedici­ne options.

Bethune had said at time of the announceme­nt of the suspension of the clinics that a Halifax oncologist should have

hearing the sad news of Taylor’s death in Afghanista­n in 2009.

The side of the coin bearing Taylor’s image includes the inscriptio­n “In memory of those who served in war and peace. We will remember them.”

160 patients per year on their list.

“The treatments are so complex that it amounts to 2,220 to 2,400 interactio­ns with reviewing results or charts,” he had said. “Right now, I believe the two coming to Yarmouth are scheduled to have about 200 patients on their roster per year. So it’s become really hard.”

Meanwhile, the NSHA Cancer Care Program continues to follow up on a cancer care

 ?? ERIC BOURQUE ?? Capt. Gary Hudson, commanding officer of 110 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps in Yarmouth, holds the commemorat­ive coin that bears an image of Sgt. Kirk Taylor, who was killed in Afghanista­n a decade ago. The coin’s other side recognizes the 115th anniversar­y of the 110 army cadet corps.
ERIC BOURQUE Capt. Gary Hudson, commanding officer of 110 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps in Yarmouth, holds the commemorat­ive coin that bears an image of Sgt. Kirk Taylor, who was killed in Afghanista­n a decade ago. The coin’s other side recognizes the 115th anniversar­y of the 110 army cadet corps.

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