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School runs for Terry Fox and for Cameron By Kate Everson
News - Quinte West - Five-year-old Cameron Hunter, a Senior Kindergarten student at Bayside Public School, led the Terry Fox run for the students on September 26. “Cameron was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in 2011,” said her mother Michele Hunter, who also brought her son Calvin, three, to the field behind the school for the run. She said Cameron is a two times survivor and is currently in remission. She had a relapse in 2012, but so far has been 18 months cancer free. “She is on meds, but no chemo,” Michele said. Cameron had a bone marrow transplant from a related donor in 2012 at Sick Kids Hospital. “She’s a typical kid,” Michele says. “When she goes to the doctor she just accepts it, like that’s what everybody does.” Michele said her daughter had a high fever for a week that would not break, and when they took her to the doctor for tests that is when they got the diagnosis. Around her neck, Michele wears strands of beads, representing the treatments the five-year-old has had in the past two years. Inside the school, the children watched a three-minute Terry Fox video then went outside to walk or run around the field. Their goal was to raise $3,000 for cancer research. Two constables from Community Policing set off the starter siren to launch the run. After the run, some students cut off their hair to raise more funds. “We are here to build child cancer Cameron Hunter checks out the beads on her mother’s neck, each one representing a treatment for cancer. She’s a Senior Kindergarten student at Bayside Public awareness,” Michele said. “It doesn’t just happen to adults.” School and led the Terry Fox run for the students on September 26. Photo: Kate Everson
Heritage Lancaster flies in for reunion
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News - Trenton - The mighty Lancaster flew over 8 Wing Trenton a few times and landed on the tarmac to the delight of those celebrating the 70th anniversary of 424 Squadron on September 27. “This Lancaster was restored after 11 years,” said one of its pilots John McLenaghan. He said this aircraft did not actually go to war but was built in 1945 just as the war ended. It was stored then converted to maritime patrol for the RCAF.
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“My uncle was a tailgunner in the war and he died,” John added. “That’s part of why I’m here. I also like aviation history.” The Lancaster is part of the collection of the Canadian Warplane Heritage museum in Hamilton, one of only two in the world capable of flying. “It’s hard to taxi,” John noted. “There’s only a hand brake, no tow brakes. And there is a delay on the brakes.” He added that the Lancaster was not designed to
land on asphalt but on grass fields where the brakes would not have been as much of a problem. There are six pilots trained to fly the heritage aircraft. Museum members are able to get a ride in it several times a year and it can take four passengers. It is also involved in air shows. John noted that they changed the lettering on the aircraft to QBA for the 424 Squadron reunion just a day before the event.
“This shows our respect for the members of that squadron,” he said. “This squadron has a great history, outstanding.” The Lancaster was one of the aircraft used by the squadron when it was first formed in England in wartime. Now the squadron is a Search and Rescue operation. It demonstrated its skills with a parachute drop from a Hercules and two jumpers hoisted up by a Griffon. Please see “Squadron” on page 3
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