By Robert Medley
Managing Editor
Canadian County area veterans will now have a chance to visit with a representative from the Veterans Health Administration two times a month in Piedmont.
The Piedmont Area Veterans Center, 170 Edmond Road, will be open on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month for veterans with healthcare needs.
A representative will be at the center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to help anyone without an appointment. Veterans can find out how to get COVID-19 vaccines, and they will be able to address their healthcare needs with a representative.
Hoss Cooley, Piedmont Area Veterans Center President, said the clinics will be good for those veterans who live nearby. Many veterans will not have to make trips to Norman, he said.
“There are a lot of veterans here who drive all the way to Norman to State Highway 9, and it is going to be great for our area veterans, those from Piedmont, Okarche, Calumet, Deer Creek and even Edmond, so they can come here instead,” Cooley said.
The representatives will be able to assist veterans and make arrangements for the vaccines, but the vaccines are not planned to be administered at the Piedmont center, Cooley said.
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