Seattle-King County Veterinary Medical Association September Vet-Rap Newsletter 2011

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1 Seattle-King County Veterinary Medical Association September Vet-Rap Newsletter 2011 Cruise the Lakes with SKCVMA Ni Xu, Hannah Van Eenoo, Dr. Jennie Walcek, and Nathan Shih. The 2011 SKCVMA Summer Meeting/Social event was a Cruise on the Lakes on Argosy s Lady Mary. The General Meeting was exquisitely brief, the turnout was great, and the time had was fun for all! One could not have asked for a more beautiful day to cruise, eat, drink, play, talk and sightsee on this August event! Dr. Laura Shuldt, daughter Claire and Dr. Jen Fligiel & daughter Mia Dr. and Mrs. Brian Rowse Drs Mikel Oswalt, Linda DeBowes and Gregg DuPont Dr. Rob Armstrong and fiancé Susan Ling, PhD Whatʼs Inside this issue? Page 2: Upcoming Events Page 3: Presidentʼs Column,Tech Scholarships Page 4 & 5: Cruise the Lakes with SKCVMA! cont.; Ads more SKCVMA Cruise on page 4 Page 1 Vet-Rap: the voice of the Seattle King County Veterinary Medical Association archives: skcvma.org

2 SKCVMA Upcoming Events: Next Regular Executive Board Meeting: Wednesday, September 14, 7:30 PM; Animal Wellness Center, Bellevue; all SKCVMA members welcome to attend! CE at UW: Ella Bittel, Tierarzt DVM; Spirits in Transition Choices for the end of life: Animal hospice care Wed., October 5, 2011; 7 to 10 PM; UW Health Sciences Building, D209; 3 CE Hours; $30 member; $40 non-members. please see Calendar for complete details Combined Chapter CE: Karen Kline, DVM, ACVIM (Neurology) Integrating Acupuncture into the World of Neurologic Disease - Indications and Instrumentation Wed., Sept. 7, 2011; 7 to 9 PM; North Seattle Community College, Room ED2843A; (parking is free); 2 CE hours; members free; $15 for non-members; RSVP requested please to: las_dvm@yahoo.com Animal Cruelty Education Committee CE: Animal Cruelty Part 2: What Do You Do? Sunday, November 6, 2011; 10am - 3pm, at NSCC Rm. ED2843A; Speakers: Ann Graves, SAC Enforcement Supervisor; Sylvia Glover, WA Office of the Atty.; General; Charlie Powell, WSVMA & WSU Public Information; (CE hours pending); RSVP by Nov. 1 to ace@skcvma.org or Light lunch will be provided. Washington State Animal Health Foundation at Yakima in Oct.: At the Annual Meeting of the Washington State Animal Health Foundation on October 6, 2011 in Yakima, an election will be held to select a Trustee for the Washington State Animal Health Foundation. The Trustee will be elected to serve a five-year term.(find complete info online HERE.) SKCVMA Electronic Board Meeting, Aug. 2, 2011 Minutes Highlights: Decided to pass on opportunity to contribute to WSVMA office fund. Approved full color Vet-Rap in November edition to be mailed to all Puget Sound Veterinarians (membership drive). Approved funding of $2500 to support the November ACE conference. Also endorsed Dr. Dave Gill as the King County representative to the new WSVMA board of directors. SKCVMA General Meeting: August 21, 2011 Members in attendance at the General Meeting held prior to the Cruise the Lakes event Sunday, Aug. 21 voted unanimously to pass the proposed new SKCVMA bylaws submitted by the SKCVMA Board. Pfizer Animal Health CE: Frontiers in Cancer Therapy: How targeted therapies work to treat mast cell tumors and beyond - Saturday, September 10, 2011; Hilton Seattle Airport. For the specialist: Program 10 am to 12 pm; For the general practitioner: Program 1 pm 3 pm. A light lunch will be served 12 pm to 1 pm. Preregistration required; by September 7; Contact Lisa at lisa.scott@gloydgroup.com or (See flier online HERE) APHIS Accreditation Update: APHIS has been in the process of updating the veterinary accreditation program. The deadline for currently accredited veterinarians to elect to continue their accreditation as October 1, Read more HERE. Your Vet-Rap: Your complete color Vet-Rap newsletter is available by as an attachment, or online at SKCVMA.org after login. Please contact PIC@SKCVMA.ORG or call SKCVMA phone (206) if you need additional information or assistance. The Vet-Rap is the Voice of SKCVMA: Your voice! Have something to say? Write us! Seattle-King County Veterinary Medical Association c/o th Ave. NE #100, Bellevue, WA Ph: (206) Key People President Dr. Jeff Parke Pres-elect - Secretary - Treasurer - Membership Dr. Jennie Walceck Vet-Rap is published for SKCVMA members. Articles are welcome. Submitted material is subject t o e d i t i n g. A r t i c l e s a n d advertisements do not necessarily imply endorsement or express official policies of the SKCVMA. Editor: Dr. Lori Siverling SKCVMA phone: pic@skcvma.org Page 2 Vet-Rap: the voice of the Seattle King County Veterinary Medical Association archives: skcvma.org

3 President s Column As I write this barefoot and in shorts, I'm realizing the summer that finally arrived is also nearly over! Better late than never and may we be blessed with a good Indian Summer. This summer, the SKCVMA Board has been unusually busy. We did an unprecedented amount of ing in June, working out our new Bylaws. We also had the first special general meeting of the association in June, leading to approval of a bylaw revision that allowed us to meet via telephone conferencing for the first time in July, when the board approved the final draft of the revised Bylaws. The general meeting in August was applauded as the shortest and sweetest possible, held for about 5 minutes in the Argosy parking lot prior to our wonderful summer party aboard the Lady Mary. The final version of the Bylaws met with unanimous approval. I am anticipating the end of a busy year as the SKCVMA president, for much of it, the sole officer of the board. We have two people lined up to be President Elect and Treasurer. With the new Bylaws permitting more efficient, and occasionally, electronic, board meetings, I hope that being involved with your local professional group will be easier in the future. So many of us are so busy with our lives, it is hard to find time to give back to the organization that brings us so much CE and potential networking/camaraderie. We still need a willing person to be the board's secretary, and next year's President Elect. How about it? I look forward to welcoming more of you to involvement with this great organization. -Jeff Parke, DVM, 2011 SKCVMA President SKCVMA Technician Scholarships Beginning in 2011, Seattle King County Veterinary Medical Association has awarded two scholarships ($500 each) to a Veterinary Technology student at each of our region s veterinary technical programs: Pima Medical Institute and Pierce College (not shown). One SKCVMA Veterinary Technician scholarship recipient, Kelsey Richards, was awarded her scholarship on July 19th at PIMA Medical Institute s Renton campus. Kelsey will be graduating later this summer with her LVT; she is currently completing an internship with SVS in Kirkland. After graduation, Kelsey plans additional training for specialty certification in veterinary emergency and critical care. L-R: Dr. Sharon Hopkins (SKCVMA past Secretary); Kelsey Richards (scholarship recipient); Robert Panerio (PIMA Medical Institute, Renton Campus Director); Kristi Shimada (PIMA Medical Institute Associate Campus Director); Dr David Loehndorf (PIMA Veterinary Technician Program Director); and Marisa Dobiash (PIMA Veterinary Technician Program Clinical Director). Page 3 Vet-Rap: the voice of the Seattle King County Veterinary Medical Association archives: skcvma.org

4 more SKCVMA Cruise from page 1 Dr. Jeff Parke (arrow) leading General Meeting Drs Kim Fritz and Debi Wallingford Candace Joy of WSVMA addresses SKCVMA guests Floating table raft dinner party: The Lady Mary listed considerably to starboard when everyone went over to check this interesting group out. Mrs and Dr. Larry Remick, with Dr. Gerry Bishop (R) Dr. Jennie Walcek and her fiance` Nathan Shih Beautiful wood boat more SKCVMA Cruise on page 5 Page 4 Vet-Rap: the voice of the Seattle King County Veterinary Medical Association archives: skcvma.org

5 more SKCVMA Cruise from page 4 Dr. Patricia Gawley (R) and guest Norm Dr. Kellie Roberti Dr. Skip Nelson Drs Gerry Bishop and George Downs Thank you to the following p e r s o n s f o r sharing their w o n d e r f u l p h o t o g r a p h s from the cruise: Dr. Jeff Parke, Dr. Susan Ling, & D r. T i n a Ellenbogen! (& there are more photos on our facebook page) Drs Mikel Oswalt and Sharon Hopkins Dr. Tejinder and Sushma Sodhi Dr. Lori Siverling - Byeee! Page 5 Vet-Rap: the voice of the Seattle King County Veterinary Medical Association archives: skcvma.org