| Back to Home page NEWSLETTER Cedar Rapids Downtown Kiwanis Club Wednesday: July 11th, 2007 The meeting was called to order by President Chuck Wehage. 32 Members in attendance. Guests: Bob McAvoy although he preferred to be considered a member, so he’s included in the member attendance # above. Birthdays: Jim Moriarity – July 13 Anniversaries: Dave Gosch – July 2005 and Fran Brown – July 1996 Announcements: 1. Kelly Moore – Kiwanis day at the Kernels is set for July 29, 2 pm game. Tickets are $7 each. Sign up sheet going around this week and next. 2. Kelly Moore – Neb-IA District Convention in Spencer, IA on August 10-12. Let Kelly know if plan to attend. 3. Chuck – We’ve been asked to help clean up Camp Tanager’s camp on Sunday, August 12. Need 8-10 volunteers. 4. Ray Vaughn – Very sad news: Al Gravelie passed away this morning. Al was a longtime and loyal Kiwanian who will be sorely missed. Ray also reported that Rick Chandler is home after 2 wks in the hospital to get fluid out of the lungs. He’d appreciate a call or card. Happy Bucks: Chuck – made it back safe from his LA airplane trip; Kevin McCarville – happy to see Janet with us; Janet - $9 as a cat has 9 lives, she feels fortunate to have survived the crash and hopes she has 8 lives remaining; Dick Boardman - $2, one for Janet and one for John’s plane repair fund; John Schweitzer - $2, one for Janet and the other for having Duane Kurrelmeyer back; Ron Sunderman – spared the crowd with no bad joke today; Bob McAvoy – was told to put a dollar in; Dr. Graeff – something about the American League winning for the 10th time in past 11 games in the annual All Star game last night; Chuck – stepped in for Ron with a bad joke; Dan Breitbach - $2, one for Janet and the other for the Cubs going all the way. Next week’s program: Charlie Cress – Waste Not Iowa Speaker: Dr. Graeff introduced Dr. Graf, Dr. Kathy Graf with the Eastern Iowa Veterinary Specialty Center (EIVSC). As you can tell by the spelling, they are not related. However, she is related to her husband who goes by the same last name, Graf. Interesting how that works.
Kathy gave a very informative presentation on the EIVSC. It serves two primary purposes: 1) A 24 hour emergency care vet facility; and 2) A provider of referral services. EIVSC is the only 24 emergency care facility in eastern Iowa and it serves dogs, cats and pocket pets. It is located east of the airport about 2 blocks south of the gas station, hotel corner at Wright Blvd and Hwy 965. There are 7 doctors, four of which are specialists and three ER doctors. Also on staff are 9 certified vet assts, 10 vet assts, 5 receptionists and 1 hospital mgr. They hope to hire another ER vet in the next year. Kathy ran down the various specialty areas that now exist in veterinary science and it’s like reading a directory of a regular hospital: internal medicine, surgery, dermatology, ophthalmology, oncology, cardiology, anesthesiology, emergency & critical care and others. EIVSC works closely with the local and area vet clinics to provide services after hours, in acute emergency situations or when the local clinics are swamped and someone needs immediate care. Business has steadily improved since it opened in 2005, indicating a strong need for this service in eastern Iowa. Thanks so much for the talk, Kathy and enjoy the mug. Word for the day: Unfortunately, there was no intelligent life at the meeting and therefore, no word for the day as word master, Don Grimm, was elsewhere. Submitted: Dan Breitbach |
