AREA PET DOCTOR TO HEAD STATE VETERINARIANS GROUP.Byline: Paul O'Donoghue Staff Writer Veterinarian veterinarian /vet·er·i·nar·i·an/ (vet?er-i-nar´e-an) a person trained and authorized to practice veterinary medicine and surgery; a doctor of veterinary medicine. vet·er·i·nar·i·an n. Al Schwartz has no problem sharing the limelight limelight: see calcium oxide. limelight Early form of theatrical lighting. The incandescent calcium light invented by Thomas Drummond in 1816 was first employed in a theatre in 1837 and was widely used by the 1860s. with award-winning animals such as Souvenir, the state Capitol's retired bomb-sniffing dog, and Bandini, the three-legged cat who makes hospital visits. Schwartz will be installed tonight as president of the California Veterinary Medical Association during a ceremony at the Hyatt Westlake Plaza hotel The Plaza Hotel in New York City is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel with a height of 250 feet (76 m) and length of 400 feet that (122 m) occupies the west side of Grand Army Plaza, from which it derives its name, and extends along Central Park South in Manhattan. in Westlake Village. At the same ceremony, Souvenir, a 9-year-old black Labrador, will be honored with the association's California Animal Hall of Fame award for his role in ensuring a bomb-free Capitol Capitol, seat of the U.S. Congress Capitol, seat of the U.S. government at Washington, D.C. It is the city's dominating monument, built on an elevated site that was chosen by George Washington in consultation with Major Pierre L'Enfant. for visitors, including four U.S. presidents. Bandini won the award last year for visiting hospitals and cheering up those who have lost limbs. ``It's what this profession is all about - is caring for animals and realizing that for many people animals are their kids,'' Schwartz said. ``They are members of the family and that's why we have a hall of fame award.'' Schwartz, 44, was recently elected president by the board of the 4,500-member association, which represents vets statewide and nationally. A Moorpark resident, he opened the Moorpark Veterinary Hospital nine years ago and specializes in the care of cats and dogs Cats and Dogs A slang term referring to speculative stocks that have short or suspicious histories for sales, earnings, dividends, etc. Notes: In a bull market analysts will often mention that everything is going up, even the cats and dogs. . ``Our motto is, `Caring for your pets and caring about you,' '' Schwartz said. Schwartz first came to Moorpark 19 years ago attracted by its then-small town feel, which he compares to the area around Champagne-Urbana where he studied veterinary medicine veterinary medicine, diagnosis and treatment of diseases of animals. An early interest in animal diseases is found in ancient Greek writings on medicine. Veterinary medicine began to achieve the stature of a science with the organization of the first school in the at the University of Illinois University of Illinois may refer to:
Schwartz has been on the board of the organization for the past five years. He said he is somewhat nervous about taking over as president of organization, the largest among the states, but was looking forward to the challenge. ``It's a great honor and it's a great amount of responsibility to represent this great profession,'' Schwartz said. ``And I'll strive to do my very best to reach the high standards which my predecessors have set.'' |
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