By Carl Larson, DVM
On behalf of everyone at Watkins and Kimball Veterinary Clinics, I am pleased to announce that we will be joining forces beginning Jan. 1. To celebrate the occasion, I thought it would be fun to conduct an e-mail poll on something which I’m sure everyone in the area has an opinion. Let’s determine the fate of the “Kimball Motel” sign that still stands on the veterinary clinic lot! Should it stay just as it is by virtue of being a landmark, or should it go away on account of it being an eyesore? I want everyone who ever reads this column to give me their opinion, and I will share the results of the poll in my column when the results are tabulated. E-mail carllarson@watkinsvetclinic.com, with either “landmark” or “eyesore” in the subject line, feel free to put any other comments regarding the sign in the body of the e-mail, and send it to me by New Years’ Day! Get everyone you know to weigh-in, because the fate of the “Kimball Motel” sign is in your hands.
We are very excited to begin working with Dr. Arendt and his staff at the Kimball Veterinary Clinic, and he will continue seeing appointments and performing surgeries at the Kimball location until whenever the day comes that retirement steals him from us. Drs. Dean, Dan, and myself will be seeing appointments at both locations each week, striving to see all animals in the area that need to get in as promptly as possible by utilizing both clinics together. We are especially excited by the additional benefits and services we will be able to offer all clients of both clinics by our merger: low cost spays and neuters, digital x-rays at Kimball, ultrasound at both clinics, 24/7 urgent care service previously unavailable at Kimball, expanded capabilities in dental and ophthalmologic treatments and diagnostics, farm animal service to clients calling Kimball, and a better customer service experience in general through the efficiencies gained by merging two facilities, five veterinarians with a combined experience of about 120 years (my own experience accounting for about 2 of those), and a diverse arsenal of diagnostic and treatment options for your animals.
Tell me what to do with the sign! I don’t want to take down something that people feel is an historical landmark, and I don’t want to keep something up that people think is an eyesore. I’ll reserve my opinion of the sign until I hear what everyone else thinks! The polls are open!