Steve Wartenberg
Pets provide millions of families with love, companionship and loyalty.
“I see people all the time who think of their pets as their children,” says Jay Michael, a Columbus attorney who specializes in estate planning and trusts.
In some cases, these “children” can outlive their pet parents. This is why a growing number of people, regardless of their net worth, leave money to their pets in their wills, or create a pet trust as part of the estate-planning process.
“It just makes a lot of sense, depending on the type of animal you have and how old you are,” says Geoffrey Kunkler, a Columbus attorney who specializes in estate planning. He has helped several clients create a trust for their pets. “I have a client with a bird whose life span is 50 or 60 years and will almost certainly outlive my client. So, they want to make sure their bird is well cared for.”
May 11, 2021
GREENSBURG – The Decatur County Community Foundation manages several endowed funds that benefit the Decatur County community.
Dr. Irwin “Doc” and Dorothy “Dot” Lanning had a long, influential history in Decatur County. And thanks to two funds they established with the Decatur County Community Foundation while they were alive, their impact in Decatur County will continue forever.
The Dr. Irwin and Dorothy Lanning Family Memorial Fund, and the Dr. Irwin and Dorothy Lanning Family Memorial Scholarship were established by a couple who were huge supporters of Decatur County and who wanted to continue making a difference in the community even after they were gone.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Pepper Construction of Ohio, serving as construction manager for The Ohio State University, has commenced construction on the Goss Laboratory renovation project. The renovation is a joint project between The Ohio State University s College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) and Comprehensive Cancer Center (OSUCCC) - James to create more faculty and staff offices and a larger, more flexible laboratory space. The OSUCCC - James is a broad, collaborative research organization with members from 11 of 15 different colleges across campus, five different research programs and 16 different shared-resource facilities, all with the common goal of improving cancer patient outcomes.
Ohio horsemen are mourning the death of Dr. Albert Gabel. Gabel, a former president of the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association passed away April 12 at the age of 91.
Gabel graduated from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1954. After a two-year stint in the Air Force, Gabel returned to Ohio State where he earned a master’s degree in veterinary anesthesia. He served on the faculty at Ohio State’s College of Veterinary Medicine for 33 years. He served as head of the Clinical Equine Section from 1971 until he retired in 1989.
Dr. Gabel trained and drove Standardbred racehorses for 11 years and was named the United States Amateur Driver of the Year in 1995. He was elected president of the Ohio Standardbred Owners and Breeders Association in 1992 and was instrumental in initiating its merger with the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association.
There s nothing dogs love to do more than frolic outside when the weather warms up but that s exactly what fleas and ticks love about spring, too.
Local veterinarians say fleas and ticks become more of an issue for pets beginning this time of year and through the fall, but owners can be proactive in treatment to keep everyone at home itch-free.
Dr. Laura Advent, a veterinarian at the Columbus Humane Society, said pets contracting fleas and ticks can happen fast. Pets can get it from as easy as just going outside to go to the bathroom, so a lot of people think that their pet is not at risk because they re mostly indoors or they re not taking them out into the woods and things like that, but really, you can get it just from walking outside, Advent said.