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X'-Ä Si Thur* February I I . 1982 (Sac 2) SANOY (Ora.) POST—3 Raising seeing eye dogs worth the trouble by GWEN BOGH puts it, “ I knew he would be serving a good purpose, do ing a good job. “ Fellow, a black labrador, was Clift's pride and job She raised him from a pup of, but parting from him took all the courage she had Becky Clift, a teenage girl from Boring, managed to do so because, as she Post Correspondent Graduating her dog from seeing eye school is an ac complishment she is proud to maturity, and then turn* ed him over to Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. She received fellow by applying through her 4-H group Clift’s responsibility was to train Fellow to follow commands such as to heal, sit, stay, stop and retrieve Teenagers are selected to raise seeing eye dogs as it is assumed a younger per son would spend more time with the dog Once the dog reaches ap proximately two years, he is taken to the Guide Dog Center in San R afael, Calif., for six months of rigorous training After the training, the p ossible b lin d o w n er spends 28 days at the center training with the dog Graduation is a big event at the Guide Dog Center When Fellow graduated, Clift was called She said this was a sad and a happy moment for her It was sad in that Fellow was no longer hers and happy because, “ It was really neat to see that the dog I had raised was help ing someone.” If dogs don’t graduate they are returned to the former 4-H trainer, if they want them back. Clift would have welcom ed Fellow back, but Knew it would never be Clift traveled with her m other and 4-H coor dinator Barbara Burks to San Rafael to be with Fellow at graduation. He greeted her by jumping up on her white pants, getting black hairs all over them. B ren d a C o le m a n . Fellow's new master, was at the g ra d u a tio n ceremony, too During the procedings it was up tc Clift to turn her dog over to Coleman, as well as lead her around and seat her Coleman sees only light and dark She has never had a seeing eye dog C lift said, ‘‘Her boy, who’s five, would take her around.” But, her son will be going to school soon, so Coleman requested a seeing eye dog The only coat for blind persons receiving a dog is for transportation to and from the center Room and board is free during the 28-day stay When Coleman and Clift talked, a lot of it was about Fellow, about how he was when Clift raised him com pared to now, Coleman told Clift about one instance when she gave Fellow a command to cross the s tr e e t, but he disobeyed There was a car approaching that Coleman did not hear This convinced them both that Fellow had learn ed his job well Another time when Col eman and Fellow took an afternoon stroll a wrong turn had them in some man’s garage. It was difficult when it came time for Clift to leave for home She turned around one last time to see the dog she loved, and said that Fellow looked at her like he H YPNOSIS Clinic and Private ________________ F O R : ___________________ • STRESS «SMOKING •WEIGHT • FEARS •BEDWETTING «M EMORY • SPORTS • NAILBITING • SELF CONFIDENCE Call 668-4221 B illie M c N u tt PHD. C e rtifie d U nion H y p n o th e ro p is t couldn't understand why she was leaving But, Clift knows that his place is with his new master. Please turn to Page «. Jeffrey A. Crook ATTORNEY A nnounces the d isso lu tio n o f his p a rtn e rs h ip w ith V e rn o n L. R ichard and th e m o ve o f his p ra ctice to: 39051 Proctor Blvd. Sandy, OR 97055 N ext to Sandy Insurance Co. My o ffic e w ill handle: Criminal la w Bankruptcy Traffic-DUII.DWS Corporation* Real Property Estate*-Will* Personal Injury • Accident* Domestic Relation* — Dissolution* Adoption* — Custody — Support, ate. ond General Practice Special for February: S im ple W ills - $ 4 5.0 0 w ith th is ad, o r a d is count on you r firs t con ference. 668-3558 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Brenda Coleman. Becky Clift and Fellow K SD A raises camping fees Use of campgrounds in the National forests in Oregon and Washington will cost more next sum m er, according to the USDA Forest Service Fees at recreation sites for 1982 will see higher rates and more sites will be designated as fee sites. Variable rates will apply in some campgrounds Last year, rates were 12 to $5 in the 216 ca m p g ro u n d s where fees were charged There are more than 900 campgrounds in the Pacific Northwest Region. More of the cost of pro- pground closures and fur ther reduction in services may still be necessary ” viding recreation facilities and services is being shifted from the general populace to the camping v is ito r , a c c o rd in g to Regional Forester Jeff M Sirmon This year will be the first time different rates for sites of varying quality will be used at nine cam pgrounds in the Pacific Northwest, and also the first time fees will be im posed at a swimming site, for a cave tour, and at three off-road vehicle stag ing areas. "This action helps meet our budgetary reduction and will improve the rela tionship between income and expense,’’ Sirmon said "Operating costs have in creased sharply in recent years and administrative actions are needed to keep the campgrounds open and operable. A few cam - A listing of charge sites and fee schedules will be announced by National Forest Supervisors. Class offered bus drivers C lackam as Education Service District (ESD) has received a $5,000 inservice grant to train school bus drivers to transport han dicapped students, accor ding to ESD Superinten dent Bob Burns The grant will fund a series of ten workshops on how to handle special pro blems in busing handicap ped children. The series will be offered twice bet ween late spring and next October About sixty bus drivers from Clackamas County school districts and the ESD can attend. The classes will be of fered at Clackamas Com m u n ity C o lle g e by specialists in handicapped e d u c a tio n , p h y s ic a l therapists and occupa tional therapists. The ESD received the grant from the Oregon Department of Education which is administrating the inservice grant money for the federal government. "Handicapped students are being mainstreamed into regular classrooms and school programs at an increasing pace,” accor ding to Burns "As they are, school personnel who had little contact with han dicapped students before are finding they need to learn new skills to work ef fe c tiv e ly w ith special students. "An informal survey of county school districts showed th a t school tra n s p o rta tio n d e p a rt ments were interested in more training, so they were targeted for this inservice series," Bums said. 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