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Show .W. f ,1 . ..... v, -lniii NEW EYES' !on Paiitcr. 2S. lUuiniiful father of three, returned last week with h;s "new ces", a Golden Retriever i "Bandit." He completed the course for Guide for the Blind at San Rafael, Calif. Sheldon lost his a year ago during an on-the-job accident. ianc Bountiful father of ,s in the third week of a twining class at Guide for the Blind in San , Calif.. ith Bandit, a ome golden retriever. n Panter, 28. and his 15 lates were officially pre-d pre-d their new canine " in informal graduation ses on Saturday. Jan. 29, os the successful com-on com-on of the intensive sTER. A former installer :onditioning and heating lost his sight in an acci-n acci-n the job a year ago. :ing that mobility and im to move about on his ere musts in his new life jt sight, Panter applied ide Dogs for training, intelligent and ambitious man. Panter hopes to accounting with the view ntually becoming a CPA. d his wife Kathy are pa-of pa-of three children under e of four. "They keep us hopping," he smiled. Pleased w ith Bandit's guide work and gentle disposition, Panter is anxious to return home and acquaint ac-quaint the capable animal w it h his daily routine. PANTER is the latest Guide Dog trainee from Utah sponsored spon-sored by the Utah Eagles. The training of another class member, mem-ber, Mickey George of Ogden, is also being underwritten by the Eagles. Guide Dogs for the Blind w as selected as a nationwide nation-wide fund-raising project by the Eagles at the 19S0 national convention. Although the cost to nonprofit non-profit Guide Dogs for the Blind to produce one person-dog team is over $7,000. there is no charge whatever to the recipient reci-pient either for the valuable animal of in-residence training. train-ing. The school receives no federal or state funds and depends de-pends entirely for its support on voluntary contributions, such as that of the Utah Eagles. |