C8 EZ RE THE WASHINGTON POST.MONDAY, MARCH 7 , 2022
CHIP SAYS
On this day in 1965, protesters marching for voting rights
in Selma, Alabama, were brutally attacked by police.
Violent images from the attack, known as “Bloody
Sunday,” inspired people to join the fight against injustice.
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our website.BIRTHDAYS OF THE WEEK
MONDAY, MARCH 7
Silver Spring’s Asante Allen
and Bishop Allen (2010).
Poet Amanda Gorman (1998).
Horticulturist Luther Burbank (1849).
Astronomer John Herschel (1792).TUESDAY, MARCH 8
TV journalist Lester Holt (1959).
Playground advocate Joseph Lee (1862).
Surgeon Karl Ferdinand von Graefe
(1787).WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9
Falls Church’s Harrison Keel ( 2013).
Chevy Chase’s Lincoln Fisher (2009).
Gymnast Sunisa Lee (2003).
K-pop star Suga (1993).
Saxophonist Ornette Coleman (1930).
THURSDAY, MARCH 10
Singer Carrie Underwood (1983).
Music producer Rick Rubin (1963).
Activist Lillian Wald (1867).FRIDAY, MARCH 11
Washington’s Peter Revesz (2012).
Basketball player Anthony Davis (1993).
Civil rights activist Ralph Abernathy
(1926).
Civil rights lawyer Robert L. Carter (1917).
SATURDAY, MARCH 12
Singer Liza Minnelli (1946).
Playwright Edward Albee (1928).
Wrestler Mae Young (1923).SUNDAY, MARCH 13
Washington’s Emma Minoff-Nagarajan
(2013).
Author Rachel Renée Russell (1959).
Physicist John Van Vleck (1899).
Author Dorothy Aldis (1896).
Astronomer Percival Lowell (1855).A. Allen
B. Allen
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TODAY
Skies may be cloudy, and high
temperatures could reach the
pleasant middle 70s.
ILLUSTRATION BY MATEO GARCIA, 7, ALEXANDRIAASSOCIATED PRESS
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iggles, kisses and pup-
py breath.
The five 8-week-old
Labrador retriever
and German shepherd puppies
were openhearted balls of fluff
when they arrived at Tipton Air-
port in Fort Meade, Maryland, last
month.
Now th ey are on a path to great-
ness — potentially as guide dogs
that will transform the lives of
people with partial or complete
vision loss.
The furry friends-to-be traveled
aboard a “Pilots to the Rescue”
flight from the Guiding Eyes for
the Blind headquarters in York-
town Heights, New York, where
they were born and spent the first
two months of their lives with
their moms and siblings.
Although the dogs have been
bred for health and temperament,
it will require the expertise of the
volunteer “puppy raisers” inPuppy love: Volunteers devoted
t o training g uide dogs for the blind
PHOTOS BY CAROLYN KASTER/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Two puppies are awarded “Olympic” medals to practice feeling something
being placed over their heads; Kenji, below left, p ractices wearing a raincoat;
and Guiding Eyes for the Blind “puppy raiser” Chris Bohmer puts Brahms in a
plane bound for New York, where Brahms will r eceive additional training.Maryland to transform the excit-
able, wiggly youngsters into well-
trained, well-mannered and well-
socialized dogs.
Kids can volunteer as puppy
raisers, but they must ha ve a par-
ent’s support for transportation
and backup care, according to
Guiding Eyes.
The process involves 14 to 16
months of weekly classes and eval-
uations. Training starts with the
basics: name recognition, man-
ners and commands such as “sit”
and “down.” More complex com-
mands are taught before the pup-
pies are introduced to the world by
the raisers and the raisers’ fami-
lies.
Cindy Tait, a C hesapeake Bay-
area manager for Guiding Eyes for
the Blind’s Puppy Program, and
others keep an eye on the training
and help with problems along the
way.
Once a solid, loving foundation
is in place, puppies leave their
raisers and return to the Guiding
Eyes training center in New York
for formal guide-dog training. The
dogs ultimately demonstrate
whether they will become a guide
for the blind, a different kind of
service dog or someone’s pet.
Denali is one of four older pup-
pies placed aboard a return flight
to Guiding Eyes in New York the
day the recruits arrived in Mary-
land. Tait had tears in her eyes as
she watched puppy raiser Caro-
lyn Schaefer say goodbye to the
yellow lab and walk him to the
plane.
“This is the hard part,” Tait said.
But knowing that a guide dog has
the power to help people softens
the blow, she said.
Guiding Eyes has puppy raisers
in most East Coast states, Ohio and
Colorado. Kids and teens who vol-
unteer are eligible to earn Presi-
dential Volunteer Service Awards
(presidentialserviceawards.gov).
To find out more information
about the puppy raiser program,
visit guidingeyes.org/how-to-help/
volunteer/puppy-raising.See it.
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