[nagdu] American Idol contestant gets guide dog

[Marion & Martin]

Did you notice that they can't even use the word "blind in this article?

Marion


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From: "Julie J" <julielj at windstream.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 6:52 AM
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> Paula Abdul Surprises Idol's Scott MacIntyre With Guide Dog
> Direct link to video
>
> Paula Abdul Surprises Idol's Scott MacIntyre With Guide Dog
>
> by Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna
>
> Today 2:19 PM PDT The night Scott MacIntyre got booted from American Idol 
> five weeks ago, Paula Abdul took him aside and said, "I have a wonderful 
> surprise
> for you in a couple of weeks," he told Access Hollywood. That surprise 
> came on Friday when the Idol judge presented the visually challenged 
> singer with
> a guide dog from Guide Dogs of America in Sylmar, Calif.
>
> Scott walked-or "test drove" as he joked-two of the organization's 
> Labrador retrievers on Friday, but he won't get his dog until after the 
> American Idol
> tour ends on Sept. 15. At that time, he'll get matched up with the right 
> pooch for him and go through a 28-day training process. "We have to find a 
> dog
> that really likes loud music," joked Paula.
>
> Scott, who was lured to the event under the false pretense that he was 
> there to sing, was quite surprised to learn the truth...
>
> "Are you serious? Thank you so much," Scott told Paula at the event, which 
> was in honor of May being National Guide Dog Month and cosponsored by 
> Natural
> Balance Pet Foods and Petco.
>
> Scott is the first visually challenged contestant on American Idol. The 
> Scottsdale, Ariz., singer isn't completely blind; he has a 2 percent field 
> of vision
> and gets around with the use of a cane. On the set of Idol, his fellow 
> contestants would walk him to and from the stage. Now, he'll have a furry 
> friend
> to help him out instead.
>
>>From this link:
>
> http://ca.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b123256_paula_abdul_surprises_idols_scott.html
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