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Carey Kinsolving (Children’s International Arts Festival organizer)
956-772-1920
carey@KidsTalkAboutGod.org
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Bill and Cheryl Wise (Parents of Reecie Wise)
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Jody Dahl (Co-owner of Runamuk Guest Ranch)
(406) 323-3614
runamukguestranch@gmail.com
www.runamukguestranch.com
Warsaw Girl, 8, Wins Dude Ranch Vacation for Family
Fourth of Seven Dude Ranch Vacations To Be Awarded in 2010 Online Festival
Warsaw, Ind., April 22, 2010 – Last Friday, Cheryl Wise sat down with her 8-year-old daughter Reecie to look at online, video news stories of children who have won dude ranch family vacations through the Children’s International Arts Festival. After looking at other children celebrate their wining art and writing, Reecie sighed and said, “It just seems so impossible.”
This morning, the impossible happened. Reporters from three South Bend TV stations and two Warsaw newspapers knocked on the door of the Wise family home to capture the Publishers-Clearing-House like moment. In a phone call, Reecie learned that she had won a week-long vacation for her family at the Runamuk Guest Ranch in Roundup, Montana.
“We’re calling to congratulate you, Honey, to tell you that you and your family have a won a ranch vacation to Runamuk Guest Ranch in Roundup, Montana,” said ranch co-owner Jody Dahl in a phone call to Reecie Wise.
Dahl told Wise she would be riding a horse named Willie for the week. She’ll also see elk, mule deer, wild turkey and real Indian pictographs while riding through open meadows, pine forest and sandstone rimrock. With 1,800 head of cattle on the Runamuk, Dahl told Wise that she and her two siblings will learn how to move cattle.
In addition to working cattle, the Wise family will have 18,000 acres of private land to explore. Runamuk has been owned by the same Montana ranching family since 1886. The ranch cooking isn’t bad either as it has been featured on The Food Network (www.runamukguestranch.com).
Wise drew two pieces of art that illustrated her answers to the following questions: “Why did Jesus say that a prophet has no honor in his own country? (John 4:39-45)” and “What can we learn from Jesus healing the nobleman's son? (John 4:46-54).” Her artwork and some of her writing will appear in the Kids Color Me Bible Gospel of John at www.KidsTalkAboutGod.org. Winners from the past two years have already been published in the first 12 chapters of the free, online, storybook Bible.
“For an 8-year-old, Reecie’s artwork and writing are exceptional,” said Carey Kinsolving, author, syndicated columnist and founder of the Children’s International Arts Festival. Her writing and artwork can be seen at www.KidsTalkAboutGod.org/reecie.
The purpose of the Children’s International Arts Festival is to foster Bible literacy. “Some children become highly motivated to squeeze every ounce of meaning from a Bible text when there is a dude ranch vacation looming just over the horizon,” said Kinsolving. All the information about the online festival can be found at www.KidsTalkAboutGod.org.
The Children's International Arts Festival is sponsored by KidsTalkAboutGod.org and participating dude ranches. Festival organizer Carey Kinsolving writes a weekly Kids Talk About God column, distributed through Creators Syndicate, and has produced a series of popular TV spots for an ABC affiliate that can be seen on the Kids Talk About God website.
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