GILLESPIE OFFERS AN ALTERNATIVE TO KOHL IN RACE FOR THE SENATE.(Opinion)

From: The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) | Date: August 20, 2000 | Copyright information

In 1965, a 13-year-old boy from an alcohol-shattered home wandered into John Gillespie's Sunday School class. Gillespie and his wife, Jan, asked the boy to spend a few days with theirfamily . . . which grew into a fewweeks . . . which grew into an open door for other troubled boys.

Before long, the Gillespies' hospitality had outgrown their home and Rawhide Boys Ranch was founded. Today,

Rawhide's 500-acre campus northwest of Appleton is regarded as one of the most successful programs of its kind.

Thousands of delinquent boys have spent time at New London's Rawhide ...

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