September 17, 2009 in City

Perseverance nets Northwest tour

Alison Boggs alisonb@spokesman.com, (208) 765-7132
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Cindy Thomas, left, manager of Stoneridge Resort in Blanchard, shares a laugh with Roberta and Randy Wilt of Ohio on Tuesday. Thomas contacted the couple after she saw a national news story about Randy Wilt earning his GED at age 79. She offered to let them stay at the Stoneridge Resort free of charge.
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When CBS aired a story about a 79-year-old Ohio man earning his general equivalency diploma after years of trying, dozens of people nationwide called and wrote him to offer congratulations.

But only one offered Randy Wilt and his wife, Roberta, a vacation to reward a job well done. That was Cindy Thomas, manager of Stoneridge Resort in Blanchard, Idaho. This week, Thomas is hosting the Wilts at the resort – the culmination of a long-distance correspondence that began when Thomas saw Wilt’s story on the Jan. 23 evening news.

She wrote a letter of congratulations, and in exchange, Roberta Wilt …

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