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That message stirred up parents in the Twin Cities suburb of Wayzata, Minn., when Doherty lectured there five years ago. His talk sparked a communitywide initiative called Putting Family First. One project: a book, written by Doherty and coalition organizer Barbara Carlson, filled with such advice as making family vacations a priority and strategies for finding time to talk with kids about their day. The group also launched a website and published a Consumer Reports--style guide to local after-school activities, providing analyses of the time and travel demands involved in pursuing each undertaking--not exactly a laid-back...
...years ago, the Wayzata prescriptions caught the eye of Marcia Marra, a busy mother of three in Ridgewood who works part-time for a local family-services agency. In professional and personal conversations, Marra had been hearing more and more complaints from soccer-and-ballet moms about their hectic, joyless lives, and she was having similar misgivings herself. With the backing of her boss, she convened a meeting of parents, clergy and community leaders. They shared their alarm over the growing numbers of elementary students wearing knee braces because of injured and overused limbs, the burnout among high school students...
...began developing and managing Indian casinos more than a decade ago. Among his real estate holdings: a ranch in tony Telluride, Colo.; a house in Palm Springs, Calif.; an estate called Casa Berman Palmillia on the Mexican Riviera; a condo in Las Vegas; and a $5 million estate in Wayzata, Minn. By his account, as of September 2001, he was worth almost $69 million...
...only friendly Muslim nation is one that doesn't raise a significant clamor for America's demise. We cannot do anything to change this. We are in a war that the U.S. can neither win nor lose. And we cannot quit. Welcome to the 21st century. LARRY MCGUIRE Wayzata, Minn...
...system, why not put applicants for pardons in the same category as other favor seekers in government, the one that includes people who make big donations to become an ambassador? That way we would not be hypocrites. We would just be recognizing it is politics as usual. STEWART PERRY Wayzata, Minn...