The front page of Sunday's (4/3/05) Star Tribune of Minneapolis had room for only three stories-- first (obviously) was the death of the Pope, followed by the aftermath of the state's worst mass murder, and finally, the upcoming marriage of Wheelock Whitney, businessman, senatorial and gubernatorial candidate, and a subject of my WRG-Aught-Two talk in Lexington. (Yes, I will try to [re-]write that up and post it-- sometime during the coming pontificate!) Wheelock is robbing both the cradle and the bench in marrying State Supreme Court Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz, age 50. (No mention of any relation to the brewing family.) Here are the links to the story and sidebars about the bride and groom; you may have to register, and after a few days even pay, to read them: http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5326845.html http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5326845-2.html http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5326809.html http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5326820.html The story included this tidbit: "Whitney's wife of 40 years -- the mother of his four children -- died in 1986. He was remarried briefly in 1990 to his horse trainer, who, he said, liked the horses more than she liked him." How's that again? I always thought this was a Whitney trait! Cheers, Ron Kyser