Summary
RICHMOND, Texas - Out here, where the tendrils of Houston's growing exurbs reach for open ground, sits Rio Bend, a cluster of new houses and other facilities for parents having difficult times with troubled foster children - difficulties like those Tom and Christine DeLay experienced with several teenagers they took into their home. Rio Bend was built by the DeLays, with help from friends, of sorts.
She, an acerbic realist from south Texas, says more houses are planned by their charitable organization, but: "I hated to lose the leadership position because it helps me to raise money for those kids."See the full content of this document
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Delay: Unbowed, Undeterred
Note her agreeably guileless acknowledgement that some friends of Rio Bend may not have been seized by simple altruism. She shares her husband's credo - power is useful and should be used - and knows t...
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