LR3 Import Selected Folders

In LR2 it was possible to put a checkmark beside selected folders to import in the LR catalog. The 'include subfolders' checkbox in LR3 only partially accomplishes the same thing, but with much less flexibility.
I create my folder structure and copy images from CF cards through the operating system and do my initial edit and captioning in another program. Only then do I want to add them (without moving) to my LR3 catalog to take advantage of the Develop module.
When I started using LR2 I just imported folders as I needed to work on the images, but didn't import the root folders the 'shoot' folders are in. That means I have a whole lot of rather unorganized folders in a long list in my catalog. I'd like to go back and rationalize the catalog, adding the root and higher level folders. However, if I select 'Camera2010' to import with 'include subfolders' checked then LR3 wants to import everything, including small web versions and optimized TIFFs that are in folders a level below where all my raw files live. Yes, I could uncheck those files, but it would be a huge amount of tedium.
Is there any clean way to get my folder structure rationalized within LR3 without importing all the unwanted low-level processed images? My current catalog is about 50K images and I have many more to add.

GatorJim2000, very helpful answer.
I was able to turn off 'include subfolders' and select a high-level folder. Then I could Ctrl-click the individual folders below that I wanted to import, making sure not to highlight (select) the lowest level folders I did not want. Thank you.

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