(410)   Mon 20 Jan 97  0:41
By: Rod Swift
To: All
Re: HELL-o, a MUST READ post
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Are the religious nut-cases getting worse or what???  Maybe we
should pick Kingsville TX as our Holysmoke Convention site, and
have tee-shirts saying "HELL-o" for the con! :)

This was pulled from a REUTERS newswire report of 18 Jan 97.

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           KINGSVILLE, Texas (Reuter) - Heaven-o, how are you?

           It may take some getting used to, but Kleberg County
        commissioners have thrown their support behind a local man's
        campaign to take the "hell" out of hello.

           County Judge Pete De La Garza said Wednesday that the
        commissioners voted unanimously for a resolution urging the
        use of "heaven-o" instead of hello in greetings.

           "Is everybody using it? The answer is of course, no.  It
        is a very new thing and everybody's a little apprehensive,"
        De La Garza told Reuters.  "I suppose it's like everything
        else, once you get adjusted to it, you might start using it."

           The idea was spawned by flea market operator Leonoso
        Canales, who told the San Antonio Express-News, "I see hell
        in hello. It's disguised by the o, but once you see it, it
        will slap you in the face."

           Canales, 56, wanted the commissioners to make heaven-o
        the official greeting of the county, but De La Garza said
        the resolution only supports its optional use.  "We didn't
        want to get into the separation of church and state issue,"
        he said.

           The commissioners gave Canales their support because
        "he's a local guy," but their vote "has nothing to do with
        anything pious," De La Garza said.

           Canales believes his campaign will gain momentum now
        that it has the weight of officialdom behind it. He now plans
        to go to Texas Gov. George W. Bush to propose heaven-o as the
        state's official greeting.

           "I feel we have made history here in Kleberg County and set
        a new precedent," he said.

           The judge said he was not yet accustomed to the new
        greeting, but that he was trying, awkwardly, to use it.
        "Heaven-o, sir. Adios," he said at the end of the interview.
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