La. village drops 666 from its number


	La. village drops 666 from its number

Geshizar

12-29-2007 8:51 AM

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12-29-2007 10:10 AM

debbyski

Well, thank goodness for that, I can see this is taxpayer money well spent.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ebcb7f37-c003-41b6-a54c-1cb711b8dbf7/D895C5E7-269B-4047-B5D4-1FA7884E05B6/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1120ap_odd_666_exchange.html?source=rss" href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1120ap_odd_666_exchange.html?source=rss" style="font-size: 11px;">seattlepi.nwsource.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1120ap_odd_666_exchange.html?source=rss"><P>REEVES, La. -- It's taken 40 years, but this southwest Louisiana village no longer bears the mark of the beast.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1120ap_odd_666_exchange.html?source=rss"><P>Beginning this month, residents and businesses can change the first three digits of their phone numbers from 666 - depicted in the Bible as the mark of the beast - to 749.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1120ap_odd_666_exchange.html?source=rss"><P>Mayor Scott Walker said one of the biggest hangups he's had, both as mayor and as a lifelong resident of Reeves, is the reaction he's gotten when giving people his number. 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