Lots of Elvis Citings HereEvery man may...

Lots of Elvis Citings Here

Every man may be a king, but a new book shows every King is not a man.

Coming to bookshelves in February will be “I Am Elvis--A Guide to Elvis Impersonators,” by American Graphic Systems in San Francisco. The book lists 66 Elvis impersonators across the country, including “The Lady Elvis” and 4-year-old “Little Elvis.”

Adult male impersonators include “El Vez--The Mexican Elvis” and “Mayor Elvis,” another name for Bruce Borders, the mayor/King of Jasonville, Ind. Then there’s Nazar Sayegh, the singing anesthesiologist, who softly croons the King’s tunes as he wheels his patients to the recovery room.

Key details include the impersonators’ height, weight, favorite Elvis songs, astrological sign and birth date. Just as the King’s weight varied tremendously during his life, so too does the weight of his impersonators, generally ranging from 150 to 230 pounds.

The book includes short biographies and stories of memorable Elvis impersonations. A bearded Dimitri Theodosis, who doesn’t look a thing like Elvis, says his most memorable performance was singing at a “Texaco Eat-In” in Lampasas, Texas. According to his biography, Theodosis had the place all shook up while singing to “a beautiful young gas station attendant, who was surrounded by her family for protection” because of Theodosis’ passionate singing.

Counties With Big Job Gains

Aerospace layoffs and real estate woes may have bruised the California economy, but don’t sell the state short. Its growing population should translate into economic strides in the 1990s, according to NPA Data Services, a Washington economic forecasting and consulting firm. In fact, the NPA study indicates that 10 California counties will rank among the nation’s top 50 job gainers in the coming years, American Demographics magazine reports.

Orange County, expected to gain 674,000 jobs between 1989 and 2000, will lead the nation, the analysis found. Los Angeles, projected to gain 652,000 jobs, ranks second. San Diego, expected to produce 420,000 jobs, comes in fifth.

The theory goes something like this: More people mean more spending on local goods and services, prompting local companies to expand, and attracting new employers--which lure even more new residents. “It works in kind of a spiral,” said Nestor E. Terleckyj , president of NPA Data Services.

Trust’s Overhead Is Only 4.3%

Because of inaccurate information picked up from the Green Consumer Letter, a Footnotes item on Dec. 24, 1990, that compared the fund-raising expenses of environmental groups misstated the percentage of overhead for the Trust for Public Land. The actual percentage is 4.3%. Thus, the group has the lowest overhead of any in the newsletter’s list.