European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes saturday december 29, 1990 faces a no places a it s 25-ton Christmas gift lifts alaskan from wife reports one of Alaska s most famous rocks Lias a new owner. Mac Mackintosh lost his fight in Small claims court last week when he tried to get $3,0l t in Back rent from the City of Homer for  kit in his car Wash parking lot. Hut the Saga of the unwanted Rock had a Nappy ending when Shawn Kinney bought it for $1 and paid $125 to have it delivered by forklift As a Christmas present for her husband. Mark. A a lies a one of those people who for years at birthdays and Christmas says a of. I dont need anything, shawm Kinney said. A then my son came Home one afternoon and said �?~1 found out what dad wants. I be wants the Rock at the ear Wash Quot _ movers hoisted the Boulder Writh a 26-ton forklift used for unloading containers from ships. The forklift to was barely equal to the task. It took All afternoon to pry the Rock from the soil and carry it 101 Yards Uphill to the Kinney so House. The Boulder which weighs Between 25 tons and 35 ions and is the size of Small sports ear became news after Mackintosh sued the City in october. He claimed the Boulder was excavated during a City Streel wid Eiting project and. Left in the Tot when the car Wash had a different owner. Mackintosh told the City that its Boulder was Block ing his efforts to expand his business a they were laughing me out of their office  was a big joke a said the 45-year-old entrepreneur. A it May seem like a joke to an outsider but it s not a joke if you re stuck with a Rock this  Holiday season the internal Revenue service message about giving taxpayers a Christmas break apparently never reached All the people at die postal service. University of Florida student Gerald Rose of plan lation fla., just finished Reading a news account about an irs decision to delay the mailing of tax forms from the Day after Christmas to Friday when he found the irs packet in his mailbox.�?o1 thought a no this Isnit right a a he said wednesday after collecting the unwelcome mailing. Irs commissioner Fred t. Goldberg had decided to postpone the annual mailing of 108 million tax packages to extend feelings of Holiday cheer but the plan backfired in this Broward county Community. Irs spokeswoman Barbara Nichols explained the irs delivers the forms to the postal service at least a week before Christmas to be held for delivery after the Holiday  a. R a if some got delivered it was by mistake Waid postal service spokeswoman Cesta Ayers in Miami. A probably one or two stationmaster got  not up for discussion Roseanne Barros husband wants a  to work a one from a court not from her hit to show. Toni Arnold tiled a suit in Superior court in los Angeles charging that barfs former husband and Bis attorney violated a court order by discussing publicly the comics divorce. Arnold said sex husband William Pentland and his attorney Alimony lawyer Marvin Muchi Tsun Dis cussed the divorce on the a Donahue show in Novoni Arnold a lawyer Martin Singer asked a judge to sentence Mitchelson to 30 Days in jail and Pentland to 15 Days for contempt of court. Singer said Mitchelson Quot has engaged in a widespread publicity Campaign to try to maliciously disparage and Delaine Tom Arnold in direct violation of the order a Mitchelson said he would tile a counter suit saying it was Barr who called into a Donahue and discussed the divorce color purple proud officials in the town where Alice Walker was born want to build a Trail honouring the pulitzer prize winning author of a the color  Walker 46, is honoured in Eatonton ga., Only with a Street named for her and with books on display at the chamber of Commerce _ organizers of the color purple educational fund foundation which helps needy students want to create a Trail passing walkers Birthplace her mothers Home and the cemetery where her father and other relatives Are  also Call for erecting a Monument in the courthouse Square. Some soldiers like it like Good Jalapeno peppers looters from southwestern soldiers in the Middle fast lonely for some hot sauce Are enough to bring a tear to the Eye. A v a i am desperate a w Rote stuff sgt James a. Miller of the 82nd airborne Piv. A san Antonio is my Home and Pace Picante sauces Are on my table All the time. And if you could spare a few quarts this paratrooper would be  san Antonio based Pace foods inc. Obliged by sending 2,000 bottles of the spicy sauce to troops in the Gulf but the letters from soldiers tired of Bland military Chow keep coming  letter from a Soldier was enclosed with picture of six  holding four empty hot sauce bottles upside Down. It a. A if yall find it All Inyo alls heart to Send us a sizable donation of medium Picante sauce to my unit it would be a big morale Booster a wrote spec. Charles r. Moulder a Soldier assigned to an artillery unit Ellis Island memorial a proposed family history Center at Ellis Island n.y., will be named for entertainer Bob Hope who came to the United states As a 4-year-old British immigrant in 1907, the Ellis Island restoration commission has announced. The plan for the a Bob Hope family heritage Center was disclosed As the s7-year-old performer wound up yet another Christmas visit w Ith . Troops abroad. In saudi Arabia. Hope reportedly quipped a sounds great but does this make me a National Monument a a. Athe commission said the Center to be built with $15 million in private donations w ill House records of the 17 million immigrants who passed through Ellis Island Bird and Friend Boston celtics basketball Star Larry Bird poses with Elwood a 4-foot-4 Dummy who is the Mascot of a Rock fails iii., sixth Grade class. The 8-year-old Elwood has travelled thousands of Miles meeting famous people including president Bush As part of a program to inspire the students to follow their dreams. Elwood was visiting Boston Garden. To become americans and a computer Center where descendants can research their family ancestry playing it Safe hotels in downtown Atlanta will hide Welcome Mats on new years eve. Last Nev years eve teen agers ran amok and trashed the Marriott Marquis. This year they re invited to go elsewhere. A there Wilt be no real party this year at the hotel said Steve Clanton Marriott marketing director. A we obviously done to want anything like what we had last year.�?�. A a bottles furniture and huge potted plants were tossed off balconies into the atrium of the hotel about 50 people most Between 17 and 21 years old were charged with crimes including assault Vandal ism and reckless conduct. Paramedics treated More than a dozen injured Only adult guests will be admitted and no Large parties will be allowed in rooms Clanton said. Other downtown hotels Are taking similar precautions. Pear Abby 1 owe you big time lady a and after racking my brain for ways to a a pay my  think 1 found a method that will please you. Recently you published a list of a a do a and font so for a better relationship Between mothers in Law and daughters in Law among them to mothers in Law was a a done to drop in without. Calling first Quot my husband s mom who is retired and lives across the Street. Never misses your column and much to our Relief she took your advice. Her unannounced v visits were immediately reduced from two to three a Day to twice a week done to get me wrong she is a wonderful person whom i love very much but with our hectic schedules her drop in visits were very disruptive. Neither my husband nor i could figure out How to get that message across without hurting her feelings. A Abby As a Token of my. Heartfelt appreciation for solv dear Abby ing this problem for us i have doubled my United Way fund contribution Kyul in your Honor should you publish this  me Worth it dear Worth it you Are indeed unique most readers see others in my column but rarely do they see themselves. Dear Abby we re having a debate in my family. If a Man gives a woman an engagement ring and four hours later they break up should the worn a g return the ring. My sister says a no the ring is the woman a to keep regardless of How Long she a had  1 ant in total disagreement and feel that Given the scant length of their engagement the woman is not entitled to keep the ring. A third sister insists that if the woman Breaks the engagement she should return the ring but if the Man Breaks the engagement its a Tough Luck  this happens to be a family matter because the girl w to had the four hour engagement is our Cousin please done to mention the name of our town As it could be embarrassing. A a a West coast cousins dear cousins a four hour engagement must be some kind of record. The gentleman has every right to expect the lady to return the ring. And if she refuses she s no lady. Dear Abby. I Hope you publish a lot More letters front experienced runners and joggers because they should have p 1 Enty of a 1  11 is for  runners. But in Case nobody mentions this nmn ers should never Wear headsets to listen to Siuffe the news or w whatever while they Are running. A f  of mine was nearly killed because she wore a Headset and did no to hear the Little sports ear that came whizzing around the Corner. A a a a Mary Sunshine con i Dent Alto o. In Birmingham Ala Voltaire said a the secret of being a bore is to Tell  a truism a but hardly a secret