European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16 stars and stripes sunday april 22 2007 Alec Baldwin saddened by tapes release by Sandy Cohen the associated press los Angeles As Alec baldwins angry words to his daughter being broadcast around the world the 49yearold actor explained himself Friday on his web site although i have been told by numerous peo ple not to worry too much As All parents lose their patience with their kids i am most sad Baldwin denied that this was re leased to the Media because of what it does to a child he wrote in sorry As everyone who knows me is aware for losing my temper with my child a Voicemail Baldwin left for his 11yearold daughter in which he can be heard calling her a rude thoughtless Little pig was published thursday by celebrity news site to com Baldwin and his a wife Kim Basinger have been engaged in bitter custody disputes Over their daughter Ireland since the Cou ple divorced in 2002 in such Public cases your opponents attempt to take a picture of you on your worst Day and in Sist that this is who you Are As a person Baldwin wrote outside the doors of divorce court i have friends i have respect from peo ple i work with and i have a nor Mal relationship with my Daugh Ter miss America 44 stops an intruder on her by farm the associated press Waynesburg by miss America 1944 has a Talent that Likely has never appeared on a Beauty pageant stage she fired a handgun to shoot out a vehicles tires and Stop an intruder Venus Ramey 82 confronted a Man on her farm in sout Central Kentucky last week after she saw her dog run into a storage build ing where thieves had previously made off with old farm equip ment Ramey said the Man told her he would leave i said of no you wont and i shot their tires so they leave Ramey said she had to balance on her Walker As she pulled out a snub nosed 38caiiber handgun i didst even think twice i just went and did it she said if they even dared come close to me they be 6 feet under by now Ramey then flagged Down a passing Motorist who called 911 Curtis Parrish of Ohio was charged with Misdemeanour tres passing Deputy Dan Gilliam said the mans Hometown want immediately an u Here there be pirates vast Scallywag gather in new Orleans by Janet Mcconnaughey the associated press new costumed pirate wore a plumed hat and held a squat bottle labelled rum in Bis hand inside the bottle dark liquid sloshed and fizzled if s Coke i didst think rum would be appropriate at a school said capt Arr go Dee pronounced re with emphasis on the otherwise known As Rich Ard Reid of Deer Park Texas Hes among at least 750 people attending Pyra tecon a new Orleans weekend of piratical dress up and lore the weekend gathering also includes Good deeds such As giving supplies to a school reemerging from Hurricane katrina pirates Are hot these Days thanks in part to Johnny Depp and pirates of the Caribbean but pirates have had a place in popular culture at least since Cap Tain Charles Johnson or was it Daniel Defoe published a general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pirates in 1724 Mark Heimann a Potter from Estacada Ore said he began decorating wares with Skull and crossbones a year or two ago and his sales from quicksilver pirate pots now about equal the rest of his sales Pyra tecon billed As the first indoor pirate convention anywhere is at least triple the size originally envisioned by Lead organizer Rudy Arceo a sheriff s Deputy in new Orleans we were trying to do a Little conference a couple Hundred people but the word spread throughout the country through reenactment groups and pirate themed web Sites he said Whitney Fernandez working a Barnes Noble table at the meeting estimated she had 90 pirate themed books cd dds and games to sell the books ranged from a picture Book titled pirate girl to a Biog Raphy of Pierre and Jean Lafitte who sold slaves from captured ships in the Barataria swamps near new Orleans George Choun Das a corporate attorney and former Fri agent in new York said he used 20 films 13 television episodes an amusement Park at traction and 41 books to glean the words and phrases he incorporated into his new Book the pirate primer mastering the language of swashbucklers rogues his pronunciation guides sometimes longer than the phrases them selves lean heavily on the dialect popularized As pirate talk by Robert Newton who played Long John Silver in the 1950s movie of treasure Island and left Arr As part of his legacy Richard Reid aka capt Arr ghee is in new Orleans for a pirate convention heard have 7month Cert Tate limited time off
