NEWSMAKERS

June 6, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

NEWSMAKERS

Jimmy Buffett laments the fouling of Florida

PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla.

Timing is not on Jimmy Buffett’s side.

The “Margaritaville” singer is synonymous with the white-sand beaches along the Gulf Coast that are now being fouled by leaked oil. He’s planning to open a hotel in Pensacola Beach, Fla., in two weeks.

He took a walk Saturday along the beach with Fla. Gov. Charlie Crist and noted that his favorite memories of the area are of sunsets in the fall.

He says he wants people in the area to know that he’s there for them. He says if he’s good for anything, it’s “helping people forget their troubles for a couple of hours.”

Man with same name as umpire gets calls

TOLEDO

An Ohio man had to turn off his phone service because he shares the same name with the umpire who blew a call that cost a Detroit pitcher a perfect game.

The Toledo man says the harassing calls started not long after the bad call Wednesday night, and some were pretty vulgar.

Jim Joyce tells WTOL-TV the confusion came about because umpire Jim Joyce grew up in Toledo and graduated from high school in the city.

Joyce says he got at least 40 irate calls, and someone even posted his name, address and phone number on Facebook.

Theater: Sheen lawyers asked about work

ASPEN, Colo.

Attorneys for Charlie Sheen have approached a Colorado nonprofit theater about having the actor do public-service work as part of a plea deal in his domestic-violence case, the theater’s artistic director said Friday.

Sheen’s duties, if the deal is approved, would include teaching a class and helping with Theatre Aspen’s three summer shows, Paige Price said.