Facts You Probably D on’t Need

 Your fingernails grow faster on your dominant hand.

 The average American spends about 2.5 days a year looking for lost items.

 Cap'n Crunch's full name is Captain Horatio Magellan Crunch.

 The wood frog can hold its urine for up to eight months.

 In 2007, a dead bowhead whale was found with a harpoon embedded in its blubber that dated back to the 1800s.

 On April 18, 1930, the BBC announced that there was no news on that day and played piano music on its air instead.

 The bar tab of a 1787 farewell party for George Washington is still intact. According to the bill, the Founding Fathers drank 54 bottles of Madeira, 60 bottles of claret, seven bottles of whiskey, 22 bottles of porter, eight bottles of hard cider, 12 bottles of beer, and seven bowls of alcoholic punch between the 55 attendees.

 Pineapples were seen as such a status symbol during the 18th century that people could rent them to put on display at parties.

Facts by Sean McVeigh, factologist.

Want to send your 14 year old daughter or son to have SAFE fun, while learning life-long skills at the beach? Does the development of leadership, team building, seamanship, citizenship, public service, and teamwork interest you and your child and call you both to action? Is an overall atmosphere of fun, led by Scouts for Scouts a place you want your children to be?

We are the Sea Scout Ship 343, Patriot. We meet Tuesday evenings in the Point Breeze Clubhouse in the winter and Saturdays and Tuesday evenings on the beach in the warmer season. We march in the Breezy parades, sell various items at the stores, deliver lap afghans to Veterans and perform many other community service acts.

Away from the Point we have: paddled down the Delaware River, visited SUNY Maritime College, visited a NYC fireboat, learned to read charts and navigate by dead reconning, rendezvoused on the beach with other sea scout ships, attended shooting sports upstate, sailed our bigger boats

and experienced many other exciting activities.

On the beach, Scouts learn to sail small boats, row, drive our inflatable rescue boat, go on fishing trips and canoe. They participate and achieve the NY state boaters award and above all, learn how to be a good citizen and work as a team.

Did you know NASA and scouting have a long history? More than twothirds of all current and former astronauts have been involved in scouting. Of the 312 pilots and scientists selected as astronauts since 1959, at least 207 have been identified as having been Scouts or active in scouting. Of the 24 men to travel to the moon on the Apollo 8 and Apollo 10 through 17 missions, 20 were Scouts, including 11 of the 12 men who walked on the moon, and all three members of the crew of Apollo 13. Similar accomplishments and leadership in other fields are often associated with former Scouts.

The leadership, teamwork, life skills and positive role models that are part of scouting help create motivated, high-achieving adults who may go on to become astronauts, scientists, engineers, business and government leaders. Perhaps your young one can make rank and use it to advance to a fabulous career and a rewarding and contributing life!

We also run a Mariners program for children aged between 11 and 13 years of age. There are also many opportunities for adults to help run programs for our ship, join our adult leaders committee, help renovate and maintain our donated fleet, organize parties, events and trips – come see!

You do not need to have a child in the program to contribute.

If interested, contact Pauleen Ward Brown at 718-634-8222. To register to join the Sea Scouts – fill in the form and pay the annual fee. A Scout or Mariner will receive a welcome pack – a Sea Scout tee shirt, cap, bag and other goodies. All activities are covered by Scouting insurance and led by trained and vetted adult leaders.

Come and join us – see what we do and have some fun with us.

By Sharon Feldman

Serves: 8

Ingredients:

• 1 cup bulgur (or coucous or rice)

• 1 cup boiling water

• 2 – 6 ounce boneless chicken breasts, with skin

• ¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon grape seed oil

• Salt and freshly ground pepper

• ½ cup fresh orange juice

• ½ cup fresh shredded basil leaves

• 5 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

• 2 large scallions, thinly sliced

• 2 avocados cut into 1-inch chunks

• 1 medium fennel bulb, (3/4 pound), cored and thinly sliced

• 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

In heatproof bowl, cover the bulgur with the boiling water. Cover the bowl with a plate and let stand until the water has absorbed and the bulgur is tender, about 30 minutes.

On a rimmed baking sheet, coat the chicken breasts with 1 tablespoon of the grape seed oil. Season with salt and pepper. Roast for 40-45 minutes, until golden, and temperature reaches 165 degrees. Discard the skin.

Slice the chicken ¼ inch thick.

In a small bowl, whisk the orange juice with the basil, lemon juice, scallions and remaining ¼ cup of grape seed oil; season with vinaigrette with salt and pepper.

In a bowl, toss the bulgur, chicken, avocados, fennel and toma-