Good morning. Today is the 239th day of the year. It is the birth anniversary (1910) of Mother Teresa, the Albanian Roman Catholic nun who was famed for her charity work. She founded the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, which cares for destitute people in Calcutta, India, and other places. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
Other well-known people who were born today include actor Paul Reubens (“Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” Pee-wee’s Big Adventure), actress Tuesday Weld (“Dobie Gillis”) and musician Daryl Dragon, the “captain” of the musical duo The Captain and Tenille.
CHEF HYMIE GRANDE To Demonstrate Recipes in Brooklyn.
Chef Hymie Grande, Jamie Faitelson, has created a line of barbecue sauces with no high-fructose corn syrup or processed sugars.
He will demonstrate recipes made from these sauces this Saturday at Stinky Bklyn, 261 Smith St. between Douglas and DeGraw streets.
His are the first bottled barbecue sauces with the seal of the American Diabetes Association on the label.
The demonstration will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, log on to www.chefhymiegrande.com.
MYSTERIOUS BROOKLYN GROUP Stands Up for Mermaids.
Some time ago, the Israeli seaside town of Kiryat Yam, fed up with reported sightings of mermaids, offered to pay $1 million to anyone who could prove he or she saw a mermaid.
Now, a mysterious Brooklyn-based organization known as the Mermaid Medical Association has threatened to sue the town, saying the contest damaged the “mermaid legacy.”
There’s another, better-known Brooklyn-based organization known as the Mermaid Medical Association – a health clinic on Mermaid Avenue near Coney Island. That group says it knows nothing of the contest.
There’s yet another “mermaid” in Coney Island – the yearly Mermaid Parade. Dick Zigun of Coney Island USA, which organizes the parade, says he supports the Israeli contest because it’s “good for mermaids.”
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