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Ia f e t yjr Boating;ater splashing around you and the wind in your hair%u2014it%u2019s then-filled day can turn into a tragedy without proper caution. Ife on the deep blue this summer, the Red Cross wants to help.Outboard Boating at the Brooklyn Red Cross Chapter, 165uccessive Thursday evenings, starting July 13 and continuing: will be held from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. and certificates will bei completing the course. All you have to do to join is be at least.25 textbook, and register by calling 787-1000, extension 557.it the youngsters who come along as passengers (as you well:! Cross wants you to know they%u2019ve published a new booklet toif children safe boating techniques. %u201c Safe Boating, A Parents%u2019j%u201d suggests ways for parents to instill a %u201csafety first%u201d attitudei as determining a child%u2019s real swimming ability, the need and%u25a0vices, necessary equipment aboard a boat, fueling, and the!f a boat. The booklet is available at Red Cross chapters andof 95 cents. So if boating is what you had in mind for thely will help to make the memories good ones.Hubert's Chef of the Month PlanChefs aren%u2019t just men who wear funny hats that look like balloons or who talk with a French accentwith their fingers in a pinching-position; some of the greatest cooks around lead everyday lives and actjust like you and me%u2014with the basic exception that they know what they%u2019re doing in the kitchen. V\\fell,Hubert%u2019s, a restaurant on the corner of Hoyt and Bergen that%u2019s noted for its individual attention to theirclientele, Is using this %u201ceveryday%u201d fact as an exciting new part of its menu. The staff there is choosingpeople from the area to be special guest chefs for a couple of days. %u2018 %u2018When somebody prepares food ina restaurant as part of a daily job they tend to get stuck in a pattern, %u2019 %u2019 explained co-owner Len Allison.%u201c But when someone is fixing a meal as something special, they treat it differently. They defypracticality and really put a lot of themselves into the meal. W e%u2019re hoping that this program wiii,besides being unusual, bring a new sense of variety to the restaurant. %u2019 %u2019 The first guest chef to take partin this %u201cCulinary exchange%u201d is Noel Yauch, a resident of State Street as w elfas a noted architect.Yauch%u2019s first creation was served on July 8, a French cuisine consisting of Vegetable a la Greque andCoulibian Saman in Brioche (a yeast dough with eggs) was nothing short of scrumptious.Though Noel cooks often for guests at his home, this was his first %u201c professional%u201d job, and nextSunday, July 16, Yauch will be preparing an Italian dish. For the month of August, Hubert%u2019s will behosting another guest chef, Chuch Sherwood, a producer for community television, who will whip up aFrench Creole on August 13. Dinner at Hubert%u2019s is about $14 during the week and $16 during theweekend. They have a mailing list of clientele to whom menus are regularly sent, and those interestedin checking out what%u2019s in store at Hubert%u2019s are welcome to call them at 858-0400.%u2014J.E.W .S e n d in t h e C lo w n s !Don%u2019t tell your kids to quit clowning around. Tellthem to take that disguised talent to the BrooklynWar Memorial (Cadman Plaza Park) where the'Brooklyn Arts and Cultural Association will besponsoring a course in clowning and the Circus Artsfor six weeks this summer. Guiding the apprenticeclowns will be Hanabelle, the Lady Clown. Thecourse will cover clown make-up, character, wardrobe, and gags, and the circus skills of juggling, basic acrobatics, magic, mime, balloon sculpture, andstilt walking. But the class will be limited to 12clowns and mere will he a nominal fee for materials.To insure that all students have potential, openauditions will be held for children ages eight to 15, atthe War Memorial%u2019s Senior Citizens%u2019 Lounge,Friday, July 14 and 21, at 10:30 a.m. For furtherinformation, call Abike at 783-4469 or Hanabelie,840-1234. With a red ball nose, your little ham couldbe the world%u2019s next Bozo.GreenmarketMeansGetting FreshFrozen foods are convenient, but fruits andvegetables just aren%u2019t themselves unless they%u2019ve justbeen plucked from their stems. And farmland in theregion is fast disappearing and with it New Yorkers%u2019only supply of truly fresh produce. So Greenmarket,a program which is unique to this city, is beingoperated at the Brooklyn Academy of Music%u2019sparking lot, in which consumers buy produce directlyfrom the farmer, thus not only getting food at itsfreshest, but saving a bundle on food bills. Thedirector of the program, Barry Benepe, says that lastyear at Greenmarket, tomatoes averaged 30 cents,compared to 75 cents in supermarkets, and lettuceaveraged 35 cents compared to the stores%u2019 55 cents.And the fresh produce is coming from all over theeast, with cherries and strawberries, a variety offresh lettuce, mustard greens, col lards, kohlrabi,beets, tasty seasonings, baby carrots, scallions,leek, mushrooms and much more%u2014just aboutanything that%u2019s in season.The market will be open at Flatbush and AtlanticAvenues every Wednesday from 8 a.m. til 6 p.m.through November 22%u2014or until the food runs ouLGreenmarket can neip you with ii it; \\ t t%u00bbi ii icoo you%u2019vsbeen waiting for (at prices you can catsup with!)Botanic GardensNeed a love potion? A freckle remover? A vampirekiller? Or just a fragrant cup of tea? Then turn toherbs. More than 300 different herbs, all labelled,are now at their peak in Brooklyn Botanic Garden%u2019sHerb Garden. The garden sprouts herbs foreverything from medicine to cooking to cosmetics,with seven major beds and two rock garden areas,and features in its center an elegant Elizabeth KnotGarden of interlacing bands of compact herbs.Bernard Currid, gardener in charge of the HerbGarden, says that some herbs grow easily inwindowboxes and especially recommends kitchenherbs, such as summer savory, mints, parsley, andsweet scented marigolds. He warns againstmedicinal plants, advising that most are poisonous.The most poisonous herbs in the garden are plantedin the rear, making them less accessible to children.More information on herbs, uses and culture may beobtained from three plants and gardens handbooksat the Garden%u2019s shop or through the mail by writingBrooklyn Botanic Garden. 10(30 Washington Avenue,Brooklyn 11225. They cost $1.75 each. So if you visitthe Botanic Gardens, stop by this special garden andtell the guys you herb it here.Edited by Jeannette E. 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