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Mesa, CA 92627; by e-mail to luis.pena@latimes.com; by fax to (949)

646-4170; or by calling (949) 574-4298. Include the time, date and

location of the event, as well as a contact phone number.

TODAY

The Environmental Nature Center will present a holiday craft

workshop in which participants can create their own special holiday

season gifts for family and friends using a variety of materials from

9 a.m. 3 p.m. The cost is $140 per student with a 10% discount for members. There will be a $25 materials fee. Information: (949)

645-8489.

WEDNESDAY

The Environmental Nature Center will present a holiday craft

workshop in which participants can create their own special holiday

season gifts for family and friends from 9 a.m. 3 p.m. The cost is

$140 per student with a 10% discount for members. There will be a $25

materials fee. Information: (949) 645-8489.

FRIDAY

The Environmental Nature Center will present a holiday craft

workshop in which participants can create their own special holiday

season gifts for family and friends from 9 a.m. 3 p.m. The cost is

$140 per student with a 10% discount for members. There will be a $25

materials fee. Information: (949) 645-8489.

MONDAY

The Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center will host an event

that will let visitors see and touch different kinds of insects and

to understand how the legs of different insects do different jobs

from 11 a.m. to noon at 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach. The

cost will be $10 for each child 5 and older. Information: (949)

923-2295.

JAN. 10

There will be a Computer Fair at the Orange County Fair &

Exposition Center from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Building No. 10 at the

Orange County Fair & Exposition Center. The cost is $5 for adults;

children 10 and younger get in for free. Information: (800) 800-5600.