PROJECT FEEDER WATCH 8 a.m. Croton Point Park Croton Point Avenue Watch and learn about birds with members of the group, and photograph and record the birds at the feeders. For more information, call 914-862-5297.
Yonkers
Somers
FEEDING BIRDS IN WINTER 2 p.m. Lasdon Park Route 35 Learn which plants attract birds to your landscape, along with the types of seed and feeders. For more info, call 914-864-7264.
Croton-on-Hudson
PROJECT FEEDER WATCH 8 a.m. Croton Point Park Croton Point Avenue Watch and learn about birds with members of the group, and photograph and record the birds at the feeders. For more information, call 914-862-5297.
Rye
Rye
VOLUNTEER WORK PROJECT 1 p.m. Marshlands Conservancy Route 1 Bring work gloves and help out with a different project each week. Hand tools provided. For more info, call 914-835-4466.
VOLUNTEER WORK PROJECT 1 p.m. Marshlands Conservancy Route 1 Bring work gloves and help out with a different project each week. Hand tools provided. For more info, call 914-835-4466.
Scarsdale
Tuckahoe
Sunday, January 5 Croton-on-Hudson
PROJECT FEEDER WATCH 8 a.m. Croton Point Park Croton Point Avenue Watch and learn about birds with members of the group, and photograph and record birds at the feeders. For more information, call 914-862-5297.
Scarsdale
CHILDREN’S ART CLASS 2 p.m. Greenburgh Nature Center 99 Dromore Road This class focuses on several kid-friendly, nature-inspired techniques ranging from cartoons to portraits. Students learn to work independently and in a group to use a variety of basic supplies. Instructor Jake Hurwitz is a fun, outgoing, and experienced art teacher who relates well with young students. Recommended for children ages 7 to 10. Members $15, Non-members $25. Pre-registration and pre-payment required online. For more information, call 914-723-3470.
FAMILY PROGRAM 2 p.m. Westchester Italian Cultural Center One Generoso Pope Place Musical retelling of the folk tale of La Befana, featuring Mariuccia Romano of the Coro d’Italia, Italian Singing and Dancing Ensemble. La Befana is an Italian Christmas tradition that has its origins in the 13th century legend of “La Befana.” Befana is a benevolent old woman who delivers gifts to children on January 5th, the eve of the Epiphany. Sing, dance and enjoy a wonderful afternoon with your children. The program will conclude with a holiday reception and gifts from la Befana. A program for all ages! For more information, call 914-771-8700.
Scarsdale
OWL PROWL 6 p.m. Greenburgh Nature Center 99 Dromore Road This fun and informative program has you meeting owls up-close, learning about their unique behaviors, and hiking at night through the forest looking and listening for our nocturnal neighbors. Bring flashlights! FREE. For info, call 914-723-3470.
Sunday, January 12 Croton-on-Hudson
PROJECT FEEDER WATCH 8 a.m. Croton Point Park Croton Point Avenue Watch and learn about birds with members of the group, and photograph and record birds at the feeders. For more information, call 914-862-5297.
Tales of adventures with Obamacare Continued from Page 3 maintenance. Your health coverage needs are extremely important to us. Please check back soon.” ObamaCare’s defenders like to blame Republican obstructionism for the program’s problems. But Massachusetts has a Democratic governor, Deval Patrick, who is such a pal of the president’s that they regularly have dinner during Obama’s Martha’s Vineyard vacations. Both houses of the state legislature are solidly under Democratic control. One can’t blame the Republicans for this one. I did call the phone number listed on the site and ask for help at one point. The woman who answered helpfully told me that the language on the site about a December 15 deadline was wrong, and that I actually had until December 23. She also gave me the phone numbers of three insurance companies I could call directly. (A modest health reform might have just planned on consumers purchasing insurance directly from insurance companies rather than on some government-operated web site, but the drafters of ObamaCare were not interested in modest reforms.) The Massachusetts Web site did eventually begin to function well enough for me to compare plans and find one that would work best for me. I stuck it in the shopping cart the way you would with a
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Saturday, January 11
FIRST HIKE OF THE YEAR 10 a.m. Lenoir Preserve 19 Dudley Street Get out on the trail for the first time in 2014. For more information, call 914-968-5851.
WILD MOSAICS 2 p.m. Greenburgh Nature Center 99 Dromore Road Feeling creative? Come make your own ‘WILD’ mosaic using natural materials. Let nature be your guide and see what type of masterpiece you can create. Members $5, Non-Members $8. For more information, call 914-723-3470.
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Croton-on-Hudson
Johnso
Saturday, January 4
purchase at L.L. Bean or any other online shopping site. Instead of a credit-card check-out, though, I found myself in a kind of tax-return hell. The annual pre-April 15 encounter with the IRS is bad enough, but the idea that one should be required to go through the whole thing before buying some health insurance is downright obnoxious. The web site wouldn’t accept a hyphenated last name. It had strong opinions about abortion (“How many people are in your family? Include unborn child(ren) if someone is pregnant.”) Finally, about two-and-a-half hours in, I got an error message that said “a connection to the server has failed. (status=503).” That’s when I gave up on ObamaCare and went to the Web site of a health insurance company. Unlike the government web site, the health insurance company’s Web site worked, at least long enough for me to enroll. It was not ideal — “sorry, credit card payments are not accepted.” And they don’t seem to accept electronic copies of the three proofs of state residency, either. But at least it’s possible to purchase health insurance that way — or at least I hope it is. If it isn’t, I plan to blame President Obama. He’s the one who, by his own admission, screwed it up. Ira Stoll is editor of FutureOfCapitalism. com and author of JFK, Conservative.
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