Kites News

Question: What are those purple boxy things hanging from roadside trees this summer? - D. M., Caledonia, Livingston County Answer: Those purple things - they look like plastic prisms or box kites - are emerald ash borer traps hung by state conservation officials.

If you spend much time driving in rural Wisconsin this summer, you'll likely see something resembling a purple box kite hanging in an ash tree along the road.

GEORGE BOWDITCH Kites of all sizes, shapes and designs filled the skies over Swift Current during another colourful Windscape Kite Festival.

Look up in the sky! Is it a bird or a plane? No, it's not Superman but hot air balloons, stunt kites and sky divers at the annual Michigan Challenge Balloonfest.

From models of Egyptian pyramids to Chinese kites to orchestra performances, students at Castillero Middle School showed off their best work from the school year on May 27 at the school's 13th annual Academic Expedition.

An open field combined with a little wind and a kite equaled fun for one Antioch boy.

In an effort to raise funds for local breast cancer survivors, the 28th Annual Summer Kite Festival will be held June 18, 19 and 20, on the beach in front of the Boardwalk Motel at 2203 N. Ocean Blvd, in Myrtle Beach.

The remedy for a cool spring is almost on the horizon, with Swift Current set to host the SaskPower Windscape Kite Festival on June 20-21. This annual kick off to summer is hosted in conjunction with the Long Day's Night Music Festival.

Types of Kites Summer is the perfect time to fly a kite. It is an easy, fun activity to do with your kids.

They look like purple box kites, escaped from their tethers and crash-landed in trees.

The Illinois Department of Agriculture is asking the public not to disturb objects in trees that look like purple box kites, according to a written statement.

Even building kites can be a breeze with a little basic know-how. "You can make a kite that flies [from] a brown paper bag," said Calvin Mills of Allison Park, as he sent a delta-shaped dual-line model aloft at the recent Kites for Kids day at Carnegie Science Center.

The 24th Annual Wildwoods International Kite Festival will kick off the summer season in the Wildwoods this Memorial Day Weekend May 22 through 25.

" This Saturday, May 16, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Temple Parks & Leisure Services will host the first ever Kite Kraze.

BUTTERFLIES, swallows and an X-Wing fighter filled the sky above Brinkworth as kiters got their pride and joys out for their annual get together.

Scott Maddox said Saturday that he would not describe flying kites as his hobby.

It was the sight of dragons, ghosts and even 20-foot-wide airfoil kites with 150-foot tails dancing in the sky above that lured hundreds of people to the first Lyon Township Kite Festival on Saturday afternoon.

When the Lyon Township Kite Festival began today at 11 a.m., event organizers expected about 500 people, 'if they were lucky.' But as the day unfolded, folks driving along I-96 couldn't hold back curiosity as dragons, ghosts, and even 20-foot wide airfoil kites with 150-foot tails danced in the skies above.

The Brookfield Zoo is inviting environmentally conscious families to its special Party for the Planet on Sunday.

Cool Kites: Wayne County Parks presents its High Flying Kite & Music Festival on Saturday at Nankin Mills Park.