Tag: Kite

Elgin Fire Department’s annual memorial service set for Saturday; South Elgin public works holding open house, selling rain barrels and compost bins; Hanover Township kite festival to be held at Hoffman Estates forest preserve

Elgin Fire Department’s annual memorial service set for Saturday The Elgin Fire Department will host its 32nd annual Elgin Area Firefighter Memorial Service Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 18, at the Illinois Firefighter Memorial Plaza in George Van De Voorde Firefighter Memorial Park, 533 St. Charles St. Representatives from the Elgin Fire […]

Colourful creations fill sky at Chinese kite festival

More than 1,000 kites have filled the skies above a coastal city in eastern China that touts itself as the “kite capital of the world”. Locals say there is nothing that cannot sail in the air in Weifang. (Tatan Syuflana/AP) (Tatan Syuflana/AP) (Tatan Syuflana/AP) (Tatan Syuflana/AP) Modern craftsmanship means kite-makers are boasting more elaborate, complex […]