Published on: Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Birthdays

Happy Birthday in September to Catherine Best and Vera V. Lewis, Sept. 1; Dorothy Weberling and Sherman Crouch, Sept. 2; Kristie Wilkins, Sept. 3; Ronnie Donley, Sept. 4; Jacqueline Dinnis and Marie Strickland, Sept. 5; Helen Cleaver, Sept. 8; Tommy Lee, Sept. 9; Eloise Collins, Sept. 10; Amanda Windsor and Jason Moore, Sept. 12; Franklin Richardson, Sept. 13; Sandy Trott, Sept.14; Mary Lee Miller, Sept. 16; Jeraldine Cator, Sept.17; Marjory George, Sept. 19; Beatrice Felton and Jeanne Marie Sullivan, Sept.20; Jim Dinnis and Ann Tresek, Sept. 21; Nancy Coffren, Sept. 22; Lorraine Griggs, Joe Rodgers and Buck King, Sept. 23; Clara Carroll and Robin Best, Sept. 24; Alease Manning, Sept. 25; Shirley Goode, Sept.26; Maude Coddington, Sept. 27; Rachael Lederer, Sept. 28 and Ida T. Frick, Sept. 30.

Kite festival

Chapman State Park will host its second annual kite festival with the Wings Over Washington Kite Club on Sept. 12, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the park’s open house. Join us for sport kite flying demonstrations and bring you own kite to fly or make a kite with the club experts for a $5 fee. Nature walk is scheduled for 3:30 p.m., and the Mt. Aventine House will be open until 5 p.m. This is a free event at 3452 Ferry Place off Chapman’s Landing Road in Indian Head. Call 301-735-6754 for more information.

Angler alert 

You can reduce the injuries or deaths to ospreys and other wildlife simply by properly discarding fishing line and hooks. Retrieve broken lines, lures and hooks and deposit them in trash containers. The potential for entanglement is high because there are 80,896 boats registered with Chesapeake Bay sport fishing and Virginia saltwater licenses.