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Let's go fly a kite!

Stunt-kite flyer Jim Cosca of Skydog Kites is an annual participant in the kite festival. BY RON MACARTHUR
April 18, 2014
At nine months, Lilly June Farhi is the youngest participant in the youth division. She gets a little help from her mom, Adeline. The family came from West Chester, Pa., to spend the weekend. BY RON MACARTHUR
Don Baker of Lewes works hard to get one of his grandchildren's kites into the air. BY RON MACARTHUR
Astrid Bruening of New York gets some help from Lee Ann Pomplas as she gets her kite in the air. BY RON MACARTHUR
Avid kite flyer Arnold Simon of Pikesville, Md., participates in the high-flying contest. BY RON MACARTHUR
Rachel Yeager of Mechanicsburg, Pa., gets better leverage on the ground. BY RON MACARTHUR
Kites like these fill the sky above Cape Henlopen State Park. BY RON MACARTHUR
Isaac Temby gets some help from Lee Temby of Lewes as they compete in the youth division. BY RON MACARTHUR
Mom Joan Greeley of Lewes wants her eight-week-old son, Benjamin, to learn about the festival at an early age. BY RON MACARTHUR
Rehoboth Kite and Toy Company owner Bee Linzey blows bubbles as a crowd tries to pop them. BY RON MACARTHUR
Ben Huggett of Philadelphia lets his kite fly during the high-flying competition. BY RON MACARTHUR

The air was cool, but the breeze was brisk for those who attended the 46th annual Great Delaware Kite Festival April 18 at Cape Henlopen State Park.
The Lewes Chamber of Commerce announces winners and medallion recipients of the 2014 Great Delaware Kite Festival held April 18 at Cape Henlopen State Park.
Award classifications included Children and Teen, Highest Kite (open to all ages), Adult and Special Class.

And the winners are...
Winners in the Children and Teen competitions, listed by category, place, name and hometown, included the following: Children - Best Store Bought Kite: first place, Melanie Hawley, Nazareth, Pa.; second, Astrid Bruening, Wappengers Falls, N.Y.; third, Ivan Yelk, Lewes. Children - Best Homemade Kite: first, Ivan Yelk; second, Elsa Yelk. Children Medallion - Most Attractive Homemade Kite: Ivan Yelk. Children Medallion - Most Unusual Homemade Kite: Avery Bragg, Concalkin, Pa. Teen - Best Store Bought Kite: Maya Griffin, Takoma Park, Md. Teen - Most Attractive Homemade Kite: Kristina Newton, Middletown. Youngest Flyer (age 9 months): Lilly June Farhi, West Chester, Pa.
In the Highest Kite category, first place went to Oscar Stromberg/Diana Subak of Washington, D.C.; second place, Ben Huggett, Philadelphia, Pa.; and third, Mark Blattel, Milton.
Adult category winners included the following: Best Store Bought Kite: first place, Erkut Gokan of Izmir, Turkey, and second, Dan Faora, Fairfax, Va; Most Attractive Homemade Kite: Richard Miller, Ocean Pines, Md.; Best Flyer Homemade Kite: Arnold Simon, Pikesville, Md; Individual Precision Kite Flying: Mark Blattel, Milton; Open Individual Ballet Kite Flying: first place, Dennis Smith, East Brunswick, N.J., and second, Jim Cosa, Fort Washington, Md.

Special Class awards went to Bill Goodwin of Ocean View, Md., for Most Senior Flyer (age 66); Erkut Gokan of Izmir, Turkey, for Flyer Farthest From Home; Jude Todd of Camden for Smallest Kite; and Richard Miller of Ocean Pines for Largest Kite. Phil Broder of Rio Grande, N.J. won the Best All Around Gene Bookhammer Award.

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