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| Flying octopuses invade beach, break record (Newport News-Times) |
| Lincoln City now holds the international record for the most Large Octopus Kites in the sky at one time - 21. Kite fliers from across the U.S. gathered at the D-River Wayside last weekend for the 24th Annual Summer Kite Festival in Lincoln City, where they witnessed the record-setting event. |
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| Rousing start to Rothbury (Detroit Free Press) |
| There's a low buzz you can feel on the cusp of a big music festival — the sense of energy looming, of big sounds waiting in the wings. It positively saturated the Rothbury site early Thursday, opening day for an inaugural event. |
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| To list of China's woes, add locusts (Chicago Tribune) |
| First there was the freak snowstorm in February. Then the Tibetan riots in March. Then in rapid succession the controversial torch relay, Sichuan earthquake, widespread flooding and an algae bloom that's tarnishing the Olympic sailing venue. Just when it seemed that nothing else could go wrong this year in China, the locusts have arrived. |
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| Summer water tours in Davis (The Daily Democrat) |
| Water, always a precious resource, is the life force of wetlands in summer. Cattails, tules and willows growing in and around the edge of ponds provide rare greenery in a rapidly drying environment. Turtles and aquatic invertebrates feed in the rich broth of warming seasonal ponds; while egrets, |
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