VFW events planned
VFW Post 12122, behind Kona Locksmith off Kaiwi Street, is West Hawaii’s VSO and welcomes all veterans and Veteran Service Organizations.
This week, the post will host a dinner of chicken, salad and dessert starting at 5 p.m. Friday. Cost is $5 and the public is invited.
The Play with a Vet golf tournament is Saturday at Kona Country Club. Registration at 7 a.m. with an 8 a.m. shotgun start. Cost is $110, including cart, green fees and lunch and prizes at the VFW afterward. Info: Pat Pastor, 990-3841.
Post info: Don Zero, (509) 879-1040.
Free boat safety checks offered
Members of Coast Guard Auxiliary Kona Flotilla will be on hand from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday to offer vessel safety checks and pass out safe boating and safe paddling information at Honokohau Small Boat Harbor, near the wash area.
The annual National Safe Boating Week, this year from May 20-26, is sponsored by the National Safe Boating Council and other nationwide safe boating organizations.
The auxiliary is not a law enforcement agency. A safety check makes sure that the vessel has the federal and state required safety equipment on board as well as other safety equipment that is prudent. Some of the required equipment includes life jackets for all those on board, un-expired flares, working navigational lights and a sound producing devise.
Archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America visits island
The Most Reverend Archbishop Benjamin will be on island this month to celebrate liturgies in both the Honomu and Kona churches.
Everyone is invited to attend the following events at the Honomu Holy Ascension Orthodox Church, on the road to Akaka Falls. At 6 p.m. Saturday, there will be great vespers. At 9:30 a.m. Sunday, divine liturgy is planned. At 6 p.m. Monday, an open house and a talk by the archbishop on “What on earth is the Orthodox Church.”
The public is also invited to attend the Kona Saint Juvenaly Church, which will host the archbishop for a celebration of the Feast of the Ascension. Great vespers will be at 6 p.m. May 24, divine liturgy will be at 9 a.m. May 25 and divine liturgy will be at 10 a.m. May 28. The church is at 74-4820 Mamalahoa Highway, Kailua-Kona.
Directions: HolyAscensionHilo.org.