Two churches plan Hawaiian food sales
Two island churches will combine the Kamehameha Day holiday and a popular fund-raiser, Hawaiian food.St. Patrick Church in Kaimuki will sell Hawaiian plate lunches on June 6 from noon to 3 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children ages 5 to 12. Call 732-5565 for reservations. The food may be picked up at St. Patrick School auditorium, 1124 7th Ave.
One of the biggest and best known luaus in town is the annual feast and makeke at Kawaiahao Church. The June 12 festivities from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the grounds at 957 Punchbowl St. will include music and hula by Hula Halau O Kawaiahao, Keiki Palaka Ukulele Band, Kealiika Apunihonua Ke Ena A O Hula, Mahiehie Trio, Halau Hula Ka Noea'u and the Kawaiahao School Keiki.
Tickets are $15 for the luau, with seatings at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Take-out plates, available, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., are $12. They may be bought at the Church Bookstore Lanai from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sundays.
The craft fair will offer feather and silk leis, lauhala and koa crafts, Hawaiian clothing and other goods.
Lessons scheduled in iconography art
Iconography, the ancient form of Christian religious art, will be taught on Oahu next weekend by the Rev. Damian Higgins, an icon artist.A free lecture, "Introduction to Iconography," will be presented 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Paewalani Retreat Center, 45-901 Wailele Road, Kaneohe.
The registration fee of $150 includes supplies. For information, call the sponsoring Spiritual Life Center, 523-1170.
Higgins is a monk with the Ukranian Catholic Church, living at Mount Tabor Monastery in Mendocino, Calif.
Mormon leader states opposition to tattoos
SALT LAKE CITY » President Gordon B. Hinckley urged priesthood holders -- most male members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- to honor women, live clean lives and not get tattoos."If you have ever considered such an idea, pause and ask the Lord about it," Hinckley said, adding that the human body is a temple of God. "How can any boy who blesses or passes the sacrament have a tattoo?"
Fired Baptist trooper wants his job back
INDIANAPOLIS » A Baptist state trooper, fired after refusing a casino assignment that he said violated his religious beliefs, wants the Indiana Supreme Court to reinstate him.Ben Endres said he was willing to do crime-fighting at the Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City but could not agree when the state made him a full-time gaming officer there. He was fired in 2000 after being a trooper since 1991.
Though federal law protects people from discrimination based on religion, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago said that doesn't require police and fire departments to assign workers to duties compatible with their principles.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Endres' appeal.
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