Henry Dorati of Kapa‘a will be taking out his boat.
“I’ll probably take it down to the Wailua River and go waterskiing,” he said. “There’s always a big party under the bridge there. It’s a good way to celebrate.”
Dorati is one of the many people who have the day off Monday in celebration of Labor Day.
“Everyone hangs out there. Unless you want to go to the Westside to Polihale. A lot of people do that,” he said.
Pulele Cummings of Wailua Homesteads will be taking advantage of her last day here.
“I’ll be spending time with my family,” she said. “I’m moving to Maui on Tuesday.”
While Cummings is preparing to go, Emree Gonzales, also of the Homesteads, is returning from a short trip. She will be leaving for the weekend and arriving back on Monday.
“I’ll be going for a family reunion, then I’m coming back,” she said.
Luanna Carreira, also of the Homesteads, is a returnee to Kaua‘i. She said she’s been working every day since she’s been back.
“I’ll be at a family lu‘au,” she said. “It’ll be my first day off since I’ve been back.”
Not only attending the family lu‘au, she said she will be attending the special breakfast sponsored by the Lihue United Church.
The Labor Day Breakfast is in its 28th year of serving the community and according to volunteer Lynn Collison, a 16-year breakfast volunteer, it’s always a fun day.
“Right now people have been getting their coffee cakes made and getting the fruit bought and everything else has been ordered,” she said. “The nicest thing about the breakfast is meeting with the people who come together for this good breakfast and it’s good to meet the people of the community other than meeting through church.”
At the breakfast, there will also be entertainment from an oldies cover band, a soloist and Filipino dancers.
The breakfast starts at 7 a.m. on Monday and should last until 10 a.m. Entry tickets are $5 for adults, $3.50 for children 6 years old and older and are available at the church or at the door.
For more information contact Collison at 742-9944.
Other Labor Day happenings include the weekend parties of the Nawiliwili Yacht Club.
The seventh race of the Offshore Series will be from Nawiliwili to Hanalei on Saturday. First flag will be at 9 a.m. There will be an arrival party at the Hanalei Pavilion around 3 p.m. to greet the racers as they come ashore. The public is invited to bring a potluck dish and something to throw on the barbie. “Yacht dawgs” and beverages will be available for a small donation.
On Sunday come join the sailors for their annual beach party on the lawn at the Hanalei Pavilion around 1 p.m. There will be bocce ball and croquet tournaments and possibly a domino tournament for the kids. Grub will be Saturday’s leftovers with whatever else comes along.
The racing will continue Monday with the eighth race of the Offshore Series. The race back to Nawiliwili from Hanalei will be a self-start at 9 a.m.
For more information, call Vice Commodore Dick Olsen at 822-5092.
If breakfast or yachting isn’t your thing, members of labor unions will unite for what Democratic Party of Kauai chair Martin Rice called a “True Labor Day Picnic.”
Rice said there will be an open-mic for the candidates to speak if they choose to.
Their picnic starts Monday at noon and ends around 4 p.m. at the Lydgate Park Big Pavilion. For more information, contact Rice at 822-7171.
Enjoy the day off.
• Lanaly Cabalo, lifestyle writer, can be reached at 245-3681 (ext. 237) or lcabalo@kauaipubco.com.
