MidWeek Windward - Dec 22, 2021
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FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 22, 2021
WINNING STREAK
Bailey Lee is part of Linfield’s record-breaking, history-making season. SEE PAGE 2
CLAIMING VICTORY
John John Florence wins the Michelob ULTRA Pure Gold Hale‘iwa Challenger.
SEE PAGE 6
A Waimānalo Cultural Connection
A PUBLICATION OF
AN EDITION OF
Cultural Connections Makeke and Makana in Waimānalo features vendors from across the South Pacific, highlighting the gifts and talents of the Polynesian people. PHOTO COURTESY SHELLY SELENI
WBY KYLE GALDEIRA
hen Michelle “Shelly” Seleni started a new business venture in the form of a multi-vendor
marketplace featuring diverse products and gifts, her ultimate goal was to pay homage to her Hawaiian and Samoan cultures.
Seleni was a vendor at the former Waimānalo Market Co-op selling Kapa Kava, which specialized in flavored kava, when that marketplace announced it was going out of business. She took the news in stride, and opened Cultural Connections Makeke and Makana at 41-1029 Kalani- ana‘ole Hwy. in Waimānalo, next to Mc- Donalds.
“After speaking with Maile Kaipo, own- er of I Mana Ka ‘Ōiwi in Windward Mall, and a few other vendors, I decided to take advantage of the opportunity that present- ed itself and opened Cultural Connections Makeke and Makana,” says Seleni. “I am both Hawaiian and Samoan so I wanted to present vendors from across the South Pa- cific with the premise of ‘We as a people
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KAIMUKI 738-8855
PEARLRIDGE 487-8188
WAIPIO 678-8868
WINDWARD MALL 247-1888
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