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Wholesale Unlimited Express, with two of its seven locations in West Oahu (Pearl City and the Waipahu warehouse) is celebrating its 10th anniversary of supplying 400-plus snacks to satisfy local appetites. President Yates Honma says loyal customers and friendly staff keep them going and growing. Kapolei’s Lydia Kekuawela recently won the company’s anniversary raffle: a gift basket worth more than $500. Lydia cast her ballot for “favorite snack” at the Waipahu store ...

Speaking of ono treats, Aiea resident Michael Ching has joined the board of directors for the REHAB Hospital Foundation. Michael heads Hawaii Gourmet Cookies, which produces Clara Confectioners out of its Kapolei ovens ...

New Outdoor Circle president Betsy Connors has her eye on Kapolei and greening it up a bit. After her recent swearing in as leader of the statewide group, the long-time nursing teacher said: “In particular, I look forward to the expansion of our Kapolei branch so that our founding mission of keeping Hawaii clean, green and beautiful is implemented in this growing community” ... Aiea Intermediate School students took home a bronze award and $100 for their entry in the 2007 Hawaii Student Film Festival, Vietnamese Refugees, and classmate Thuy Ny Le earned an honorable mention for Best Female Student Video… The Waipio office of Century 21, Homefinders, has named its top Realtors for 2006. Earning an adjusted gross commission of $418,000 is “Double Centurion” Colleen Pang-Wong, and “Centurions” ($209,000) Sandra Waialeale and Raphael Taparra ...

While playing in the annual MDA Executive Golf Classic last month on the Hawaii Prince course in Ewa Beach, Keith Inafuku got a hole-in-one using his 4-iron on a par-3 hole. He won a 42-inch plasma TV from Tony Group Autoplex and a round-trip for two to Japan, courtesy of Japan Airlines. But the biggest thing, of course - it was the first hole-in-one made in any of the six MDA benefit tourneys ...

Caselyn Ragmac, Elmira Co and Ashley Villamor have all received $1,000 McDonald’s of Hawaii student employee scholarships for their outstanding performance at work, at school and in the community. Campbell 2007 graduate Caselyn works at the Waipahu outlet and will attend LCC; Kapolei High’s Elmira works at the Kapolei restaurant and is heading for Washington State University, and Waipahu High’s Ashley toils at Kunia and will attend Southern Oregon University in the fall ...

Rodney Park of Aiea is the new senior vice president of Hawaii Management Alliance Association, bringing three decades of experience in the business and health care management fields, including as controller of Kamehameha Schools Bishop Estate and as audit manager of Alexander Grant & Co. ... According to art teacher Nick Dagdag, St. Joseph fourth-graders will not soon forget Memorial Day. As artists, they won all three ribbons, plus two honorable mentions (Ashley Quiday-Dias and Bryce Geronimo) in the Mayor’s Memorial Day Poster Contest

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