Noteworthy News

Noteworthy News Each month, we will have this section in our newsletter to share noteworthy news about our HDOT ‘ohana. Got married? Attended your grandchild’s first baby luau? Returned from a trip? We’d love to hear about it! Please email a short blurb and photo to Juli Chun at juli.l.chun@hawaii.gov and/or Jai Cunningham at richard.j.cunningham@hawaii.gov.

Congratulations to Juli Chun, who welcomed her granddaughter, Sadie Tanigawa to the world on July 17, 2021! She was 6lbs. 9oz. and 20” long at birth and is growing healthier every day. Juli is looking forward to babysitting on the weekends and spending precious moments with this bundle of joy!

With Diamond Head and Waikiki Beach as a backdrop, Caitlyn Yoshina, daughter of Coleen Yoshina (DEP-H Executive Assistant), and Arri Milner-Nguyen were married on July 10, 2021 in an intimate ceremony before immediate family members and close friends. The couple have known each other for 11 years, and were scheduled to be married last year, but those plans were upended by COVID-19. The couple hope to hold a larger reception next year on the North Shore, when family and friends from

France, Thailand, Canada, Washington State,

California and New York may attend, and a honeymoon in Thailand, Korea and Japan is in the foreseeable future when it is safe to travel.

Caitlyn and Arri are both teachers, Caitlyn at

Kalani High School where she established the school’s Latin program, and Arri at Waikiki

Elementary where he teaches the 2nd grade.

Congratulations to Buddy Martin and Makana Kane Kuahiwinui who got married on July 31st. Their wedding took place on a beautiful family property in Kahaluu with the Koolau mountain range providing a breath-taking backdrop. Melanie (OCR) and Ernie Martin are the proud parents of the groom and are happy to welcome Makana into the Martin Ohana!

Riley Regan, a Life Scout with Troop 325 and son of Keith Regan and DEP-S Lynn Araki-Regan, is presently working on his Eagle Scout project which involves coordinating bone marrow donor registry drives on each island throughout our island state. If you’re 18 to 44 years of age and have not yet joined the registry, please consider joining because all it takes is completing a mouth swab and an online registration form at one of Riley’s upcoming drives:

Lanai: Saturday, Aug. 14, 11 am to 3 pm, Straub Lanai Family Health Center Kauai: Sunday, Aug. 15, 10 am to 4 pm, Kukui Grove Center Oahu: Friday, Aug. 20, 10 am to 4 pm, Kahala Mall Molokai: Saturday, Aug. 21, 9 am to noon, Lanikeha Community Center Kona: Saturday, Aug. 28, 10 am to 4 pm, Keauhou Shopping Center Hilo: Sunday, Aug. 29, 10 am to 4 pm, KTA Super Store - Puainako Maui: Saturday, Sept. 4, 10 am to 4 pm, Queen Kaahumanu Center

For more information, contact Riley at yoshio.regan@gmail.com.