The BYU-Hawaii Women’s Organization luncheon held on May 23 served as an event to announce the new president of the organization, who is Molly Curtis originally from Utah. To celebrate this announcement, members not only organized a homemade cooking competition but also voted for the position of the first and second vice presidents.
“If you trust me, I am going to try to live up to it, and we have good supportive ladies,” said Curtis. She also said the first things she is going to do as the new president are “I am going to help people feel comfortable in the committee and happy here and not feel so homesick if they’re far from home.”
Former women’s organization president, Rosamaria Hurst, gave her opinion on the newly chosen president and vice president. “I think she is a wonderful young lady who is going to do amazing things for the new organization, and the two ladies who are going to work with them are very seasoned women. They have been leaders for different organizations and I think they’re going to do really good.”
The luncheon started with comments from the former president, Hurst, about the history of the women’s organization. She was followed by a speech from Ishmel Stagner, a BYUH alum who specializes in hula and local Laie history. After the speeches, Hurst presented her son, Paul Joshua Hurst, a junior in chemistry from BYU in Provo, to play a song on the piano for the audience. The song was title “Fantaisie Impromptu” by Frederic Chopin.
At the end of the song, the results of the homemade cooking competition were announced: 1st prize – Rosamaria Hurst for her lentils and bacon served with rice and salsa; 2nd prize – Molly Curtis for her broccoli salad with bacon; 3rd prize – Colleen Logan for her daughter’s chocolate cupcake with bacon.
For the 3rd prize, Logan said her daughter “created a new recipe just for today.” She added, “I think she did a great job. Although it is very decadent, it [still] tastes delicious. I never had bacon and chocolate before. So it was something new, but it tastes really good.”
Later, the results of the raffle prizes and the voting of the vice-presidents were announced. The new officers in the women’s organization are: President – Molly Curtis; 1st Vice-president – May Shumway; 2nd Vice-president – Verna Equires; Secretary – Rebecca Carlson; and Treasurer – Katie Jacobsmeyer.