Quilting with care

MORAVIA - As he entered the second grade, one of Jimmy Haessner's favorite things to do was to read.

That is why, after he died of leukemia in 1991, his parents started the James Haessner Reading Fund.

That fund got a big boost this week, thanks to some dedicated quilters in this southern Cayuga County community. The raffle of a donated 1920s quilt generated proceeds of $1,087 for the reading fund. After months of ticket sales, the awarding of the quilt, called "Dresden Flowers," took place Monday night at Christ United Methodist Church in Moravia