Catching memories

Although the sun was shining when they left Auburn for Lake Ontario, by the time the children arrived at the Anchor Resort and Marina in Fair Haven, it was pouring.

So as the group of disabled children from the Cayuga County Community Mental Health Center and the Cayuga Home for Children sat and watched the rain, Fair Haven Area Chamber of Commerce president Chris Drogi wondered whether his plans for a fishing trip for the children would be ruined. Drogi and Capt. Werner Stenger had conceived the outing in January, and had worked hard to coordinate the trip, but it couldn't be rescheduled until 2007.

“Stenger had the weather satellite on, watching the storm front pass,” said Drogi. “At 10 (minutes) to 9 a.m. it was still coming down, but a couple minutes to 9 a.m. it passed. ‘Oh please Lord,' I said, just give us an hour or two.