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| AuxChefs Helen and Bill Cummings |
Coast Guard Auxiliary members provided support for Coast
Guard Station Oswego during the annual Oswego Harborfest July 27-29 -- from providing meals to patrolling the waterways.
Division 2 Commander Helen Lou Cummings and Flotilla 26
Commander Bill Cummings together provided nearly 80 hours of AuxChef support
for Station Oswego, treating active duty personnel to breakfast, lunch and
dinner Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and wrapping up with Sunday breakfast.
Helen went up Wednesday night to start the baking process and Bill followed on
Thursday. (Her cream puffs were a big hit.)
The couple then joined other members to conduct a
four-hour night patrol Saturday in support of the fireworks in Oswego Harbor. Other
crew members were: Flotilla 2-14 Vice Commander Mike Kennedy, Flotilla 24 Vice
Commander Deb Somers and Flotilla 21 Member Steve Bollenbacher.
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| Helen Cummings, Deb Somers and Mike Kennedy (rear) |
During
Harborfest, Division 2 members also supported Operations by patrolling Oneida
Lake.
Flotilla 2-14 Commander Rick Kunz and flotilla members Linda Oltz, Terri
Lavergne-Kunz, and Mike Kennedy patrolled the west side of Oneida Lake on Friday
evening. Rick Kunz and Linda Oltz returned Saturday evening to patrol with
division operations officer John Conroy.
Then on Sunday, Flotilla 26 members
Dave and Nancy Troutman, Tom and Melaine Paatz, and Vito Masi patrolled the
east side. Two Coast Guardsmen from Station Oswego joined Flotilla
26 to become more familiar with the lake.
The
25th annual Harborfest ran over three days, coinciding with the 200-year
anniversary of the War of 1812, which was a featured theme. Two of four stages
in Oswego boasted musicals that use the War of 1812 as a backdrop. The fireworks
finale lit up the harbor to the music of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture.”
