By Patric Hedlund and Marcy Axness, TME

The Frazier Park Veterans of Foreign Wars—VFW Post 9791­—has been a pillar of Mountain Community life for 75 years. Now it is in a moment of crisis—but perhaps also a moment of opportunity.

The VFW offers scholarships to students, aid to the ailing and assistance to all veterans in need. They offer Bingo Nights for local fun and VFW Pancake Breakfasts for Fiesta Days. They hold ceremonies at the Cody Prosser Veterans Memorial and proudly carry flags in local parades.

But the recent deaths of four longtime VFW supporters­ left current officers not just grieving the loss of good friends, but also asking if VFW Post 9791 will be able to continue their many services to the community.

Service Is Our Goal—Politics is Not Part of the VFW

“The goal we have here is service to the community and service to all veterans,” Post Quartermaster Ben Loveless (a working banker) said this week. “We don’t care which side of the…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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The late-great Dee Bumgardner nicknamed herself “Batter Babe” because she made huge volumes of pancake batter for VFW’s annual pancake breakfast at Fiesta Days.

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