Post Bar's dwindling numbers reflect aging membership
Roberta Butler, 65, who has tended bar at the Post for 10 years, calls it a good, quiet job with friendly patrons. The Post, established in 1920, once boasted over 1000 members but now has 574 as aging members die or fail to join, says Dennis Oakes of El Segundo.
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American Legion Post 72 Keeps Community Ties
In Anaheim the American Legion Post 72 maintains a tight knit, village like feeling with a color guard at funerals, Friday dinners, rummage sales, and community programs. Members such as Manny Chavarria and Oakes note the long standing camaraderie and ongoing activities like Boys State while recruiting veterans from Iraq era service. For information call 635-7960.
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Puente Project boosts Hispanic students to college enlistment
Patricia Caldera, Magnolia High School sophomore and Puente Project member, exemplifies the program guiding underrepresented teens toward higher education. The project, expanding at Anaheim Union High Schools, helps students like Caldera by mentoring, writing, and advising to pursue four-year universities.
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