VFW bingo temporarily closes due to audit findings

Report shows mistakes in bookkeeping led to auxiliarys losing money on fund-raiser Troubled bookkeeping has temporarily shut down the weekly Lebanon Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliarys bingo fund-raiser, according to the president of the VFW auxiliary.Save

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Sun, November 26th, 2006

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