The controversy has shaken the city, with some residents accusing outsiders of trying to ruinthereputation of the town's high school football team, one of the few bright spots in the economically depressed community of 18, 000.
Now Oebanda is fighting a battle that could truly ruin her reputation and the organization she created -- fraud allegations made by Philippine investigators.
But like a prominent hostess whose drunken family members ruin her fundraiser, Hostess could have found a way to save its reputation and keep the party going.