American Lake VA course has a special friend

posted 07:19 AM 05/03
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The new Rehabilitation and Learning Center at American Lake Veterans Golf Course could get an added boost if you mark your ballot for one particularly dedicated volunteer.

Thanks to the many people who’ve already voted for him, Harold “Pepper” Roberts, the founder and president emeritus of Friends of American Lake Veterans Golf Course, is a finalist for the Brotherton Community Champion award.

A $5,000 award will go to winner’s charity of choice, and Roberts’ choice, without a doubt, would be American Lake.

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