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Returning Veterans Golf Outing

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Veterans Share a 'Great Day' at Free Golf Outing

Nearly 150 returning veterans took to the links at George W. Dunne golf course Tuesday, Sept. 7—for the putting, the people and the memories.

Marine Corps veterans David Rebec and Steve Stelter hadn't seen each other in seven years. But when Rebec heard about the veterans golf outing scheduled for Sept. 7 at George Dunne Golf Course in Oak Forest, he gave Stelter a call. "I asked him, 'Do you like to golf? ... Why don't you come out here and let me kick your butt around the golf course?'" Rebec said, laughing. Rebec and Stelter were two of nearly 150 returning veterans who enjoyed a free round of golf Tuesday, courtesy of the City of Oak Forest, MillerCoors and Hayes Beer Distributing. (Stelter claims he beat Rebec.) Kevin Werner of Hayes Distributing Miller approached Oak Forest Veterans Commission Chairman Craig Miller about its “save your caps” program (the company donates …

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