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Church's massive grills stolen after fundraiser

Published 10/07/09

Members of Our Shepherd Lutheran Church in Severna Park served up 400 chicken halves at a biannual barbecue on Saturday, raising about $2,000 for charity.

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Someone stole these grills, shown here in a previous charity fundraiser, from Our Shepherd Lutheran Church in Severna Park over the weekend. From left, Rich Lander, Chuck Trenkle, Jerry Mikulski and Bob Ashford tend to the grills, which serve up 400 chicken halves at each biannual event.

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Their charity apparently did not rub off on everyone - sometime overnight, someone, or several people, stole the two massive grills used to cook up the feast.

"We really can't believe it. Who'd steal a church's grills?" asked Alex McKeague, vice president of the church council.

The cookout wrapped up around 2 p.m., but since the grills were so hot, church volunteers left them out front to cool - a practice that's been done for at least eight...

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Nothing is safe - 2009-10-08 19:11:45

Hopefully someone will speak up when they see these huge grills.

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