

Not shame, not charity - not even the threat of a 50,000-volt jolt - seem to stop thieves in their tireless quest to rip off high-priced metals. It's written out front on a donated sign that everything here is donated."


"We were mighty discouraged that someone could do that. "We're surprised to see that thieves don't have hearts but I guess we shouldn't be," said Pierre Grothe, the volunteer who organized the construction of the home. Robbers recently stripped the half-finished building of most of its copper wiring, setting back the $2.3-million project being built with valuable donations and the sweat of volunteers. A home for Alzheimer's patients being built on generosity is the latest place to learn nothing is sacred to thieves trying to make a buck off pricey metals.
