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Proudly displaying their trophy for this year's Guns and Hoses challenge between the Lake Wales Fire and Police Departments, Deputy Chief Troy Schulze poses with Sgt. Shawn Smith (l) and Officer Chad Landry, who cooked for the Lake Wales Police Department team. The event was a fundraiser for the Green and Gold Foundation, and took place Saturday at Candlelight Christian Academy.

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Reverend Herbert Hollingsworth and his wife Susie (in yellow) enjoy some BBQ with friends Renee Thompson and Shirley Nelson (standing).

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Classic cars fill the parking lot of Candlelight Christian Academy during Saturday's Guns-n-Hoses BBQ competition between LWPD and LWFD.

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Chad Landry, Clinton Horne, Shawn Smith, Carole Kuehn and Deputy Chief Troy Schulze pose in front of the LWPD BBQ trailer at Saturday's Guns -n- Hoses BBQ competition between LWPD and LWFD.

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LWPD officers wait as the results of the Guns -n- Hoses BBQ competition are tallied.

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LWFD Chief Jerry Brown and Carole Kuehn smile for the camera.

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Lake Wales Firefighters take time to browse the classic cars.

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Marty Hancock with BBQ dinners in hand chats with BBQ Judge Chris Wiseman as Norman Kuehn brings more BBQ inside for the judging. It looks like Kuehn is looking forward to sampling the tasty morsels.

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Beverly Lynne goes over the rules with the judges as Saturday's Guns -n- Hoses BBQ competition between LWPD and LWFD begins at Candlelight Christian Academy in Lake Wales.