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With this feature, we seek to capture a glimpse of what you and your neighbors have to say about a variety of topics, issues, events; and just plain fun questions. You might see us anywhere around town with notepad and camera, randomly seeking out folks who are willing to participate. If we find you, we hope you will want to respond.

At the Palm Trees & Pistons Car

Show at Sea Turtle Marketplace, we asked: “what was your favorite car of your past?”

LITHIUM from page 1A fires. The same cannot be said for other areas of the country.

On July 9, in an apartment building in Chevy Chase, Md., firefighters were called to a fire in an apartment on the third floor. They extinguished the fire, and were checking for extension and searching.

“Cells in the battery pack shot out and launched across the room, landing in front of us on fire,” said Bill Riley of Company 6. He said it was a battery pack for a portable camera/photographer light that had been exposed to the fire. “Another cell went under the dishwasher causing a secondary fire with the dishwasher. Even after taking multiple classes, and even giving several classes about lithium-ion batteries, to see one actually explode and shoot across the room was pretty impressive. Also, to find a secondary fire in the kitchen area away from the primary fire area was eye opening of this fire danger.”

A lithium battery fire is not an ordi-