The Transylvania Times -

On Oct. 28, I learned how helpful people in Brevard could be to a stranger. I was pulling into a parking lot when an auditory signal went off in my car and smoke came pouring up from the right front of my car. I was afraid it was on fire and might blow up. I pulled into a back parking lot place and flew out of the car, much faster than I realized a woman my age could move.

A young woman at Arby’s called for help and the fire truck arrived. The firemen discovered it wasn’t a fire; it was steam due to an empty radiator.

I felt foolish for having been so alarmed and interrupting people’s...