Article: Neighbors dig in over backyard fire-pit feud

FOUNTAIN - Joe Sechrist talks loud and lives large.

At Christmas, he doesn't just decorate his house on Turf Trail Place on the southern edge of town. He blankets it with more than 10,000 lights. People come from all over to see his house.

And Sechrist, 35, doesn't just have friends over for a burger and a couple beers. He fires up four grills, rolls out the Kegerator beer fridge and invites a gang over.

"I like to have fun," said Sechrist, who is a house painter and commodities trader. "I play golf. Have friends over for Texas Hold 'Em poker and hang out at our swimming pool."

And when Sechrist entertains, he likes to throw a few logs into his backyard fire pit. He's been known to have ...

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