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Family Dedicates Latest Tower To Family Member

    A new communications tower now stands an estimated 300 feet above Altoona, after installation last week.  To serve the Lake County communication system the tower stands along CR 42 next to the Altoona Fire Station, and has a special connection to a local family.
    Clifton Tower, based in Altoona, is a fourth-generation tower company that oversaw the installation of the tower.  In the Ingram family since its inception, surviving members of the family dedicated this most recent installation to the memory of Kyle Ingram, who recently passed.
    Sixty-six  years of family ownership were marked at the site on Friday, August 14, led by Jo-Ann, now 94 years young. 
    After a brief gathering of family, workers scaled a base section of the tower that had been installed in recent weeks, and with the help of a large crane, moved two more large sections into place.  By the end of the day on Friday, the tower had reached its planned height.  Next, communication equipment will be installed, allowing the county to shift its area communications network apparatus off a leased tower elsewhere in the area.