<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/34168391-0135-4d67-b4ad-de5c62a5248c/D3C1CE79-F587-4BBE-A061-5B9AFF79C14A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.akron.com/akron-ohio-community-news.asp?aID=3354" href="http://www.akron.com/akron-ohio-community-news.asp?aID=3354" style="font-size: 11px;">www.akron.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.akron.com/akron-ohio-community-news.asp?aID=3354"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.akron.com/img/35CC3838-95F0-41D6-9D50-AE5622446295" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.akron.com/akron-ohio-community-news.asp?aID=3354">The first step toward restoring the steeple and bell tower at Peninsula United Methodist Church took place Sept. 3. Workers set out that day to remove the steeple while a crowd of residents looked on. Some members of the church and its Board of Trustees are pictured at left as they watch the task unfold.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.akron.com/akron-ohio-community-news.asp?aID=3354"><P>A crane carefully moved the steeple away from the building and then turned around to retrieve the bell, dated 1872, which was lowered onto a wooden platform, as shown at right middle. A temporary roof was then placed on top of the bell tower, pictured at right bottom.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.akron.com/akron-ohio-community-news.asp?aID=3354"><P>The work last week was the first part of an extensive restoration project at the church, which is marking its 175th anniversary this fall. According to Gregory Preneta, Board of Trustees chairperson, the project has been under consideration for about a year.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.akron.com/akron-ohio-community-news.asp?aID=3354">While the work is ongoing, the church is raising money for the project, expected to total $50,000. </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D3C1CE79-F587-4BBE-A061-5B9AFF79C14A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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