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Summer heat puts strain on air conditioning in area

Jim Sidars, a service technician with Lawson Air Conditioning and Plumbing, works on a home's unit in Gainesville.

0727Air1 — Jim Sidars, a service technician with Lawson Air Conditioning and Plumbing, works on a home's unit in Gainesville.

Cathy Rell’s new apartment in Gainesville didn’t have a working air conditioner when she moved in last year.But the elderly adult, who gets around in a wheelchair, said she stayed cool with a donated fan until the A/C unit was fixed. “It really helped,” the New York native said. “Get me the cold and I’m happy.”