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Article: BRIEF: French Island church expanding with lighthouse.
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- La Crosse Tribune (La Crosse, WI)
- Article date:
- September 15, 2007
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Byline: Joe Orso
Sep. 15--Even pilots were put on notice Friday about construction of a lighthouse at Olivet Lutheran Church on French Island.
Clinton Torp, assistant airport manager at La Crosse Municipal Airport, said he sent an alert to the Federal Aviation Administration about a crane that would be in pilots' field of vision as they approached the airport after 8 a.m. Friday.
The crane was lowering the 8-foot top on a lighthouse that is part of the church's $1.4 million addition, scheduled to be completed by the end of the year.
The lighthouse is connected to the sanctuary. A window in the shape of a cross on the lighthouse will be lit from within.
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