Article: BRIEF: French Island church expanding with lighthouse.

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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