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By Alan Berner / The Bulletin
October 9, 2011
It is a 2-ton jewel made in 1888 whose light shone 26 miles out to sea, keeping mariners from running aground on Destruction Island.
And it’s a heck of a gift from the U.S. Coast Guard to the town of Westport, Wash., requiring the historical society there to raise money and construct a building....