Suspect permission accompanies Tekoa's trestle lights

Tekoa Trestle and Trail Association volunteers move access boards into place, putting up lights two years ago.

Christmas lights again glow from the high span of the Tekoa Trestle while on the ground it has yet to be decided if they are permitted to be there by Washington State Parks, which owns the trestle as part of the John Wayne Pioneer Trail.

The lights were hung Nov. 22 in the fourth year of an effort led by members of the Tekoa Trestle and Trail Association.

What the group did not have was permission, according to Audra Simms, Manager for Blue Mountain Area of Washington State Parks.

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