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Harry Schaleman Lecture to feature war memories

By Times Staff
Published November 30, 2005

ST. PETERSBURG - Eugene Patterson, editor emeritus of the St. Petersburg Times , and John Germany will be the featured speakers Thursday at 2005 Harry Schaleman Lecture at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg.

Patterson, a tank platoon leader under Gen. George S. Patton in World War II, and Germany, a civic leader and former judge from Tampa, will talk about their memories of the war.

The event is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in the university's Campus Activities Center.

Treasure Island Causeway closure postponed a day

The Treasure Island Causeway will be closed to traffic today after bad weather postponed the closure on Tuesday for construction work. The closures will occur between 8:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Westbound traffic on the causeway will be detoured at 79th Street. Eastbound Causeway traffic will detour at 104th Avenue, except for local traffic to the Treasure Island Yacht Club and Paradise Boulevard. Detour routes to and from Treasure Island during the closure are the Madeira Beach Causeway to the north and the Corey Causeway in St. Pete Beach to the south.

The Causeway drawbridge will continue to operate.

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