News Near You for Dec. 9

By: | Times-Dispatch
Published: December 09, 2009

NEWS NEAR YOU

Henrico The Henrico County Public Health Department will hold an appointment-only H1N1 vaccination clinic today from 2:30 to 7 p.m. in the Expo Building at Richmond International Raceway. Clinic participants should enter on Laburnum Avenue. Vaccine recipients must pre-register and schedule an appointment to receive the vaccine. Vaccine recipients can register online at www.HenricoFlu.com or by calling the Henrico H1N1 hot line at (804) 501-4151 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The clinic will dispense 1,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine, including 750 by injection and 250 by nasal spray. The clinic is being held to vaccinate children in private school, home school and day care; children in public school who missed their opportunity during the in-school clinics; and college-age adults.

Hanover The John M. Gandy PTA will hold a silent art auction tomorrow at 6 p.m. at the school, 201 Archie Cannon Drive, Ashland. Among the items are toys, ornaments, crafts, jewelry, garden sculptures and furniture. Proceeds will benefit the school's new garden. Call (804) 365-4640 for information.

Fort Lee The U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum has again achieved accreditation by the American Association of Museums, the highest national recognition afforded the nation's museums. The Quartermaster Museum was initially accredited in 1986.

Petersburg The Tri-Cities Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Committee will meet tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. at the Petersburg Union Train Station, 103 River St. The agenda includes a report on the ozone air quality standard and Fort Lee BRAC transportation projects.

Richmond Richmond police are investigating a robbery by a man who apparently wielded a stun gun. The robber walked into Quik Cash in the 6800 block of Midlothian Turnpike in South Richmond about 6 p.m. yesterday and apparently used a stun gun on the clerk, said police Capt. Scott Booth. The man left with an undisclosed amount of money. The female clerk was treated at the scene.

Chesterfield The Virginia Folk Music Association and the Brandermill Church will hold a Christmas Jam and Food Drive on Tuesday from 7-10:30 p.m. at the church, 4500 Millridge Parkway. to benefit the Central Virginia Foodbank. Donations are being accepted at Brandermill Church through Tuesday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For details, contact Lois Gaither at (804) 744-2163 or Edwin Esten at (804) 399-1797.

AROUND THE STATE

Norfolk A Virginia Beach woman will spend more than three years in prison for stealing $750,000 from the Navy Exchange Service Command. Glenda Roberts, 49, pleaded guilty in September to one felony count of theft of government property, and she was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Norfolk.

Blacksburg The family of a Virginia Tech student has filed a $43 million lawsuit, accusing the university of negligence in its response to a warning that their son was suicidal. Daniel Kim committed suicide Dec. 9, 2007, about a month after the university's counseling center closed its review, according to the lawsuit last week in Fairfax County Circuit Court by Kim's parents, Elizabeth and William Kim of Reston. The lawsuit claims the university didn't contact Kim, his parents, roommates or professors after a friend sent an e-mail to the school's health center saying the 21-year-old senior was suicidal. The suit says the school relied on a Blacksburg police officer's assessment that Kim seemed OK. According to court papers, Kim became withdrawn after the campus shootings on April 16, 2007. He told his sister he was upset because he thought he resembled gunman Seung-Hui Cho, the lawsuit said.

Christiansburg Prosecutors have dropped criminal charges against a Blacksburg woman whose 1-year-old son died of heat stroke after being left in a car. Wythe County special prosecutor Frank Slavin said during a hearing Monday there wasn't enough evidence to proceed with the case against Mary Nelson Parks, 46.

-- From Staff and Wire Reports