News Near You for Nov. 5

NEWS NEAR YOU

Colonial Heights Dupuy Avenue between Battery Place and Braxton Avenue will be closed to westbound traffic Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. beginning Monday, city authorities said. Westbound traffic will be detoured onto Battery Place, Maple Lane and Meridian Avenue. Eastbound traffic will experience alternating lane shifts. A contractor will be installing storm sewer, water and sanitary sewer lines. The work is scheduled to be completed on or about Dec. 9. For information, call the Department of Public Works at (804) 520-9334.

Chesterfield Chesterfield County firefighters were dispatched to a house fire early yesterday southeast of Monacan High School. There were no reports of injuries in the fire, which was called in at 5:58 a.m. for a two-story house in the 1000 block of Mansfield Crossing Road.

Hanover The Hanover Parks and Recreation Department's annual senior Thanksgiving luncheon will be held tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Shady Grove United Methodist Church in Mechanicsville. The lunch is $6 per person. Doors will open at 10 a.m., and lunch will be served at 11. There also will be door prizes and entertainment from the instrumental ensemble from Washington-Henry Elementary School, fifth-graders reading essays about what they are thankful for and why, and Oak Knoll Middle School's sixth-grade chorus and show choir. For information, call (804) 779-7948 or (804) 365-4695, or e-mail .

Richmond The Virginia Holocaust Museum is showing the film "The Unknown Solider" tonight at 7. The film, directed by Michael Verhoeven, documents the Wehrmacht exhibition as it made its way around Germany from 1999 to 2004. This exhibit challenged the once-pervasive view that the common German soldier was generally unaware of the atrocities committed during the Holocaust. The film chronicles the controversy and protests by neo-Nazis that followed the exhibit around the country.

Chesterfield Three Chesterfield County residents recently were inducted into the Chesterfield Senior Volunteer Hall of Fame. The hall of fame recognizes residents 65 and older for their service to the community. Charles L.T. Ellis is a volunteer at Chesterfield Community High School who mentors students and supports the Student of the Month program. He also is chairman of the Commonwealth Baseball League, which promotes baseball for young people. Patrick Shellenberg volunteers with several organizations, including Meals on Wheels; CJW Medical Center; Freedom House; and Senior Connections, The Capital Area Agency on Aging. Ruth G. Sims volunteers at Grange Hall Elementary School year-round. She assists in the cafeteria and the library and helps kindergarten teachers.

Hanover A 2-year-old gray colt that was put up for auction yesterday by the Hanover County's Sheriff's Office was bought by the stable owner of the farm where it lives. Stephanie Nixon, owner of Horseshoe Hill Farm in Ashland, had been training and caring for the horse since September 2008 but had not been paid by its owner for more than a year. She put up the winning -- and only -- bid of $1,500. The horse was worth about $8,000. She said a handful of people showed up to look at the horse. "I was surprised that I had that much turnout," she said. "I really didn't think anybody was going to come." Nixon said she'll continue training the horse, which doesn't have an official name.

AROUND THE STATE

Springfield A Fairfax County couple accused of allowing their 5-month-old son to overdose on heroin have been arrested on child-abuse charges. Police say Marilyn Fischl, 36, and Rafael Preston, 30, face felony child-abuse and neglect charges. Officials believe the infant picked up a packet of heroin and put it in his mouth as his parents and their two friends consumed heroin in the couple's home in July. Fischl and Preston were arrested Thursday.