Transfiguration Open House Thursday, Dickens Mystery Onstage

1. The National Weather Service forecasts scattered flurries before noon today, and weather that gradually becomes mostly sunny with a high near 42.

2. Oakdale’s is holding an open house at 6 p.m. today for prospective students and parents.

3. Charles Dickens’ The Mystery of Edwin Drood is onstage tonight and tomorrow night at East Ridge High School’s loft stage. Tickets are $9.

4. Veterans Day is tomorrow. The U.S. Census Bureau reports there were 9 million veterans age 65 and older and 1.7 million veterans younger than 35 in 2010 in the U.S.

5. Martin Luther, who inspired the Lutheran branch of Christian religion, was born on this day in 1483. He was once quoted as saying, “Everything that is done in the world is done by hope,” according to brainyquote.com.