Local news briefs News-Chronicle Green Bay Library offers extra study hours The Brown County Central Library plans to extend its hours until 11 p.m. Monday for high school students to prepare for final exams. Students will have free computer access, free printing, unlimited use of reference and circulating material, and quiet study areas. Snacks and refreshments will be provided by the Friends of the Brown County Library. To pre-register call 448-4400, Ext. 371. Sign-in is at 8 p.m. Families get in free Saturday at zoo The Early Childhood Council of Brown County, the NEW Zoo and Brown County Parks have joined together to offer free admission to the Zoo Saturday to honor National Family Day. Judy Stock, nationally acclaimed children's musician and storyteller, will perform at 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. At 11 a.m. visitors can enjoy the annual Turtle Walk, as the zoo's two Aldabra tortoises, a 400-pound male and 250-pound female, make their way from their winter home into their summer home in the Children's Zoo area. Packerland MDA ride set Saturday Motorcyclists are preparing for the 2002 Packerland Ride to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association through Green Bay, Clintonville and Seymour Saturday. The ride begins, rain or shine, at 11 a.m. at McCoy's Harley-Davidson at U.S. 41 and Velp Avenue, starting with a motorcycle parade through Green Bay and Howard. Registration for the ride is from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Friday and 8-10:30 a.m. Saturday at McCoy's. For more information call Joe Langer from Green Bay Harley Owners Group at 592-8231 or visit www.packerlandride.org. Heroes of 2001 stamp dedication The Green Bay post office plans to participate in the nationwide rollout of the Heroes of 2001 stamp with a dedication and unveiling ceremony at 11 a.m. June 7 at Fire Station No. 4, 2650 West Point Road. Funds raised from the sale of the Heroes of 2001 semi-postal stamp will provide assistance to the families of the emergency relief personnel killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty on Sept. 11. The stamp will be issued June 7 and on sale no later than Dec. 31, 2004. Free family dinner tonight at Howe Howe Elementary School is holding a Free Family Dinner Night from 5 to 6:30 p.m. today. The program will showcase the storytelling grant awarded to Donna Janquart by the Institute for Learning Partnership of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Food Drive tops 237,000 pounds The annual Letter Carriers Food Drive, conducted May 11, collected 237,370 pounds of food. This surpassed last year's total of 175,000 pounds. Local members of the National Association of Letter Carriers and the National Rural Letter Carriers Association collected food in Green Bay, Abrams, Algoma, Black Creek, Bonduel, Oconto, Oconto Falls, Onedia, Plymouth, Pulaski, Seymour, Shawano and Wrightstown. The food was distributed to food pantries in Green Bay, all members of the Brown County Task Force on Hunger and to local food pantries in the communities where food was collected. Howard Optimists to host youth track meet The Green Bay Monday Noon Optimist Club will hold its 32nd annual track meet at Bay Port High School Saturday, June 1. The meet is free for all boys and girls ages 7 to 14 who live in Allouez, Ashwaubenon, Bellevue, DePere, Green Bay or Howard. Registration forms have been sent to each school in listed communities. Completed forms are due back to the Park and Recreation offices by May 31. Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the meet begins at 8:30 a.m. For more information contact Peter Reinhart from Green Bay Monday Noon Optimist Club at 433-6507.