Local news briefs News-Chronicle Green Bay U.S. 41 Park and Ride lot closed The Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced the closure of the U.S. 41 park and ride lot near County S south of De Pere (previously a wayside). The lot closed Sept. 24. No park and ride space will be available until approximately Oct. 21 as WisDOT builds a new 50-stall park and ride lot across from the existing lot. The new lot will have improved lighting and pavement. The construction work is dependent on the weather. Pumpkin Palooza festival Green Bay's downtown Broadway District will present its first-ever "Pumpkin-Palooza" from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the Broadway District. The event will feature specials at Broadway businesses, sales, treats and the chance to enter and win the Pumpkin-Palooza raffle. Prizes will be gift certificates at Broadway District businesses. Halloween pumpkins will be available at a pumpkin patch in front of Aurora BayCare. Kids can either decorate the pumpkins themselves or have it decorated by an artist onhand. The event will also feature live music and free hayrides. while the Historic West Theatre will offer a free showing of "It's a Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," at 2 and 3 p.m. The theater will also present "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" at 8:30 p.m. with a minimum purchase of $5. Call On Broadway at 437-2531 or visit www.onbroadway.org for more information. Packers still accepting grant applications The Green Bay Packers is still accepting applications for two community grants administered by the team, the Community Quarterback Award and the Junior Volunteer Stars. The quarterback award, funded by NFL Charities, honors community and youth volunteers who show leadership, dedication and a commitment to improving their communities by volunteering for a nonprofit organization. Charitable organizations are asked to nominate their most distinguished volunteers, and a selection committee will choose finalists and winners. The award winners will receive a $10,000 grant from NFL Charities, and each of the five finalists will get $2,000 grants. Troy Tyloch, a volunteer with the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin, won the 2002 Community Quarterback Award. The Green Bay Packers Junior Volunteer Stars, a new program this year, is designed to promote community investment and volunteerism in children through small-level donations. The donations must be used to fund a community improvement project, such as cleaning up a playground or planting a garden at a senior center. Children 18 and under who attend a Brown County school are eligible, either individually or as a group. The project requires a sponsoring organization such as a school, church or community group with 501c(3) status. Ten $500 grants will be awarded to organizations sponsoring a person or group. The deadline for both award applications is Oct. 15. Nomination forms are available through Cathy Dworak, manager of community relations for the Packers, at 490-5925 or [email protected]. Manitowoc Feingold holds listening session U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., will hold a listening session at 9:15 a.m. Saturday in the Lakeshore Building, Wells Fargo Conference Room, at Lakeshore Technical College, 1290 North Ave., Cleveland, WI. Feingold will listen to constituent issues during the session, which will last up to one hour.