Local news briefs News-Chronicle Green Bay Child left in closed daycare A child was left asleep in a crib after hours at End of the Rainbow Daycare on the West Side Monday evening. A woman went to pick up her 1-year-old grandson at the daycare, 220 Alvina St., and found the door locked and lights off at about 5:50 p.m., according to Green Bay Police. She called police, who called a key holder for the daycare. A daycare representative opened the doors for the women and police, and the child was found sleeping in one of the cribs. He was left alone for about 50 minutes. The child was unharmed. No charges have been issued, but police forwarded a report to appropriate agencies for review, police said. Snider show cancelled Todd Snider, who was booked to perform tonight at the Riverside Ballroom, 115 Newhall St., has canceled his show. The concert will be rescheduled for February, and tickets for Thursday's show will be honored for that show. For more information, call 445-0220. Students hold smokeout Students in a Washington Middle School Peer Group will be conducting a Smoke-Free Perkins Restaurant Campaign this week. The event coincides with the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout, which began Monday and continues through Friday. Students are asking their peers to color posters requesting local Perkins restaurants to ban smoking entirely. They also will ask parents to send letters to the restaurant chain supporting a smoke-free policy. The Peer Group is coordinating their efforts with BREATHE, a local chapter of the Wisconsin Initiative on Smoking and Health, a volunteer organization devoted to promoting smoke-free worksites and public places. All Brown County schools are invited to participate in the smoke-free restaurant campaign by contacting BREATHE director Taku Ronsman at 499-9663 or [email protected]. Visit http://gottabreathe.org for more information. Lecture links geology and 2002 election Steven Dutch, an earth sciences professor at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, will present a lecture, "Geology and the 2000 Presidential Election" at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Mary Ann Cofrin Hall, Room 113, on the university's campus, 2420 Nicolet Drive. Dutch's lecture is based on his observation that county-by-county election returns for the Deep South showed a narrow arc of pro-Gore counties from Mississippi to South Carolina. Dutch explores aspects of geology, economics, history, demography and politics to support his theory. The lecture is free and open to the public. It is part of the university's Oxford Lecture Series, in which faculty members invite the public into their classrooms. Allouez The Republican Party of Brown County will hold its biannual Leo Frigo Memorial Food Drive for Paul's Pantry, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday. Barrels for collection of non-perishable food items will be located at the northeast entry of the Allouez Central Plaza, 1920 Libal St. The Republican Party will also have collection barrels inside the mall in Suite 17 for drop-offs until Nov. 25. In port The U.S.-flagged S.S. Alpena will arrive at 8 a.m. today in the La Farge terminal. The 519-foot, cement-carrying ship out of Alpena, Mich., will depart for its home port at 11 p.m. Tuesday. March of Dimes bowling event on Friday Former Green Bay Packers player Edgar Bennett will participate along with more than 30 Packer players, coaches and trainers in an Edgar Bennett Celebrity Bowling Event to begin at 6 p.m. Friday at Riviera Lanes, 2450 University Ave. The event, which will benefit the March of Dimes, will feature a silent auction, raffles and a food buffet provided by Kraft Foods, an event sponsor. Lane sponsorship, which includes three games for four bowlers and one celebrity, costs $1,000 per lane. Each team will receive team shirts and a team photo. Spectator passes may be purchased for $50; those who donate $50 will be eligible to enter a drawing for a chance to bowl. Call Tammy DeJardin at 337-9099 for more information. Brown County Park areas to close for hunting The Brown County Park Department will close some of its park areas from sunrise Saturday to sunset Nov. 30 for the Wisconsin nine-day Deer Gun Season. The closed areas will include all park areas at the Barkhausen Waterfowl Preserve and Fort Howard Paper Foundation Wildlife Area and the Equestrian, Hiking and Mountain-Bike Trails at the Reforestation Camp. Lily Lake Park, which allows deer gun hunting, and other parts of the Reforestation Camp, will stay open during the deer gun season. Deer gun hunting is permitted only in designated areas of the county park lands, and park users and hunters are urged to wear blaze orange. Hunting is prohibited on both the Fox River and Mountain-Bay trails. For more information, call the county park office at 448-6242, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, or visit www.co.brown.wi.us/parks. The Brown County Rifle Range is now open to hunters and gun sighting, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. daily through Nov. 20. Charge is $4 per gun or person.