5 Things You Need to Know Today: June 6

Our weekday morning column, 5 Things You Need to Know, provides you with information that can help you plan your day and give you some fodder for water cooler conversations.

1. Are you afraid to go to the , because you still haven't returned that book you took out in 2011? There's no need to let your debt keep you from checking out the latest titles.

2. The Massachusetts State Police yesterday announced a partnership with the Ensign John R. Elliot Hero Campaign for Designated Drivers, which aims to promote the use of sober designated drivers. The HERO Campaign, according to a press release, is a federally registered, nonprofit organization that partners with law enforcement, schools and colleges, bars, taverns and restaurants, the U.S. Navy, professional sports teams, state divisions of highway safety and community chapters across the country. The campaign is named for "Human Education Resource Officer," a title earned by Naval Academy graduate John Elliott. In 2000, Elliott was struck and killed by a drunken driver on his way home for his mother’s birthday. The driver had been arrested on DUI charges and released only to get back in the car drunk, killing himself and John.

3. If bar pong's your thing, there may be some cash waiting for you. There's a $200 prize for the winner.

4. Now that the excitement of graduation has worn off, you should have had time to go through your graduation photos. Photos are trickling in from readers who attended graduation. (, we want to see your pictures, too!) .

5. On this day in history, in 1933, the first drive-in movie theater opened, in Camden, NJ. Locally, the closest remaining drive-ins are in Mendon and Leicester.