GREENS SPEARHEAD COALITION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT …The first meeting of a new Coalition for the Environment is Wednesday, January 23, 7:00pm, Southminster United Methodist Church, 2915 South 16th Street, Lincoln, in the lower level meeting room. The Coalition’s first collaborative project will be creating an Earth Day Celebration, Sunday, April 20, 2008, noon to 4:00pm at Lincoln’s Antelope Park. Environmental organizations, private businesses, visual and performing artists, and “green” advocacy groups are invited to join the Coalition. For more information contact barbvandenberg@hotmail.com.
Ann Bleed, Director of Nebraska Department of Natural Resources, will present “Formulating Policies for Future Water Use on the Great Plains,” Wednesday, January 23, 3:30-5:00pm, at the Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q Street, Lincoln. The UN-L Paul A. Olson Seminar in Great Plains Studies and a 3:00pm reception are free and open to the public.
WILL TIME WARNER REPAY CUSTOMERS? . . . The Cable TV Advisory Board will hold its annual meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday, January 24, 2008 in Room 113 of the County-City Building, 555 S. 10th Street. On the agenda is city negotiations with the cable company over the months-long service disruption last year known as the Navigator fiasco.
GREENS PROMOTE “MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE.” The play “My Name is Rachel Corrie” will be performed by the production company Countdown to Zero, with Julie Rada, Thursday, January 24, 2008, 7:30pm, First Mennonite Church, 7300 Holdrege Street, Lincoln. The arts inform people of important issues of the day. Sponsored and/or supported by the Nebraska Coalition for Peace, Nebraskans for Peace, First Mennonite Church of Lincoln, Friends of Palestine, The Angels Company, Nebraska Green Party, and many concerned individuals in the arts and peace community.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WEEK AT UN-L begins with a 2:00pm Chancellor’s Program at the Nebraska Union City Campus Auditorium, 1400 R Street, Lincoln, Monday January 21, 2008. “Martin Luther King Jr’s Expansive Dream” will be presented by Reverend Irene Monroe, religion columnist, public theologian, and motivational speaker. The week ends with the 13th Annual MLK Banquet, 6:30pm, Saturday January 26. Other events are listed at http://mlkweek.unl.edu/
GREENS ADVOCATE DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION…
In LINCOLN: Abolition Action Group Meetings are every Saturday, 11:30am, First Presbyterian Church, 18th & F Streets, to organize events, actions, and abolition awareness. Enter east doors. Follow the signs.
In OMAHA: Sunday, January 27, 1:00pm abolisionists meet at the Blue Line Cafe, 4924 Underwood Avenue. Contact Josh Cramer at 402-310-1096 for more details.
In GRAND ISLAND: Presentation of Living the Questions DVD featuring Sister Helen Prejean’s life journey and work for abolition. Sunday, January 20 and January 27, 2008, 5:00pm, Trinity United Methodist Church, 5th & Elm, lower level room 4. Enter East doors.
Sunday Forum January 20, 2008, 9:30am: ONE FAMILY CHOOSING FORGIVENESS, Trinity United Methodist Church Gollaher Chapel, 5th & Elm. Featured speaker: Kurt Mesner, murder victim family member from Central City.
MEET YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS at the Lincoln Neighborhood Alliance TOWN HALL meeting, Saturday January 26, 1:00-4:00pm, 1st United Methodist Church, 2723 North 50th Street.
A TOWN HALL Meeting focused on the future of State Fair Park, hosted by eight Lancaster County senators, will be Tuesday, January 29, 7:30-8:45am, Lincoln Public Schools District Office, 5901 O Street. Doors open at 7:00am. Admission is free. A light breakfast is available for $2.
GREENS INVITED TO COMMENT . . . Lincoln Electric System is seeking a 5.5% rate increase. Electric rates for residential customers are two to three times higher than for commercial and industrial users. Rates are not inverted as water rates are to encourage conservation. City Council must approve and may make changes. The Council public hearing is expected to be Monday, February 4, 1:30 pm, at County-City Building, 9th and K Streets. Rate schedules at http://www.les.com.
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