LARRICK FOR SENATE YARD SIGNS and T’s AVAILABLE . . . Pick up a Larrick for Senate yard sign at 920 South 8th Street, Lincoln. Find signs by the garage at the end of the driveway next to the house. Or leave a message with your phone number and address at 402.483.0425 to have signs delivered. If you can help place signs, especially on high traffic streets, or if you want a Larrick for Senate T-shirt, phone Steve at 435.5612. In Omaha, phone 402.561.9281 for pick up or delivery of signs and T’s. To help Steve purchase tv time, send checks to Larrick for Senate, 920 South 8th Street, Lincoln, NE. 68508. Financial assistance of any amount will go directly to tv outreach. The future of Nebraska Green Party depends on a 5% Larrick for Senate vote November 4, 2008. Help counteract the media blackout by spreading the word.  Click here  to learn about Steve’s background and issues positions.

REGISTER TO VOTE GREEN . . . Fill out the voter registration form here. (pdf) Complete online, and print out a copy for your records. If you have questions about registering to vote, contact the Secretary of State’s office at 402.471.2555, or your local county election commissioner.

VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINES . . . The deadline for in-person voter registration is 6:00pm on Friday, October 24, 2008. The deadline to request an early voting ballot to be mailed to a specific address is 4:00pm on Wednesday October 29. In Lincoln, you can also vote in person at the Lancaster County Election Commissioner’s office, 601 North 46th Street. You cannot vote on-site on election day, November 4, if you requested a mail-in ballot.

CANDIDATES NIGHT IN SEWARD . . . Steve Larrick will join representatives of the other two candidates participating in US Senate debates on Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 7:30 to 9:00pm at the Seward Civic Center. For further information, contact Ellen Beck at the Seward County League of Women Voters, 402.646.9112.

WILLIAM F. SCHULZ AT DOANE . . . Former Amnesty International USA Executive Director William F. Schulz will speak at Doane College on Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 7:00pm, in Whitcomb Lee Conservatory. The peacekeeper and human rights advocate will present “The Final Test: Darfur, Genocide, and the Responsibility to Protect,” addressing the United States’ role in foreign affairs. He has been to Darfur leading an Amnesty mission to redress the humanitarian crisis there. Schulz’s presentation is open to the public and will be followed by a question-and-answer session.

LINCOLN GREEN DRINKS . . . Students and people working in the environmental field as professionals, volunteers, or activists are invited to meet at social networking, self-organizing events known as Green Drinks every fourth Wednesday of even months (June, August, October, December, February, April) in Lincoln at Lazlo’s Brewery & Grill, 210 North 7th Street, starting at 5:30pm. The informal, organic groups meet in 380 cities worldwide. The October date is Wednesday, October 22, 2008.

LES BUDGET MEETING . . . Lincoln Electric System customer-owners are invited to a public meeting to discuss the 2009 budget on Thursday, October 23, 2008, 7:00pm, at the Walter A. Canney Service Center, 2620 Fairfield in Lincoln. A public hearing before the City Council will be on Monday, December 15, 2008.

COUNTY BOARD CANDIDATES FORUM . . . Lancaster County Board candidates will meet in a Forum sponsored by the Bluestem Sierra CLub and Friends of Wilderness Park on Thursday, October 23, 2008, 7:00pm, at the Lincoln Unitarian Church, 6600 A Street.

OMAHA PANEL ON GREEN JOBS IN NEBRASKA . . . A Panel Discussion on Green Jobs in Nebraska will be in Omaha, Thursday, October 23, 2008, 7:00pm, at First United Methodist Church, 69th & Cass Streets. Panelists are State Senator Tom White, IBEW’s John Bourne, and Ken Winston of Nebraska Sierra Club.

COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITY . . . The Lancaster County Board of Commissioners is seeking community members to serve on the County Extension Board for 3-year terms beginning January, 2009. The Extension Board represents and assists UN-L Extension staff with Agricultural Profitability and Sustainability and issues concerning Children, 4-H, Youth and Families, Food Safety, Health and Wellness, Water Quality and the Environment. Monthly board meetings are usually at 8:00am on the second Friday. Registered Lancaster County voters must apply for an appointment by November 1, 2008. Applications are available here. (pdf)

RECYCLE CFLs NOW THROUGH NOVEMBER 30 . . . WasteCap Nebraska is coordinating a pilot recycling program for individuals and businesses. Drop off burned-out compact fluorescent lamps at Ace Hardward stores in Lincoln, now through November 30, 2008. A 60 cent recycling fee per bulb will be offset by a 60 cent coupon toward the purchase of a new CFL. Learn the benefits of CFLs and how to safely dispose of broken bulbs here, or phone 1.888.E-Waste-9.

STATE’S FIRST WIND ENERGY CONFERENCE . . . Nebraska’s first Wind Energy Conference is Tuesday, November 11 and Wednesday, November 12, 2008 in Kearney at the Holiday Inn Convention Center. Hosted by the Nebraska Wind Working Group and the Nebraska Energy Office, the Conference will feature nationally known wind experts, industry exhibits, and sessions on small wind turbines, land issues, and financing. Registration is $60 per person until November 1, 2008. After November 1, registration is $75 per person. Pre-Register here.

CENTRAL NEBRASKA PEACEWORKERS MONTHLY MEETING . . . Many Central Nebraska Peaceworkers are Green Party members and supporters. This month’s regular meeting is Sunday, October 26, 2008, 3:00pm, at Trinity United Methodist Church, Grand Island, Nebraska. Nebraskans in Congressional District 3 are invited to CNPW meetings, and encouraged to get involved in local peace activism.

NEBRASKA GREEN PARTY CANDIDATES . . . Green Party candidates for 2008 in Partisan elections are Steve Larrick, U.S. Senate; and for Douglas County Board, District 1: Scott Hoffman. LaVerne Thraen has filed for the Non-Partisan OPPD Board of Directors Metro District, and Doug Paterson is a candidate for Public Service Commission District 2 in Omaha.

“The Nebraska Green Party is more than an ‘alternative’ party. It is the IMPERATIVE PARTY. It is imperative that we redirect our nation’s economy away from perpetual wars over oil. We need to redirect our nation’s resources toward renewable energy education so our young people can spend their lives inventing and building the clean and renewable Green Energy Economy of the 21st century and beyond. With a growing global population of more than 6.8 billion people and a declining natural resource base to work with, it is essential that we move as quickly as possible toward a clean and renewable Green Energy Economy to revitalize our family farms, rural communities, nations and global community. By voting Green, you are NOT throwing away your vote. You are building a global Green Movement working in over 80 countires for world peace and clean, renewable energy that meets the needs of current generations without depleting natural resources for future generations. GREEN VOTES COUNT MORE THAN EVER IN THIS ELECTION!” –Steve Larrick

We are not the alternative; we are the imperative. ReShape ’08. Register Green. Vote Green.