Benton County Democrats will meet at the Elks Lodge on So. 40th Street (Promenade Blvd) in Rogers on Monday, May 21 at 11:30. This is a change from the usual fourth Monday.
The guest will be Joyce Hale, who will speak about gas drilling and the proposed severance tax for gas wells. An initiated petition, to allow the question to be on the ballot next November, is circulating in the community at this time.
Mrs. Hale lives in Fayetteville and has been an active member of the League of Women Voters of Washington County. While serving in various leadership capacities, her main focus has been a five year study of natural gas development, its environmental impacts, and economics of the industry. She is currently writing a series of articles called “Fracking in Arkansas” for the Fayetteville Free Weekly. She has also been involved in issues of water quality and land preservation through public policy, legislation, and public education.
She and her husband, Jay Hale, are retired from Hale Engineering, a mechanical engineering job shop which they operated in Pea Ridge, Arkansas for over thirty years.
Make reservations for a seat to hear the program, or for a seat and $12 lunch, payable at the door, by calling Georgiana Sterry 876-5843.
by May 17.
