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Signs Point to Less Roadside Clutter
Calvert County Commissioner Linda L. Kelley calls the proliferation of roadside signs "litter on a stick."
(Courtesy Of Linda-l. Kelley)
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ยท St. Mary's County -- J. Douglas Frederick, Joseph V. Stone Jr. and Mary Ellen Tancreto.
SMECO customer-members will elect five directors to serve three-year terms; one in Calvert, one in Charles, one in Prince George's and two seats in St. Mary's.
All of those nominated by the committee are incumbent members of the board, except Tancreto.
In addition to selections made by the Nominating Committee, any 15 or more members acting together can make other nominations by petition. The deadline is June 27.
Members can vote in person at the 2008 annual meeting on Aug. 27, at SMECO headquarters in Hughesville.
Mail-in ballots are also available to members who wish to vote but cannot attend the meeting. To request an absentee ballot, call 888-440-3311, Ext. 4722, or visit the co-op's Web site at http:/
SMECO is an electric cooperative providing electricity to more than 144,000 customers in southern Prince George's, all of Charles and St. Mary's, and all but the northeast portion of Calvert.
Water Briefing Scheduled
Citizens for a Better Charles County will host a public briefing on groundwater and aquifer issues June 18 from 7 to 8 p.m.
Jason Groth, Charles County's acting water resource manager, will speak in the Youth Room at La Plata United Methodist Church, 3 Port Tobacco Rd.
Groth will discuss county efforts to address those concerns. The presentation will be followed by the group's monthly business meeting.
Health-Insurance Talk
Todd Eberly, professor of political science at St. Mary's College of Maryland, spoke yesterday on state-based efforts to expand health care to the working uninsured, at the third annual National Medicaid Congress in the District.
The meeting, which runs through tomorrow, brings together state officials, legislators and industry representatives to discuss how to achieve health-care reform. Those efforts, Eberly said in a recent study, often involve Medicaid.
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