Calendar

Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008

Charles County Business Network, representing roughly 40 business professionals across Southern Maryland, meets at 8 a.m. Tuesdays at the Old Country Buffet, Festival Way, Waldorf. Call Irving Harris at 301-246-9900 or e-mail

info@irvingharris.com.

Southern Maryland Business Network meets from 8-9:30 a.m. Tuesdays at the Legends Club at Regency Furniture Stadium, St. Linus Drive, Waldorf. Go to www.smbn.org.

Chesapeake Advanced Networking meets from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the Greene Turtle, 98 Solomons Island Road, Prince Frederick. The meeting is open to anyone wanting to network with other professionals, but will eventually be limited to one member from each core profession. Go to www.canetworking.org or call Rose Hacker at 410-586-8403.

Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission will hold a community subscription agriculture workshop at 7 p.m. Oct. 28 at the SMECO auditorium, 15045 Burnt Store Road, Hughesville. Local farmer Brett Grohsgal of Even' Star Organic Farm who currently has 286 CSA subscribers will speak. Contact SMADC at 301-274-1922 or e-mail info@somarylandsogood.com to register. In case of inclement weather, call 301-274-1922

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Wednesday, Nov. 5

Corporate Center at the College and the Charles County Chamber of Commerce will offer a half-day training session, "Customer Service Excellence," from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Nov. 5 at Waldorf Center, Room 3030D. Cost is $89. Special rate for chamber members. Call Karen O'Connor at 240-725-5479.

Charles County Chamber of Commerce will hold a networking breakfast at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 5 at the United Way of Charles County, Route 488, La Plata. Cost is $15 for chamber members and $25 for nonmembers. Call 301-932-6500.

Waldorf PMI, the Southern Maryland chapter of Project Management Institute, will hold a seminar from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Nov. 5 at the Waldorf Center for Higher Education, 3261 Old Washington Road. Speaker Bruce Schwickrath will present "Metric in the Real World." Free. Lunch is $10. R.S.V.P. by Oct. 31 by e-mailing mikem@mviservices.us. Register online at www.pmisomd.org.

Thursday, Nov. 6

Southern Maryland Higher Education Center will hold an open house from 4-7 p.m. Nov. 6 at 44219 Airport Road, California. Call 301-737-2500 or go to www.smhec.org.

Charles County Chamber of Commerce will hold a mixer from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Nov. 6 at Tri-County Hearth and Patio, 2475 Old Washington Road, Waldorf. Cost is $15 for

chamber members and $25 for nonmembers. Call

301-932-6500.

Items for the business calendar may be mailed to business news at 7 Industrial Park Drive, Waldorf, MD 20602, faxed to 301-645-2175

or e-mailed to

kkulp@somdnews.com.