Charles County Blue Ribbon Commission on Diversity and Inter-Group Relations will meet 6:30 p.m. May 26 at College of Southern Maryland, Room B-124, 8730 Mitchell Road, La Plata. Community members are invited to attend, listen, discuss and suggest issues relevant to diversity in Charles County. Call 301-259-2762.
Taste of Southern Maryland
Taste of Southern Maryland to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maryland will be 5-8 p.m. May 22 at College of Southern Maryland, 8730 Mitchell Road, La Plata. Tickets are $40 each or $60 for two. Go to www.TasteofSoMd.kintera.org.
American Legion Post 293 Auxiliary dinner
American Legion Post 293 Auxiliary will hold a grilled chicken dinner 6 p.m. May 21 at the post, 2400 Old Washington Road, Waldorf. Cost is $7. Call 301-932-5071.
Sons of the American Legion Squadron 82 dinner
Sons of the American Legion Squadron 82 will hold a baby back rib dinner 5-8 p.m. May 21 the American Legion Post 82, 6330 N. Crain Highway, La Plata. Cost is $11. Call 301-934-8221
Bike to Work Day
Bike to Work Day will be 7 a.m.-noon May 21 at Indian Head Village Green Pavilion, 100 Walter Thomas Road. Kickoff at 9:45 a.m., live radio broadcast by 98 Star’s T-Bone and Heather, displays, giveaways and refreshments. Free. Call 240-375-4061.
Hospice House Celebrate Life fundraiser
Hospice House will hold a Celebrate Life fundraiser 7-9 p.m. May 20 at Port Tobacco Marina, 7610 Shirley Blvd., Port Tobacco. Crabby Dick’s will donate 10 percent of the food proceeds to hospice. Admission is $10. Call 301-751-9601 or julie@charlescountyhospicehouse.com.
Pomonkey High School Alumni Association fundraiser
Pomonkey High School Alumni Association will hold a fundraiser 4-8 p.m. May 19 at Five Guys, 230 Rosewick Road, La Plata. A percentage of sales will go toward the association’s Relay for Life teams. Call 301-743-5378.
Waldorf Kiwanis breakfast meeting
Waldorf Kiwanis will hold its breakfast meeting 7:30-8:30 a.m. May 19 in the Waldorf Comfort Suites’ conference room, 11765 Business Park Drive, U.S. 301 and Acton Lane, Waldorf. Chaplain John Lewis will discuss Point of Change jail ministries. The $5 meeting fee includes breakfast. The public is invited to attend. Call 301-372-8766.
Charles County Cooperative Ministry on Aging fundraiser
Charles County Cooperative Ministry on Aging will hold a fundraiser 4-11 p.m. May 19 at Applebee’s, 10 Shining Willow Way, La Plata. Call 301-392-6325 for the necessary flier.
Businesses stunned
Southern Maryland Newspapers reports:
The Charles County commissioners’ decision late last week to dismantle the county economic development department left many business leaders searching for reasons for the move and how the county plans to grow the private sector.
“If I’m an outside businessperson looking in and I see that this county just got rid of their …
