Wednesday/July 16
<cal2>LOUDOUN COUNTY DEMOCRATS will hold their monthly meeting, from 7-9 p.m., at the John Tolbert Elementary School, 691 Potomac Station Drive, Leesburg. For more information, call 703-771-3366.
<cal1>Friday/July 18
<cal2>MOMS CLUB OF STERLING will meet, at 10:30 a.m., at the Cascades Library, room C, for its monthly meeting. Becky Sowers of Music Together will be joining to introduce children to this music program. Visit www.geocities.com/sterlingmomsclub or e-mail sterlingmomsclub@yahoo.com.
LOUDOUN CRIME COMMISSION luncheon, 12:30 p.m., at the Holiday Inn at Historic Carradoc Hall, 1500 E. Market St., Leesburg. Keynote speaker will be Roger L. Shields, the director of the FBI's Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center (TEDAC) at Quantico. Lunch will be served and there will be time for questions and answers. Call 703 729-9277 to confirm attendance. Cost: $5 for members and $10 for nonmembers.
<cal1>Saturday/July 19
<cal2>HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE collection, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., at Heritage High School, 520 Evergreen Mill Road, Leesburg. For more information on acceptable items or the complete 2008 HHW event schedule, visit www.loudoun.gov/hhw or call the Office of Solid Waste Management at 703-777-0187.