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Concord
The Cabarrus County Solid Waste Department will offer free backyard composting classes to residents. Classes will meet 9:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday and 6-8 p.m. Nov. 19. Registration required. 704-920-3280.
Kannapolis
Cabarrus Meals on Wheels' annual Sunday Soup Sampling is 12-2:30 p.m. today at All Saints' Episcopal Church, 525 Lake Concord Road, Concord. Sample soups, desserts and coffee from area restaurants. $25 per person.
Huntersville
Birkdale Village will host Huntersville's first flash mob dance at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, followed by the lighting of its 34-foot Christmas tree at 5 p.m. 704-895-8744.
Cornelius
"Santa" Gene Ervin and Ashley Barlow of TSS Photography will make Santa photos with children at the Mount Zion United Methodist Church Craft Fair and donate profits to the church's youth groups. Photos will be 5-7 p.m. Nov. 20 and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Nov. 21.
Davidson
Davidson's Veterans Day observance will be 11 a.m.-noon Wednesday at the Town Green.
Mooresville
Lake Norman State Park ranger Daniel Schewlakow will explain how animals survive in the wild at a free program 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday at Mooresville Public Library, 304 S. Main St. 704-332-5696; www.lakenor manwildlife.org .
Troutman
Troutman area businesses have collected $1,100 in donations to help outfit a new town police car.
Statesville
City Council will have a workshop on establishing a Special Assessment District for the Larkin Project 11 a.m. Thursday at the city office on Front Street.
West Shore
The state will host a regional bicycle planning public drop-in 7-8:30 p.m. Monday at Unity Presbyterian Church, 8210 Unity Church Road, Denver.
Observer Giving Guide
Attention nonprofits: Please send a contact e-mail address to rglassberg@charlotteobserver.com if you want to be included in the updated Giving Guide. The guide gives readers information about nonprofits that need donations and volunteers. Deadline for submissions is Monday.
