MEETING: The South Point Local Schools Board of Education will hold a special session at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, at the board office, 302 High Street, South Point. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss personnel.

ON STAGE: The Ashland Community and Technical College Theatre will present "A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley" at 8 p.m. Dec. 3 through 5, and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6. Performances will be held in the J. B. Sowards Theatre at the College Drive Campus.

Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for students, seniors or groups of 10 or more. Tickets can be reserved through the bookstore by calling 606-326-2014. This is the 16th year the theatre has presented the musical.

AUTHORS: Scholastics Book Fairs is sponsoring the 2010 Kids Are Authors Competition. The annual competition has produced a number of published books written by students in grades kindergarten through eighth grade. Winning books are published and distributed nationwide through Scholastic Book Fairs.

Since 1986, the Kids Are Authors competition has encouraged thousands of children to write and illustrate their original books. Students develop their entries in groups of three or more under the supervision of a teacher of faculty member. Entries are judged by a panel of authors and publishing experts on originality, content, overall appeal to children, quality of artwork and compatibility of text and illustrations.

Each year, two grand-prize winners are selected for fiction and non-fiction, and 25 honorable mentions are awarded. In addition to getting their books published, the grand-prize winners also receive a medal and a framed commemorative certificate. The students' schools receive a $5,000 Scholastic Book Fair shopping voucher and 100 copies of the printed book. Scholastic Book Fairs also gives $500 in merchandise and certificates of merit to the schools of the 25 students who receive honorable mentions.

For more information, visit www.scholastic.com/kidsareauthors. The deadline for contest entries is March 15, 2010.