The Philip Lady Scotties defeated the Edgemont Moguls 3-0 in the Region 7B volleyball match in Philip on Tuesday, November 11.

The Scotties began the first game a little sluggish, but came back to win. The game scores were 25-21, 25-16 and 25-9. Philip's season record going into the state tournament is 30-3. Philip is out to finish far above its seventh place position it earned at last year's state tournament.

The South Dakota State "B" Volleyball Tournament will be Thursday, Friday and Saturday Novemeber 20 through 22 in Rapid City.

Philip's Hans. P. Peterson Memorial Hospital will receive $5,000 in grant money from the state of South Dakota, which has approved $1,020,500 in grants to help hospitals and clinics with disaster preparedness efforts.

Since 2004, the state has awarded hospitals and rural health clinics more than $5.7 million dollars for such preparedness efforts as isolation and decontamination equipment, pharmaceutical stockpiles, and exercises and drills.

Dear Editor,

As we approach Thanksgiving, I'm sure many of you have turkey dinners and road trips on your mind.  Please add seatbelts to that list.  They are the best tool you have for keeping you and your family safe on the road.

Last year's Thanksgiving was the deadliest on record.  Seven people died in car wrecks.  Six of those people weren't wearing their seatbelts.

Haakon School District 27-1 Board of Education held its monthly scheduled meeting at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, November 17.

October's total for substitute pay is $1,225 for an equivalent total of 21 teaching days. The month's total for wages going to hourly employees was $23,552.11 for a total of 2,198 hours of work amoungst 17 employees filling the responsibilities of 22 functions or positions.

The board approved a school calendar change. School was cancelled on November 6 because of a dangerous winter storm. That school time will be made up on Friday, February 20.

The November 5 and 6 ice storm knocked down more than 2,900 power poles, broke numerous cross arms and caused wire breaks on power lines in western South Dakota. Most of the damage occurred in 13 counties and disrupted electric service to more than 12,500 rural electric cooperative members.

A total of eight co-ops were initially hit by the storm, but only six had extensive damage requiring outside assistance to make repairs.