The 19th Annual Up North Advanced Players Volleyball Camp handed out its awards Thursday afternoon at the Rainy River Community College gym.
Over 40 girls from International Falls and the surrounding area participated in the camp that was for girls going into grades eight through 12. Girls from the Falls, Fort Frances, Littlefork-Big Falls, Big Fork, Lake of the Woods, Indus and Virginia school districts attended the camp.

After a year hiatus due to a lack of interest, the Top Of the Nation Men’s Softball Tournament is back. This year’s tournament will be No. 28 and will kick off Saturday morning at 10 a.m. at Kerry Park.
Nine teams are in the running for the $1,000 top prize including the defending champions, Team Christopher Realty of Bemidji.
Round robin play will take place on Saturday with a skills competition to follow at 5 p.m. The championship round will begin on Sunday at 10 a.m. with the championship game scheduled to start at 3 p.m.

Falls City Council
International Falls City Council is scheduled to fill a vacant seat on the council when it meets Monday.
The Falls City Council meeting is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. in the council chambers at the Municipal Building.
The council is expected to appoint someone to fill the West Ward council position from people who have submitted letters of interest in the seat. Letters were received from Clarence “Swede” Sundberg, Cynthia Jaksa, and Edward Bernath.

The Littlefork-Big Falls School Board Wednesday approved the hiring of three people for the district for the 2008-2009 school year.
Sara Kennedy was approved as Spanish instructor, a position at 33 percent of the full-time equivalent. Jeri Nordlund was approved as home economics instructor at half of the FTE and the student services coordinator will be Angie Williams, a 0.2 FTE position.
Various general areas of the school, including the playground and art room were discussed, and application for Attachment 99 regarding health and safety was approved.