Lifestyle

Pregnancy center expanding services

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Dillon’s New Hope Pregnancy Support Center will have more options for area residents’ pregnancy counseling and evaluation needs in the next few months.

Births

Recent births at Barrett Hospital and Healthcare:

Last Show

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Members of the BCHS Jazz Band perform during last week’s combined BCHS/Dillon Middle School concert at B.W. Lodge Gym. The event would prove to be among the last student activities before the schools were closed due to coronavirus. J.P. Plutt photo

2020 Rural Schools Science Fair delivers results

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Enthusiasm for student science fairs may be waning in some places in the country.

Births

Feb. 26 - A baby girl to Keith and Kayla Hatfield of Dillon.

Feb. 28 - A baby boy to Fred Nelson and Michelle Cerino of Dillon.

March 2 - A baby boy to John Ori and Caitlyn Feldt of Dillon.

March 7 - A baby boy to Saw Kaw and Mi Keh of Dillon.

March 7 - A baby boy to Beau Culver and Matasha Blomquist of Dillon.

New event planned by new group

A new local government committee has decided to create a new annual event to highlight some of Dillon’s oldest features—to celebrate the city’s history and bring more people to town in the future, and to bring Dillon itself into a brighter future.

Made up of local citizens and some city officials, the Dillon Community Affairs Committee will this summer launch what it hopes will become an annual Dillon History Days celebration, set for July 24-26.

Providence ends UMW men’s season

The fourth time turned out to not be the charm either.

The University of Montana Western men’s basketball made it 0-4 this season against the University of Providence while ending its season in Great Falls with a 92-65 loss to UP in the opening round of the Frontier Conference tournament last Tuesday.

A nemesis of the Bulldogs all year, Providence scored the game’s first seven points and never trailed.

A bucket by forward Connor Burkhart did pull the Dawgs to within four points with 8:35 left in the opening half.

Whistle while you work

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Ben Wrzesinski, the new general manager at the Dillon Livestock Auction, drives a pair of Split Diamond bulls down an alley to the loading dock. The Split Diamond Bull Sale was the first at the auction for new owners Barry and Dannielle McCoy. Split Diamond Ranch owner Steve Buckner has been bringing his cattle to the Dillon auction yard from the Whitehall ranch for 40 years. His allegiance to John and Phyliss Erb was obvious through his four decades of loyalty. He will continue returning to Dillon with his cattle to support the new owners.

Heeeee haw

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Joe Scanlin on Muddy Duck pulls Toby McIntosh to the championship of the 1D Division at last weekend’s Big Hole Valley Association’s Skijoring at Wisdom. Cynthia Baldauf photo

Thaw and flow: Local ice activities on and off

It’s been an odd winter in Dillon, meteorologically speaking, with temperatures rising just above and then dipping just below freezing for much of the past few months.