Halloween had downtown businesses hopping

The Odessa Chamber of Commerce and the Odessa High School chapter of Future Farmers of America joined forces again this year to provide wholesome activities in the community center for anyone who wished to partake. Once school let out, kids and sometimes entire families in costume visited participating businesses downtown to "Trick or Treat" and to have special forms initialed for submission in a drawing for a gift basket.

Hadyn Reynolds was the lucky winner of the gift basket. She is the daughter of Amanda Suchland and granddaughter of Ted and Pam Suchland of Odessa. Hadyn is a fifth-grader a...