Annual alumni event canceled

ODESSA — The Odessa High School Alumni Association has canceled this year’s June 20 alumni reunion dinner due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.

Letters to alumni will be sent out early in May informing them of the cancelation and explaining that the 2021 reunion will double up on the honored classes so that both the 2020 and 2021 honorees will receive their due recognition, officials said.

The Odessa Athletics Hall of Fame committee, however, has opted to go ahead with plans to honor this year’s inductees.

As it has for the past four years, the committee has been meeting this spring to s...