Ovando ushers in Christmas season

Ovando's Annual Old West Christmas Fest once again offered families and guests a small-town respite from the commercial excesses of Black Friday with a return to its traditional timeframe, immediately following Thanksgiving Day.

"A lot of people don't want to go to town and deal with those crowds," said Leigh Ann Valiton, who took over as the event's lead organizer this year.

In 2015, the celebrat...