The growing number of COVID-19 cases in Dawson County is affecting yet another special event here. The pandemic recently canceled Halloween and resulted in school students honoring former and current Armed Forces members through videos instead of in-person on Veteran’s Day. Now coronavirus has caused the cancellation of the annual community-wide Thanksgiving meal amid concerns the virus could be spread among diners and volunteers. This Thanksgiving would have been the 10th consecutive year Alice Ortegon, her family and volunteers would have prepared and distributed Thanksgiving meals to the homeless, the homebound or anyone without a family or a place to go for the ...