Pope presides over Easter Vigil amid global Christian martyr concerns
Pope Francis led the silent Easter Vigil in St. Peter’s Basilica amid Vatican worry over attacks on Christians. Ten baptisms occurred during the late service as he urged faith to answer questions of existence and fidelity. He is expected to address international Christian persecutions in his Easter messages.
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Easter fun fills Roswell with hunts parades and costumes
Despite a light cold snap families gathered for Easter activities in Roswell New Mexico. An Easter egg hunt occurred at Spring River Park and Zoo while a parade and contests took place on the Chaves County Courthouse lawn organized by Main Street Roswell.
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80 Year Old Lester Peck Still Going Strong
Lester Peck at 80 remains active with a career spanning from Roswell inspector engineer for Atlas missile sites to a Texas city manager. He rode with danger during the Korean War in Germany, gardens daily, bakes, runs Roswell’s Farmer’s Market on the courthouse lawn, bikes ten miles each morning, and recalls nearly witnessing JFK’s assassination.
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Sunday SPOTLIGHT remembers D-Day veteran Lester Peck
The piece recalls Lester Peck born June 6 1934 in Iola Kansas who stayed glued to radios for D-Day news and credits the invasion with altering world history. It notes his early trumpet hobby and a 1951 Kansas flood while hinting at a later photo of Peck with a Killeen Texas newspaper page from 1991 about a local restaurant shooting.
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