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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 2011
Page
1
Roswell police plan to extradite a teenager while officers nab suspected copper thieves. A fire burned about 100 acres, authorities reported, prompting evacuations and firefighting efforts.
In a doubleheader, Goddard outhit Roswell 10 to 9 but rode clutch hits to an 8 4 victory in the second game. The opener featured a pitchers duel between Goddard’s Ryan Greene and Roswell’s David Herrera.
Hundreds of children raced from the starting horn at Roswell’s Spring River Zoo Easter Egg Hunt. Baskets spilled pastel paper as kids sought eggs with golden tickets. prizes included bubbles, kites, stickers, jump ropes and stuffed animals.
About 25 people dressed in Sunday best marched in Roswell for the first Main Street Easter Parade since 1998 hoping to start a new holiday tradition. Children wore colorful bonnets and dresses while parents pushed decorated wagons and tractors on the courthouse lawn for Best Dressed Best Bonnet and Best Push/Pulled Float contests.
The article traces Easter symbols to fertility and rebirth. Rabbits and hares signify spring virility, birds lay eggs, and both animals spur traditional associations. The name Easter derives from the goddess Eastre, with vernal rites and Greco Roman myth tied to love, abundance, and renewal.
Pope Benedict XVI, during Easter Vigil at the Vatican, argued humans are not a random product of evolution and reaffirmed the biblical creation account. He warned against imagining life arose by chance in a distant cosmos and stressed rationality within creation.
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