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Around 700 people turned out for the Festival of Hope egg hunt and breakfast held at the Roswell Boys & Girls Club on Easter Sunday. “We had a lot of fellowship, and we ministered to between 650 and 700 people,” said Johnny Gonzales of Prison Door Ministry, who sponsored the event. Gonzales and his 60 volunteers were not only at the Boys & Girls Club on Sunday, but they also were at the Chaves County
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Detention Center bringing Easter cheer to the children of families visiting loved ones who are incarcerated. “It was really beautiful, there was a lot of friendship and we had 50 to 100 people every hour eating breakfast or getting Easter baskets,” Gonzales said. Martin’s Capitol Café provided the 4,000 eggs that were both hunted and served in breakfast burritos during the event. “Martin’s takes care of us every year, and this is the first time I have mentioned them,” Gonzales said. “He just calls up and says, ‘Johnny, we’ll take care of
Vehicle mishap
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Roswell police and firefighters, as well as medical personnel, responded to a report of a vehicle driving through a house on Monday afternoon. The accident occurred on the 500 block of South Wyoming when the vehicle went through a fence, through a house, through another fence, through two beams of a carport, and came to rest after hitting another house, according to a police report. The driver of the vehicle was the only person injured in the incident and was taken to a local hospital. The cause of the accident is still being investigated, however, police believe the driver may have had a medical issue arise while driving, according to the report.
it.’ They give from their heart, and it really makes a difference.”
El Charro provided the tortillas for the breakfast. “I really appreciate the caring and love we have in our community,” Gonzales said. See HOPE, Page A3 Courtesy Photo
Volunteers helped serve breakfast and hold an Easter egg hunt for nearly 700 people on Sunday at the Festival of Hope, sponsored by Prison Door Ministry and community volunteer Johnny Gonzales.
Warmer temperatures lift economy WASHINGTON (AP) — Spring’s thaw is reviving the economy, too. A recent batch of government and business reports show a U.S. economy emerging from winter’s deep freeze. Economists had expected growth to accelerate in 2014 after two years of slow and steady improvement. But an unusually bitter winter sent factories, hiring and consumer spending into hibernation. Now, as temperatures rise, the economy is regaining momentum. Factories are busier. Consumers are spending more. Banks are making more loans to businesses. Companies have bigger plans to invest in plants and equipment. And the improvement appears to be widespread across the country. “The weather really played havoc. There were ice storms in Georgia. That is not something you see every day,” said Michael Dolega, senior economist at TD Economics. “Now, as Americans have dug themselves out and everything has melted, you’re going to get a bounce back.” An index based on several leading economic indicators— including employment, consumer confidence, stocks and interest rates — shot up for the third straight month in March, the Conference Board, a business research association, said on Monday. The index’s 0.8 percent gain to 100.9 “suggests accelerated growth for the remainder of the spring and the summer,” said Ken Goldstein, a Conference Board economist.
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In this April 15 photo, Anthony Zingale wires blender motors at the Vitamix manufacturing facility in Strongsville, Ohio. A measure of the U.S. economy's health rose in March for the third consecutive month, a sign of stronger growth after harsh winter weather caused the economy's pace to slow.
Many economists expect the economy to grow at an annual rate of 3 percent or more from April through June, up from an estimated 1.3 percent the first three months of the year. The positive economic news has sparked a rally on Wall Street the past week. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index is up 0.9 percent for the year and is near its record close of 1,890 set April 2. Helping to drive the growth have been recent increases in manufacturing after tumbling in January. Facto-
ry production climbed 0.5 percent in March, after a 1.4 percent surge the previous month, the Federal Reserve reported last week. This suggests that manufacturers anticipate that demand from businesses and consumers will increase. After the winter slowdown, recovering motor vehicle sales have boosted revenue for companies such as Batesville Tool & Die in Batesville, Ind.
ABQ police officer Families’ hopes Court urges for ferry victims rewrite of child fatally shoots woman painfully humble pornography law JINDO, South Korea (AP) — Lee Byung-soo says he knew, when he saw his 15-year-old son’s body in the tent. It could not have been more horrifically obvious. But he wanted so much for him to be alive. “Stop sleeping!” the truck driver yelled as he hugged Lee Seok-joon. “Why are you sleeping so much? Daddy will save you!” He pumped his son’s chest and blew into his mouth See HUMBLE, Page A3
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South Koreans holding candles cry during a prayer for people believed to have been trapped in the sunken ferry Sewol, in Ansan, South Korea, Monday.
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SANTA FE (AP) — New Mexico’s highest court on Monday overturned more than two dozen convictions in separate child pornography cases in a ruling that drew sharp criticism from Republican Gov. Susana Martinez, a former prosecutor. The court said the defendants can be charged with only one felony count of possessing child pornography despite having many pornographic images of children. The court said state law is unclear about the circumstances under which prosecutors can bring more than one charge against someone for possessing multiple pornographic images of children. A Martinez spokesman, Enrique Knell, said the court’s ruling “will place children at risk.” “Hundreds of children, including infants, can be repeatedly abused and exploited by these predators, with images and videos preserved on a single computer, and prosecutors should have the ability to charge those individuals with multiple crimes,” Knell said in a statement. “This decision allows predators to victimize kids over and over again, for an extended period of time, without fear of additional jail time.” In issuing its 4-1 decision, the state Supreme Court recommended the Legislature rewrite the law against possession of child pornography. The court, in separate cases from the Clovis area, said James Michael Olsson and William Ballard can each be charged with only one count of possession of child pornography. Olsson pleaded guilty to six counts after initially being charged in 2005 with 60 counts and later having that increased to 152 counts. Authorities said he had photographs in three binders and images on a computer. A jury convicted Ballard of 25 counts of child pornography possession in 2009, but the Court of Appeals later See LAW, Page A3
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ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — Albuquerque police said an officer shot and killed an auto theft suspect early Monday, the third shooting by officer s in t h e t r ou b led department in just over a month and the first on the heels of a federal investigation that faulted the department for excessive force and a cu lt u r e o f ab u se an d aggression. Police Chief Gordon Eden said the shooting occurred Monday morning during a chase. “An of ficer pursued on foot when the susp ect st op p ed , t u r n ed and pointed a handgun at close range,” Eden said. Police confirmed the suspect was a woman but did not immediately release her name, saying her family had not yet been notified. N o fu r t h er d et ails about the shooting were immediately available. The shooting comes just weeks after a series of som et im es violen t protests against Albuqu er qu e p oli ce, wh o have shot at 38 people since 2010, killing 24.
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T en sio n over t h e d ep ar t m e nt ’ s u se of for ce escalat ed last month after police shot and killed a homeless camper in the foothills of t h e S an d ia M ou n t a in s. Vid eo f r om an officer’s helmet showed police fired on the man, James Boyd, 38, as he appeared to be preparing to surrender. Just over a week later, police shot and killed Alfred R ed win e , 3 0 , aft er a standoff. Earlier this month, the Department of Justice released the results of a more than yearlong in vest igat ion of t h e department, which said officers too frequently u s ed d ead l y for ce on p eop le wh o p osed a m in im al t h r eat an d used a higher level of force too often on those wit h m en tal il ln ess , oft en violat in g t h eir constitutional rights. In r esp on se, t h e mayor has hired a team t o h elp im p lem en t reforms.
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