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Dr. John Murphy, also known as Johnny Appleseed, presented the council with information on the 2007 Johnny Appleseed project. In 2007, more than 400 volunteers helped plant 275 trees at the new Boone Middle School campus. (Mid Iowa Enterprise, IA)
With mayor aboard, casino idea rolls Oct 15, 2007
"It's like you're Johnny Appleseed, walking through the desert putting seeds in the ground and nothing grows," O'Donnell said. "But then the temperature changes, and all the sudden you've got an apple orchard. We've been tossing seeds at this thing for 10 years, but it never worked. It's time.". (Boston Globe)
Weather takes a bite out of fall fruit Oct 11, 2007
Those who stop by Tanners also will be greeted by life-size replicas of Johnny Appleseed and favorite children's characters such as Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh - all with dried gourds for heads. There are plenty of treats to take home, such as the caramel apples, Tanners make 1,500 to 1,800 per day, or apple pies, fritters, turnovers dumplings and the most requested item - apple cider doughnuts. (Macomb Journal, IL)
Papier Mache Apples Oct 11, 2007
There s also Johnny Appleseed and autumn festivals, both are a common part of the elementary curriculum. more in suite. (Suite101.com)
Mark Burnett teams with Asian co. Oct 9, 2007
That said, "We're not going to be running around the world like Johnny Appleseed," Cru added. "We're going to try to be very strategic.". (Variety)
Apples are tasted, painted counted and graphed to help young students learn Oct 3, 2007
The teachers, Cindy Coleman and Amber Crabtree, planned all the activities as a fun way for their students to learn about Johnny Appleseed and celebrated his birthday ... She read them apple stories and books about Johnny Appleseed, as did Crabtree ... The teachers agreed that the students had a blast learning about Johnny Appleseed. (Hartford City News-Times, IN)
'Salmonpeople' storyteller visits coast Oct 3, 2007
Known as the Johnny Appleseed of Salmon Nation, Donaldson s campaign is based on people s ancestral relationship to salmon. He is a master storyteller, educational consultant, and innovative facilitator, with 25 years experience in supporting learning communities, managing nonprofits, designing curriculum, building partnerships and promoting new forms of organizational learning around sustainability issues. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Apples have 'a peel' as Weber Farm marks fall Sep 28, 2007
With apple pie, apple slushies, apple cider doughnuts, apple turnovers, apple cider and apples picked fresh from the trees, Weber's Farm, in Parkville, kicked off fall with its annual Johnny Appleseed festival Sept. 22 and 23. On Saturday, visitors gathered near the apple orchard to listen to bluegrass music, while others lined up for apple cider and doughnuts. (Maryland Northeast Reporter, MD)
'The best day ever' Sep 27, 2007
The best day ever' Students celebrate Johnny Appleseed ... The students were learning all about apples to celebrate the Sept. 26, 1774, birthday of nurseryman and conservationist John Chapman, better know as Johnny Appleseed ... The students were learning to make apple sauce and other apple-related crafts to celebrate the birthday of John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed. (SunOnline)
Appleknocker entertainment line-up announced Sep 22, 2007
Those performers include the Crawford County Klowns, Stilt Walker, a mime, a one-man band, banjo player, woodcarver Don Morris and a Johnny Appleseed impersonator. Comments. (Clay County Daily Advocate Press, IL)
Weekend happenings Sep 19, 2007
Apple Harvest Fest, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 22, Retzer Nature Center, S14 W28167 Madison St., Waukesha; crafts, horse-drawn hayrides from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., tours with Johnny Appleseed, folk concerts by Apple Jam and Tom Pease, silent auction from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., raffle drawing at 4 p.m., craft demonstrations, planetarium program; food, including apple pie, and beverages available; $5 admission per car. (262) 896-8007 or www. (Sussex Sun, WI)
Cider Rules In Sip Appeal Sep 15, 2007
In fact, some say that Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman), planted his apple progeny ahead of the settlers in the West (mainly Ohio and Indiana) so that when they arrived at their new homes, they would have established orchards for cider-making, not for munching fruit straight off the tree. But cider was the apple of many an eye long before Mr. Appleseed and his planting passion. (KCRA 3, CA)
Credit check Sep 15, 2007
And HBO's ill-fated "John From Cincinnati" never embodied the reckless, apocalyptic spirit of Southern California the way that old footage of waves crowded with surfers could, particularly when that footage was paired with "Johnny Appleseed" by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, possibly the best opening song since Tony Soprano woke up one morning and got himself a gun. In other cases, the credits became inextricably woven into the fabric of the show: Who could forget the burning map of "Bonanza,"... (Salon)
The ageless wisdom of football's bards Sep 2, 2007
-- Nineteenth century: Johnny Appleseed. Twenty-first century: Travis Henry. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Library to open its doors on Sundays until Sept. 30 Aug 25, 2007
The first one launches with a celebration of Johnny Appleseed s birthday, Ur said. The librarian s excitement level jumps when she talks about the facility providing the ability to let patrons download audio books from the Internet. (Brenham Banner, TX)
Speaker relishes challenges found in life Aug 21, 2007
"In the end, if we do not let our children fail, how are they ever going to become a fully dimensional human being? We may not even know the good we have done until years later, when some kid remembers something you've done or something you've told them. Then it makes a difference. "Johnny Appleseed never got to pick and eat an apple, because after he planted the seeds, he moved on to the next orchard. That's what we are as teachers. (Abilene Recorder Chronicle)
Speeding Star: Johnny Appleseed Of The Cosmos Aug 17, 2007
A new ultraviolet mosaic from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows a speeding star that is leaving an enormous trail of "seeds" for new solar systems. The star, named Mira (pronounced my-rah) after the latin word for "wonderful," is shedding material that will be recycled into new stars, planets and possibly even life as it hurls through our galaxy. (Science Daily)
'Wonderful' star light years ahead of the rest Aug 17, 2007
Johnny Appleseed of the cosmos. text/html-external. (The Age, Australia -- Breaking News)
Children's Theater Company to present 'Campfire Tales' Aug 17, 2007
SPEARFISH - Come join Spearfish youth around a make-shift campfire as they spin tales about Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan, Sally Ann Thunder and more in true theatrical fashion with the Children's Theater Company of South Dakota production of "Campfire Tales." Hosted by the Matthews Opera House and Spearfish Center for the Arts, the production, scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18 at the opera house, will be the culminating event of a week's worth of rehearsals, educational and theatrical... (Black Hills Pioneer, SD)
Meraki's Guerilla Wi-Fi to Put a Billion More People Online Aug 17, 2007 Odd Star Sheds Cometlike Tail, Astronomers Say Aug 16, 2007 Giant star Mira leaves gifts Aug 16, 2007 Today's Entrepreneur: Her plan for pomegranates bears fruit Aug 13, 2007 Modern-day Johnny Appleseeds Aug 11, 2007 Wild ARMs 5 Preview Aug 9, 2007 WORKLIFE -- Getting along with your boss Aug 8, 2007 The Buzz: Apples of our eyes Aug 7, 2007 Thinking small, winning big in politics Aug 3, 2007 Festival has participants flipping Jul 15, 2007 Dr. John Murphy hangs up his stethoscope after long career Jul 6, 2007 Your State Attorney: Man of God, Man of Law Jun 24, 2007 A Safer Food Supply: Sandia And FDA To Make It So Jun 21, 2007 Read more at Linux.com Jun 20, 2007 Church planting cultivates Christians Jun 16, 2007 Students show off what they've learned by creating ‘wax museum' ... Herkimer County students perform well on state tests ... Ilion misses deadline for election notice ... WCV voters OK proposed EXCEL project ... ';var marqueewidth="350px";var marqueeheight="20px";var marqueebgcolor="#FFFFFF";////NO NEED TO EDIT BELOW THIS LINE////////////var pauseit=1;var marqueespeed=1 //slow speed down by 1 for NSvar copyspeed=marqueespeedvar pausespeed=(pauseit==0)? copyspeed: 0var iedom=document.all||document.getElementByIdif (iedom)document.write(''+marqueecontent+'')var actualwidth=''var cross_marquee, ns_marqueefunction populate(){if (iedom){cross_marquee=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("iemarquee") : document.all.iemarqueecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"cross_marquee.innerHTML=marqueecontentactualwidth=document.all? temp.offsetWidth : document.getElementById("temp").offsetWidth}else if (document.layers){ns_marquee=document.ns_marquee.document.ns_marquee2ns_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8ns_marquee.document.write(marqueecontent)ns_marquee.document.close()actualwidth=ns_marquee.document.width}lefttime=setInterval("scrollmarquee()",20)}window.onload=populate;function scrollmarquee(){if (iedom){if (parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))cross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)-copyspeed+"px"elsecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"}else if (document.layers){if (ns_marquee.left>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))ns_marquee.left-=copyspeedelsens_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8}}if (iedom||document.layers){with (document){document.write('')if (iedom){write('')write('')write('')write('')}else if (document.layers){write('')write('')write('')}document.write('')}}Wednesday, June 13, 2007 WAX STATUES - The three first grade classes at Barringer Road Elementary School in Ilion, comprising 62 students, held a wax museum on Tuesday. Students posed as various characters they learned about through reading in the classroom. The characters ranged from historical icons and sports figures to fictional characters. From the left are Kyle Newkirk as Abraham Lincoln, Collin Brown as Benjamin Franklin and Amy Castle as Helen Keller. Telegram photo/Eric Monnat Students show off what they've learned by creating ‘wax museum' Jun 14, 2007 Whitten: Oakmont returns to its roots Jun 11, 2007 Westhead still using Paul Ball in WNBA Jun 9, 2007 Arizona's 7 wonders Jun 2, 2007 Fall Means Apples Jun 1, 2007 Improving the college pipeline for at-risk youth May 24, 2007 From Words to Music May 16, 2007 The Pink Flamingo As American Icon May 14, 2007 Think liberal arts degree won't land real job? May 9, 2007 Music makers full of folk tales May 8, 2007 What's The Greatest Web Software Ever Written? May 6, 2007 School musical is Thursday night May 3, 2007 Seeds of free speech have right to flourish May 2, 2007 Volunteers needed to plant trees May 12 May 2, 2007 Cool 2 Know: Proselytizing for pumpkins May 2, 2007 Sports Apr 29, 2007 Weekend Guide Apr 26, 2007 Church shepherds in community garden Apr 25, 2007 Eric Neel: Inner-city revival Apr 16, 2007 Full Story... Mar 26, 2007 Boone educator receives Teacher of the Year award Mar 23, 2007 Johnny Appleseed project receives $10,000 grant Mar 8, 2007 Two students, two bicycles, one million new trees Feb 20, 2007 A Media Mogul Tries Remote Control Feb 18, 2007 Donating land or wildlife refuge was obvious way to honor stewards Feb 8, 2007 Is debate minus hate all in the question? Feb 1, 2007 Van Zandt: New label for garage rock Jan 14, 2007
Like some kind of techno-utopian Johnny Appleseed, a start-up called Meraki wants to cover the earth with ad hoc Wi-Fi networks By Christopher Mims. 1. (Scientific American)
Time for fun in Pescadero Aug 16, 2007
As usual, in Paffy's Kid Korral, young visitors will see the usual games, make candles, flutes and finger puppets, enjoy comedy, magic and juggling onstage, or take a free ride on local mule Johnny Appleseed. He's owned by local resident Jane Mauss and comes out for the fun. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
Acting sort of like a cosmic Johnny Appleseed, the star is leaving behind carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and other important "seed" elements needed for new stars, planets, and potential life to form. RELATED. (National Geographic)
Scientists yesterday described Mira as a kind of "Johnny Appleseed of the Cosmos," skipping through the Milky Way at 80 miles per second while strewing atoms of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen -- elements that are the building blocks of new solar systems. "All of the carbon in our muscles and all of the oxygen that we breathe every time we take a breath comes from red giant stars," Michael Shara, a professor of astronomy at Columbia University, said in a teleconference discussing the finding. (Boston Globe)
Resnick is a modern-day Johnny Appleseed for the pomegranate. Using clever ads, generally with slogans of five words or less, such as "Override your genetics," POM Wonderful has made the pomegranate trendy. (USA Today -- Money)
We've all heard of Johnny Appleseed,'' he said. Cash's aunt and uncle, Terry and Deb Cash, live in Pocatello and put the two friends up for the night. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
With the exception of the two ARMs in her hands, knowing her name to be Avril and mentioning Johnny Appleseed, the strange woman is completely unaware of her surroundings or her past. Taking it upon himself to help Avril out as well as make his own destiny, Dean ventures out into the wilderness of Filgaia. (IGN PS2)
Someone who does not sow dissent through the office like Johnny Appleseed. Someone who will take a bad shift or two without complaint -- because they know that work needs to be done. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
In fact, the reason North America has been the source of so many new varieties of apples is because Johnny Appleseed, and the pioneers who followed him, planted so many seedlings. Cougs are apple champs. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Much as the 19th century's Johnny Appleseed planted fruit trees across a half-dozen Midwestern states, Schaefer has left a trail of political billboards and 30-second TV spots. Still on the go, though crowding 70, he is at this moment a candidate for mayor of Baltimore and at last, maybe, Mike is on to something. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Opinion)
The Johnny Appleseed Burger (homemade apple pie jam, grilled onions and shredded cheddar). Samurai Burger (homemade sweet and sour sauce, grilled onions and grilled pineapple). (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Then, there's the citywide Johnny Appleseed project, now in its 25th year. For all those years, he's been the driving force behind a group of local volunteers who have planted over 9,000 trees in the city to gain nationwide recognition as well as improve the local environment. (Boone Today, IA)
Think Davy Crockett with a surfboard or Johnny Appleseed with a law degree. Indicted for a man's death at 25, Tanner later would win death sentences for nine killers. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Like Johnny Appleseed of yore, the Food and Drug Administration is scattering food-defense programs across the US so that the country's million or so food processors can better secure their food against possible contamination by terrorists. Strawberry fields forever. (Science Daily)
Empain's Johnny Appleseed instincts have led to many such "teachable moments." At an international conference of African plant taxonomies held in 2000 at the National Botanic Garden, Empain organized a computer room for attendants using Linux machines with StarOffice. "I [hid] the fact that they were dual-boot, just in case.... After some hesitation, the people were editing and printing their Word/Excel/PowerPoint files without any [special] learning, contradicting [Microsoft's] 'Get the facts'... (NewsForge)
Starting seven years ago, the Manchester, N.H.-based group began an effort to do for Christianity what Johnny Appleseed did for horticulture. Armed with a budget of $1 million provided by a network of churches around the country, Restoration House has seeded the New England landscape with 14 new churches, including three in Massachusetts. (Boston Globe -- Local)
The characters ranged from historical figures such as Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Edison and Benjamin Franklin, and athletes, such as Lance Armstrong and Tiger Woods, to fairy tale and fictional characters such as Johnny Appleseed. he students dressed up as characters from across all categories and genres, said first grade teacher Candy Darling. (Herkimer Eening Telegram, NY)
They protested less when it was pointed out that most of the trees had been planted in the 1960s and '70s, and not by Johnny Appleseed. (Oakmont's 1962 Open program showed hundreds of saplings between fairways and featured seven ads for tree nurseries, encouraging homeowners to "beautify your home or grounds with our trees, as has been done here at the Oakmont Country Club."). (ESPN -- Golf)
Paul Westhead is the Johnny Appleseed of warp-speed basketball. To be classified as merely a fast-break zealot, Westhead would have to dial it back a notch. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
All those iconic red-tiled roofs had their beginning on acres of farmland in west Phoenix sown by a man considered the Johnny Appleseed of Valley housing subdivisions. The state's first master-planned community was designed in the early 1950s by John F. Long. He believed that hardworking, middle-class families deserved affordable, well-made housing. (AZCentral)
Johnny Appleseed would be jealous of all these easy kids crafts featuring apples. You won't want to miss out on this Autumn crafting and cooking fun. (Suite101.com)
Now that I have "passed the baton" at Union, my efforts are focused on creating, like a proverbial Johnny Appleseed, after-school academies on college campuses across the educational landscape for at-risk, grade-school children. In the process, the pipeline to college for these students will be broadened. (Christian Science Monitor)
Jennifer Cecil/jcecil@pnj. 2007 The Pensacola News Journal. (Pensacola News Journal)
Leominster, Massachusetts, is a typical Northeastern industrial city in the USA remarkable for three claims: being the Home of Johnny Appleseed , being the Pioneer Plastics City , and for being the birthplace of the world famous pink plastic flamingo. While the first claim straddles the realm of legend and history, the city s economy is clearly dependent on plastics with plants set up by DuPont, Fosta-Tek and Nypro. (Suite101.com)
Think your liberal arts degree won't get you a real job. By Laura RainesFor ajcjobs Published on: 05/04/07. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Playing to a packed house, Lead-Deadwood Elementary teacher and program director, Ms. Amy Switzer, selected old folklore stand-bys such as 'Johnny Appleseed,' and 'Stone Soup,' to join forces with the more modern 'Click Clack Moo, Cows that Type,' providing a backdrop for the mini-musicals performed by grades three through five ... And no American folklore is complete without Johnny Appleseed and his accompaniment of pioneers and Native Americans, as 'An Apple a Day,' sent the audience back to... (Black Hills Pioneer, SD)
As far as I know, Tim Berners-Lee didn't travel the world, Johnny Appleseed style, loading his software on every Internet server. Rather, he showed how, by following a few specifications and patterns of interoperability, we could get the Web to work everywhere. (InformationWeek)
Madison Elementary School students in third and fourth grades will present the "Legend of Johnny Appleseed" Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Madison High School auditorium ... Johnny Appleseed is credited for planting apple trees all over the U.S. during pioneer days ... Characters in the musical performance include community member Rex Rogers as Johnny Appleseed, and studentsHunter Robson as Amos Smith, Sonia Seitz as Granny Smith, Sabrina Bloom as a town's child and Emily Hawkes as Hester Smith,... (Madison Daily Leader, SD)
And, as Johnny Appleseed might have said: "There is nothing more delightful than planting the seeds of free speech on a sunny day!". We think that "doing something for others or for the community" is a perfect definition of political action. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Also, the memory of Alice Fisher will be recognized and a stone placed in her honor that reads "Teacher Mother Educator Volunteer and Life Long Tree Lover." Fisher and her family have donated much money to the Johnny Appleseed project over the years, said Rouse ... This annual tree planting for the Boone Johnny Appleseed project will be held at the Boone Middle School campus this year on Saturday, May 12 ... Johnny Appleseed Annual spring tree planting Saturday, May 12 Boone Middle School... (Boone Today, IA)
Evoking and adapting the spirit of Johnny Appleseed, a version of Scotty Pumpkinseed has begun this year to spread the word at free seminars at Hicks Nurseries in Westbury, even as he prepares at home for his own 150-day growing season ahead. "I try to touch on basic things, not to overwhelm people," he said. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
BURLINGAME, 12:50 p.m. April 26 (AP) : Victor Conte, the Johnny Appleseed of designer steroids, is back in business. Witness the new, $190,000 Bentley parked outside the building that once housed the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, where federal agents uncovered a massive steroids ring and sparked professional sports' highest profile drug scandal. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
APPLE HILL PLAYHOUSE Johnny Appleseed Children's Theater holding season auditions on May 12, 9 a.m- 4 p.m. Actors of all ages welcome. Call 724-468-5050 for information and schedule. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The effort is the brainchild of Ken Lagerquist, a long time congregant of the 45-family Episcopal church and master gardener who is fast becoming the Johnny Appleseed of community gardens in Pawtucket. Before a seed has been planted in the soil outside Good Shepherd, Lagerquist, who ran Evergreen Tree cape Service in Seekonk for 37 years until retiring 15 years ago, has taken his organic proselytizing on the road throughout the city. (Pawtucket Times, RI)
" How do you gauge the value of what the academy means to the community? You gauge it in the faces of Tyler and Tekai, in the smiles on their father's and grandfather's faces. You watch Miller help a young Latino boy learn to hold a ball like an egg and snap his wrist on the follow-through. You see the academy -- well before it turns out future pros, and just after abandoned fields marked its surrounding environment -- is in the business of starting things. Even when it can't predict how things... (ESPN -- Baseball)
Activities include hearing the legend of Johnny Appleseed; each child decorating a flower pot and planting a tree to take home; and refreshments. Admission is free, with reservations required. (Appeal Democrat, CA)
The board thanked Troy Weary of Alliant Energy for the company's donation of $10,000 to the city of Boone on behalf of the Johnny Appleseed Project. They also recognized John Murphy, and Boone High School teachers James Paulson and Greg Dieter for their continued work with the project. (Boone Today, IA)
Boone was awarded a $10,000 grant from the Branching Out program, a three-way partnership between Alliant Energy, Trees Forever and Boone, at Monday's City Council meeting for the Johnny Appleseed project ... In those 17 years, Alliant has donated over $94,000 to the Johnny Appleseed project ... This year's Johnny Appleseed project will focus on planting trees and shrubs at Boone Middle School. (Boone Today, IA)
Imagine you had the ability to place Lance Armstrong and Johnny Appleseed into a blender and combine the two. What would come out. (The Daily Targum, NJ)
I was like Johnny Appleseed back then, buying up lots of things that fit our model because we needed programming,; Mr. Malone says. It was great that Bob;s idea had a positive social element to it, but it also fit my model. (Shoals TimesDaily)
Some think it was planted by Johnny Appleseed. Who knows. (Lindstrom Chisago County Press, MN)
Known as "the Johnny Appleseed of philosophy," Phillips will be at Lemuria Book Store in Jackson at 11 a.m. Saturday, explaining himself and signing his latest book, Socrates in Love: Philosophy for a Passionate Heart. The former Mississippi resident lives with his wife, Cecilia, and their 5-month-old daughter in Williamsburg, Va. (The Clarion-Ledger)
" Van Zandt sits in a sixth-floor loft, decorated with vintage movie posters (Barbarella) and pop-culture memorabilia (a Ramones lunch box). He's wearing a purple scarf around his head, well-worn jeans, and a shirt undone to mid-chest. He's quick to laugh, but quite serious about this latest effort to resurrect old-school rock 'n' roll. Since starting his nationally syndicated radio show nearly five years ago, Van Zandt has become the Johnny Appleseed of garage rock, spreading his musical seeds... (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
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