Johnny Appleseed - played by Hank Fincken of Indianapolis, Ind. - tells Parkway students to eat an apple each day. The students and various community leaders gathered for the birthday of Johnny Appleseed.

ROCKFORD - The 235th birthday of America's earliest forester and environmentalist - the wandering Johnny Appleseed - was celebrated in Rockford on Thursday afternoon with a special tree planting. Two genetically authentic Johnn . . .