April 2008 Articles

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Delivering Produce on Wheels

by Rebecca D. Williams

Like a little red barn on wheels, the Mobile Farmers' Market rumbles into the parking lot of Plaza Towers, a rent-controlled apartment building for senior citizens in Greeneville, Tenn.

Appeared In the 4/27/2008 issue

TV The Way It Used To Be

by Lorie Hollabaugh

Patrick Gottsch remembers well the day back in the mid-1980s when he set up his first satellite dish for a customer.

Appeared In the 4/27/2008 issue

Knitting Novelty Socks

by Diana Lambdin Meyer

As a fifth-grade teacher in Helmsburg, Ind., Sharon Rivenbark was determined to create ways to help her students learn, feel good about themselves and become successful.

Appeared In the 4/27/2008 issue

Tortellini in Sun-Dried Tomato Sauce

Appeared In the 4/27/2008 issue

Ask American Profile 4/27/2008

The Turtles, Karen Lynn Gorney, Charisma Carpenter, Dick Tufied

Appeared In the 4/27/2008 issue

Ancestral Search

by Marti Attoun

Frankie Carlin Meyer watched in awe as the curator removed a 16th-century German Bible from a display case at Pennypacker Mills, the summer estate of former Pennsylvania Gov.

Appeared In the 4/20/2008 issue

Rounding Up Rattlers

by Stuart Englert

Tony Felder and Dean Wilson climb among the hills west of Okeene, Okla. (pop. 1,240), searching cracks and crevices in the porous gypsum rock for the elusive Western diamondback rattlesnake.

Appeared In the 4/20/2008 issue

Bone Up On Calcium

Appeared In the 4/20/2008 issue

Ask American Profile 4/20/2008

Appeared In the 4/20/2008 issue

Share your Ancestral Story

When did your ancestors come to America? Please come and share your ancestral story with the American Profile community.

Appeared In the 4/16/2008 issue

Let's Dance

by Nancy Henderson

Ballroom dancing, which generally is defined as partner dancing with patterns of predictable steps, originated at high-society parties in England in the late 18th century