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Lisbon revives festival.
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Vindicator (Youngstown, OH)
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September 10, 2007
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Byline: D.A. Wilkinson
Sep. 10--LISBON -- Carla Douglass, executive director of the Lisbon Area Chamber of Commerce, is promoting all things Lisbon.
"What can I tell you about the Johnny Appleseed Festival, other than it will be great?" she said with a laugh.
Lisbon's celebration of the wandering planter will be held Saturday and Sunday.
Douglass wants to draw 5,000 or more people to the village during those two days.
That's a good goal, considering that the festival wasn't even held in 2003 or 2004.
Douglass is billing this year's event as the 40th year, despite those missing years, since the festival began 40 years ago.
But she and the chamber ...