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Making sense of “Jabberwocky”

Sep 15 2011
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 Joe Mc Kay’s “Crazy about Words”
…toasting our language since 2003!

Grants dictionary project begins

Sep 13 2011
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The annual dictionary project organized by Grants Fire & Rescue has begun with the start of the new school year.

Elks Lodge donates dictionaries

Sep 13 2011
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Two burly men dressed in matching green club-jackets walk down the hallways of elementary schools every fall, lugging heavy packages in both arms.

Georgia Avenue Elementary students welcome Rotarians

Sep 12 2011
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The Rotary Club of Memphis East provided a dictionary to each third grader at Georgia Avenue Elementary School. We would call out a word from their current word list.

Children in Honduras receive dictionaries

Sep 09 2011
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Ken Lavy of Camden, Indiana, traveled to Honduras with a church group and visited White Dove School, where he distributed Spanish/English dictionaries to the children.

Santa Clarita Valley project works with many helpers

Sep 01 2011
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This is the eighth year that our Santa Clarita Elks Lodge #2379 have been delivering dictionaries to 3rd graders in the Santa Clarita Valley.

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