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Elks giving dictionaries to students

Jan 12 2011
Mary

For the second year in a row, Fort Mill Elks Lodge 2859, which meets at 1287 Spratt St.

Rotary Club of DeLand annual dictionary project

Jan 12 2011
Mary

The Rotary Club of DeLand hosted the 5th Annual Bowling for Literacy tournament at the Sunshine Bowling Center in DeLand recently to benefit the Rotary Dictionary Project.

State Street students receive dictionaries from Skaneateles Rotary Club

Jan 12 2011
Mary

In an age of technology, the item causing the biggest stir at State Street School is a dictionary: The old-fashioned kind that can be held, leafed through, puzzled over and explored.

Garland Grange presents dictionaries to Ridge View students

Jan 12 2011
Mary

 On Wednesday, Dec.

A gift of words

Jan 12 2011
Mary

Dictionaries are powerful tools in the hands of students, and the Silverton Grange Ladies Auxiliary knows that.

Elks Club gift defines generous

Jan 12 2011
Mary

dic-tion-ary (n.): a book of alphabetically listed words in a language, with definitions, etymologies, pronunciations and other information.

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