Ted Utchen began his crusade against bad grammar roughly 14 years ago, and since then his quest really hasn’t changed. “The Dictionary Man” brings little shtick to the vocabulary lesson he repeats every year for students in schools across DuPage County. Just the usual corny jokes and some worn-out index cards — all with an eye toward selling kids on the virtues of proper... Read More

Third-grade students on the North Fork have become “crazy about words” thanks to a collaborative program between Peconic Landing residents and local citizens that gifts children with a personalized dictionary. More than 420 third-grade students at 10 schools from Aquebogue to Shelter Island will get a copy of A Student’s Dictionary and Gazetteer this year thanks to Peconic Landing resident Joe McKay, who coordinated... Read More

Members of the North Platte Elks Lodge spent Thursday morning giving books to third-graders in 18 schools in Lincoln, Logan and McPherson counties. In all, members said they handed out 522 books. Each student received a dictionary and gazetteer containing thousand of words, maps and information on U.S. presidents, the states and other countries. The dictionary gains new words every year “because the world... Read More

ARTHURDALE — Third- grade students across the county received dictionaries from the Rotary Club of Kingwood on Wednesday. “This is the eighth year we have done this,” Rotary Club member Bob Meissner said. “We have been able to provide hundreds of dictionaries to children throughout the county.” Retired teacher and Rotary Club member Ann Robb, along with Rotary member Sam Hess, passed out dictionaries... Read More

In 2004, the Rotary Club of Knoxville had a vision to supply dictionaries to all Marion County children in grades three or four, that aligned with Rotary International’s Global Literacy Initiative. When discussing the project with the schools, Pleasantville asked the local Lions Club to lead this effort. Because there is a Rotary Club of Pella, Knoxville decided to focus efforts in Knoxville, Twin... Read More

Cameron Park Rotarians recently visited third-grade classrooms in Cameron Park and Shingle Springs to hand out free dictionaries to students. The local Rotary Club distributed nearly 400 books at Blue Oak Elementary, Buckeye Elementary, Green Valley Elementary, Latrobe Elementary, Rescue Elementary and the California Montessori Project in Shingle Springs. Paul Stewart, principal at Blue Oak Elementary in Cameron Park, expressed his gratitude for Rotary’s... Read More