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Howard County Rotary Clubs improve literacy thousands of words at a time

Jan 10 2011
Mary

 Howard County's Rotary Clubs have been providing dictionaries to Howard County school children for five years.

Laurinburg Rotary Club distributes dictionaries

Jan 10 2011
Mary

Having trouble spelling maneuver?

How about gubernatorial?

Thanks to a big assist from the Laurinburg Rotary Club, a county third grader may be able to help.

They can find a word to express appreciation

Jan 10 2011
Mary

 In these days of laptop computers, electronic media of all types, and spell checks, it is refreshing to see children excited about something such as a dictionary.

Berwick and Eliot students happy with new dictionaries

Jan 10 2011
Mary

 I`m writing on behalf of one of my fellow Rotarians, Gil Lutz.

Students get dictionaries thanks to donor and help from Gaston School of the Arts

Jan 10 2011
Mary

Look up the word `benevolence` in the dictionary and you might not find mention of the Gaston School of the Arts, but thanks to volunteers with the group and an anonymous donor, third-graders in Ga

Mt. Airy Rotary Club doles out dictionaries to students

Jan 10 2011
Mary

 Mount Airy Elementary School students have a new resource thanks to a donation from the Mount Airy Rotary Club.

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