Word of the Day: Morale

by PDG Scott McLaughlin | Aug 30, 2019 | The Dictionary Project: Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Morale

mo-rale / mə-ˈral

noun

1. one’s mental and emotional state or condition as it relates to a task or job

Morale is when your hands and feet keep on working when your head says it can’t be done.

quote attributed to Benjamin Morrell, 1795-1839

2. sense of common purpose within a group

The most important thing is team morale.

Dean Smith, 1931-2015

3. a level of mental well-being related to confidence and positivity of purpose

A bright smile has the strongest electrifying power to lift up the sagging moraleand light up a depressed face effortlessly and immediately.

Anuj, 1984-

Thank you for including the Dictionary Project in the good work you do in your club. In my club, we have provided Dictionaries for third-grade students for enough years that now we are having former students help us to present dictionaries each year. They are often returning to the same classrooms that they were third-grade students. Teachers plead every year for us to NEVER quit this valuable project. They tell us that students NEED paper books to learn to read, to learn to do research and to do independent study. Please send me pictures of your presentations and tell me about your visits to the schools to give dictionaries to the students. To be included in our newsletter you can send me your stories at DG.2019@5630mail.org.

Word of the Day: Match

by PDG Scott McLaughlin | Aug 29, 2019 | The Dictionary Project: Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Match

match / mach

noun (1)

1. a thin piece of wood with a chemical substance on the tip that produces fire when struck or scratched against a rough surface

Be sure that the candle is lit before you throw away the match.

Creole Proverb

noun (2)

1. a person or thing that is similar or equal to another

Today’s decluttering mission is to declutter lost socks, and those without a mate that have been hanging around for quite a while, waiting for their lost match.

home-storage-solutions-101.com/lost-socks.html

2. a person able to deal with another as an equal

A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.

William Arthur Ward, 1921-1994

3. a corresponding pair

[…] if a teacher only teaches in one way, then they conclude that the kids who can’t learn well that way don’t have the ability, when, in fact, it may be that the way the teacher’s teaching is not a particularly good match to the way those kids learn.

Robert Sternberg, 1949-

4. a person well suited to another as a romantic partner

Great love isn’t two people finding the perfect match in one another. Great love is two people making the choice to be a match.

Lysa TerKeurst, 1969-

5. a marriage

There are many happy matches, it is true, and sometimes “my dear,” and “my love” come from the heart; but what sensible bachelor, rejoicing in his freedom and years of discretion, will run the tremendous risk?

Mark Twain, 1835-1910

6. in sports, a game or contest between two or more opponents

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

Muhammad Ali, 1942-2016

verb

1. to be equal to

A fire will sear and the sun burn yet more, but neither can match the ardor of a man’s heart.

Indonesian Proverb

2. to cause to be equal or suited to; to adapt to

The chameleon changes color to match the earth, the earth doesn’t change color to match the chameleon.

Senegalese Proverb

3. to compare closely

True love is like a pair of socks: you gotta have two and they’ve gotta match.

Erich Fromm, 1900-1980

4. to provide an amount equal or complementary to

Many employers […] will match any charitable contributions or volunteer hours made by their employees.

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5. to place in competition with or against

Competition is what keeps me playing the psychological warfare of matching skill against skill and wit against wit.

Lou Brock, 1939-

6. to fit together

When you’re working on fashion campaigns for a commercial brand it’s often much less experimental, but still creative in the sense that you have to match the pieces of the puzzle.

Viviane Sassen, 1972-

Thank you for including the Dictionary Project in the good work you do in your club. In my club, we have provided Dictionaries for third-grade students for enough years that now we are having former students help us to present dictionaries each year. They are often returning to the same classrooms that they were third-grade students. Teachers plead every year for us to NEVER quit this valuable project. They tell us that students NEED paper books to learn to read, to learn to do research and to do independent study. Please send me pictures of your presentations and tell me about your visits to the schools to give dictionaries to the students. To be included in our newsletter you can send me your stories at DG.2019@5630mail.org.

11TH ANNUAL BIG RED BLOWOUT WINNERS ANNOUNCED

by PDG Scott McLaughlin | Aug 28, 2019 | MOJO Blog

11TH ANNUAL BIG RED BLOWOUT WINNERS ANNOUNCED

(Kearney, NE) – 5,082 tickets filled the tumbling brass raffle ticket drum. They were all mixed and ready for the winning tickets to be drawn. Before a joint meeting this morning of the Kearney Dawn and Noon Rotary Clubs, ten tickets were drawn to determine the 2019 Winners.

The 10 winners spanned across the District from Minden to Valentine, from nine unique clubs and 10 different individual ticket sellers. For the first time, RYLA campers were given the opportunity to raise funds through their sales and 75% of the ticket revenue will be returned to the sponsoring club, to be used for future camper registrations. One of our 10 winners was sold by a RYLA camper!

And the winners are, Drum roll please…

Winners

1. Rand Petersen
2. Lea Nosnan
3. Shawn Engberg
4. Sherry Montey
5. Dee Price
6. Bob Stetter
7. Scott McLaughlin
8. Mike Pitcher
9. Jeff Schneider
10. Ashley Larson

Seller

1. Rand Petersen
2. Lauren Mandernach
3. Paul Stec
4. Kara Christensen
5. Dee Price
6. Michelle Kluender
7. Scott McLaughlin
8. Mike & Audrey Pitcher
9. Jeff Schneider
10. Doug & Diana Hammer

Club

1. Kearney Noon
2. RYLA- Vermillion SD
3. Kearney Dawn
4. Hasting Sunrise
5. Grand Island Noon
6. Valentine
7. Kearney Dawn
8. Grand Island Noon
9. Hastings Noon
10. Minden

Top Sellers

1. Ron Bazata
2. Paul Stec
3. Mechele Witt

Club

1. Kearney Noon
2. Kearney Dawn
3. Ogallala

Total Amount Sold

$ 4,400.00 (440 tickets)
$ 2,070.00 (207 tickets)
$ 410.00 (41 tickets)

Each of the winners, and the seller receive:

2 round trip motor coach seats to and from Memorial Stadium (pickup in North Platte, Kearney and Grand Island)
2 seats in Memorial Stadium (Sept. 14 vs. Northern Illinois, 7:00 PM kickoff)
2 Prime Rib buffet dinners at Chances “R” (York, NE).
2 Tickets to the Big Red Tailgate party

As the top seller, Ron Bazata (PDG 2011-12) will be upgraded to 2 Club Tickets in the Memorial Stadium skybox. Paul Stec will receive 2 Tickets to the Champions Club as the second highest ticket seller. Mechele Witt will join the winners on the motor coach trip, dine at Chances “R”, and receive tickets to the tailgate party.

CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK-YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SOLD TICKETS!

And a very special THANK-YOU to the following clubs for demonstrating 100% Participation: Kearney Noon, Kearney Dawn, Grand Island Sunrise, Hastings Sunrise, and Minden Rotary Clubs. Each club will be receiving a $100.00 check.

Word of the Day: Eponymous

by PDG Scott McLaughlin | Aug 28, 2019 | The Dictionary Project: Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Eponymous

e-pon-y-mous / əˈpänəməs

adjective

1. of or relating to the person or thing for which something is named

The Pulitzer Prize was established when Joseph Pulitzer dies in 1911, leaving a bequest to create the eponymous award.

Nell Scovell, 1960-

Etymology

This word was first used as an adjective in 1833. The adjective form borrows from the noun eponym, meaning ‘one whose name becomes that of a place, a people, an era, etc.’ The word has Greek roots in the word eponymos, meaning ‘given as a name, giving one’s name to something.’ There is another form of the adjective,eponymal, which was used in reference to the word eponymos, which was also a title given to certain legal officials in ancient Greece. These magistrates would lend their names to the years in which they held office.

Thank you for including the Dictionary Project in the good work you do in your club. In my club, we have provided Dictionaries for third-grade students for enough years that now we are having former students help us to present dictionaries each year. They are often returning to the same classrooms that they were third-grade students. Teachers plead every year for us to NEVER quit this valuable project. They tell us that students NEED paper books to learn to read, to learn to do research and to do independent study. Please send me pictures of your presentations and tell me about your visits to the schools to give dictionaries to the students. To be included in our newsletter you can send me your stories at DG.2019@5630mail.org.

Word of the Day: Bow, Beau and Bough

by PDG Scott McLaughlin | Aug 27, 2019 | The Dictionary Project: Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Bow, Beau and Bough

Bow

bow / ˈbau̇

verb (1)

1. to bend at the waist or head as a sign of respect

They bow to you when borrowing, you bow to them when collecting.

Russian Proverb

2. to bend at the waist in acknowledgment of applause

Every now and then one stands up and orates at length to the unfortunate crowd, after which he bows to their scattered applause.

from ‘When the Sea is Rising Red’ by Cat Hellisen, 1977-

3. to acknowledge or suffer defeat

The more the panic grows, the more uplifting the image of a man who refuses tobow to the terror.

Ernst Junger, 1895-1998

4. to exert force on something so as to cause to bend

The thunder burst in loud claps; the wind bowed the trees far down toward the earth, already wet with the rain.

from ‘Dallas-A Sketch’ by Olive McHenry, ?-

5. to usher in or out through a tilt of the head or waist

You always have to know when to bow out. You bow out while you are on top.

L.A. Reid, 1956-

6. to curve due to external pressure

[…] when the trees bow down their heads, the wind is passing by.

from ‘Who Has Seen the Wind?’ by Christina Rossetti, 1830-1894

noun (1)

1. a bending of the body to show respect or acknowledgment

In a stage play, you kill the leads and they come out for a bow – in a movie, they don’t come out for a bow, they’re dead.

Frank Oz, 1944-

noun (2)

1. the frontmost part of a ship

If the bow is sinking, the stern follows.

Filipino Proverb

bow/ˈbō

noun (3)

1. a weapon which has a curved springy part with a cord which propels an arrow

You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.

Norman Vincent Peale, 1898-1993

2. a knot made by doubling string into multiple loops

Nobody’s life is wrapped up neatly in a bow.

Zoe Lister-Jones, 1982-

3. in music, a wooden or fiberglass rod strung with horsehair or some other stringy material, used to play a violin or other string instrument

Remember always that the composer’s pen is still mightier than the bow of the violinist; in you lie all the possibilities of the creation of beauty.

John Philip Sousa, 1854-1932

verb (2)

1. to curve

Foundation walls bow for a variety of reasons, including water pressure, root penetration and poor construction.

https://homeguides.sfgate.com/causes-wall-bow-93599.html

2. to play a string instrument with the tool designed for such use

If a feller can’t bow, he’ll never make a fiddler.

Tommy Jarrell, 1901-1985

Beau

beau / bō

noun

1. a male admirer; boyfriend

Some women feel the best cure for a broken heart is a new beau.

Gene Tierney, 1920-1991

Bough

bough / bau̇

noun

1. the limb of a tree; branch

Loveliest of trees, the cherry now

Is hung with bloom along the bough[…]

A.E. Housman, 1859-1936

Thank you for including the Dictionary Project in the good work you do in your club. In my club, we have provided Dictionaries for third-grade students for enough years that now we are having former students help us to present dictionaries each year. They are often returning to the same classrooms that they were third-grade students. Teachers plead every year for us to NEVER quit this valuable project. They tell us that students NEED paper books to learn to read, to learn to do research and to do independent study. Please send me pictures of your presentations and tell me about your visits to the schools to give dictionaries to the students. To be included in our newsletter you can send me your stories at DG.2019@5630mail.org.