BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-GuardEugene Eugene, city (1990 pop. 112,669), seat of Lane co., W Oregon, on the Willamette River; inc. 1862. A processing and shipping center in a farming area, the "Emerald City" has lumbering, food-processing, and microchip and other electronics industries. students win chess championships Jessie Liu, a fifth-grader at McCornack Elementary School elementary school: see school. in Eugene, became the first girl in at least 12 years to be named a state chess champion after winning all 10 of her matches at a Chess for Success tournament in Portland last weekend. Eighth-grader Raleigh Foster, a home-schooled student from Eugene, also won the competition for his age group. Also, the Bethel Bethel, in the Bible Bethel (bĕth`əl) [Heb.,=house of God]. 1 Ancient city of central Palestine, the modern Baytin, the West Bank, N of Jerusalem. HomeSource team won the team championship on Friday. The competition featured young chess players This is a list of chess players. Chess players The people in this list are men and women who are primarily known as chess players, and their biographies are presented in the Wikipedia. through eighth grade. Players previously qualified by placing in a regional tournament in Eugene last month, chess teacher Jerry Ramey said. |
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