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Aloha, Lancers!

Submitted by KVAL Communities Staff
Monday, May 14th, 2012, 10:35am

Come join the last dance of the year on Friday, May 18, from 8:30-10:30pm outside (weather permitting) by the Rock. Tickets will be on sale all week in the new student store for $4 pre-sale and $6 at the door.

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It's not just any old full moon this weekend; it's a 'Supermoon'!!

Submitted by KVAL News
Friday, May 4th, 2012, 1:07pm

The biggest and brightest full moon of the year arrives Saturday night as our celestial neighbor passes closer to Earth than usual.

But don't expect any "must-have-been-a-full-moon" spike in crime or crazy behavior. That's just folklore.

Saturday's event is a "supermoon," the closest and therefore the biggest and brightest full moon of the year. At 11:34 p.m., the moon will be about 221,802 miles from Earth. That's about 15,300 miles closer than average.

That proximity will make the moon appear about 14 percent bigger than it would if the moon were at its farthest distance, said Geoff Chester of the U.S. Naval Observatory. The difference in appearance is so small that "you'd be very hard-pressed to detect that with the unaided eye," he said.

The moon's distance from Earth varies because it follows an elliptical orbit rather than a circular one.

Like any full moon, the supermoon will look bigger when it's on or near the horizon rather than higher in the sky, thanks to an optical illusion, Chester noted. The full moon appears on the horizon at sunset. On the East coast, for example, that will be a bit before 8 p.m. Saturday.

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Churchill High School receives $425,000 grant

Submitted by KVAL Communities Staff
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012, 1:14pm

EUGENE, Ore. -- Students at Churchill High School in Eugene received nearly a half-million dollar grant supporting a pre-engineering program.

The almost $425,000 grant was awarded by Oregon's Career and Technical Education Revitalization Grant Fund to help develop strong science, technology, engineering and mathematics (or STEM) curriculum at Churchill High.  This grant is one of eight awarded by the fund.

The new engineering and design program will add to the already existing technical education programs and support foundational math and science classes. The program is the first full-scale pre-engineering program in Eugene.

The program will engage students with in-depth projects and work with architecture, science and engineering professionals to make the studies aligned with industry standards. Professionals will co-teach STEM activities and open up worksite immersion programs.

So far the companies on board to work with the grant are Balzhiser & Hubbard Engineers, APAZ Architecture, OBEC Consulting Engineers, and Life Technologies.

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Churchill High School wins half-million dollar grant

Submitted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 1st, 10:15 am
Churchill High School wins half-million dollar grant

Soon students at 4J's Churchill High School will be getting hands-on with an innovative new pre-engineering program.

Churchill has been selected to receive a grant of nearly $425,000 to develop an innovative science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) curriculum in which students will engage in authentic, problem-based engineering projects that are connected with working professionals in the community. 

The new engineering and design program of study will enhance two existing Career Technical Education (CTE) programs and increase rigor in foundational math and science. It will be the first full-scale, coherent pre-engineering program in Eugene. 

Information from the Eugene 4-J School Dist.

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Starr-struck: Beavs take first civil war matchup, 7-1

Submitted by KVAL News
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012, 11:34pm

Taylor Starr scattered five hits and a run over seven innings to pace the Oregon State baseball team to a 7-1 win over No. 10 Oregon in a midweek contest Tuesday night at PK Park.

Oregon State utilized a four-run third inning to jump out to a 6-0 lead and controlling position over the Ducks, who ended the game by hitting three batters and throwing three wild pitches. Michael Conforto was hit by a pitch twice before extending his hit streak to 10 games with a single in the seventh.

Starr’s seven innings marked a career-long in just his third start in a now 31-game career. He threw a personal high 96 pitches and struck out a career-best seven, six of which were looking.

Starr’s lone run came in the third, when up 6-0, he issued a wild pitch, allowing Connor Hofmann to score from third.

Starr picked up the win to improve to 4-1 this season and he dropped his earned run average to 3.66 from 4.32.

Conforto and Joey Matthews led the Beavers with two hits apiece. Conforto singled twice for his 12th multi-hit game of the season while Matthews doubled twice for his third of the year.

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Mr. Lancer Pageant rescheduled for April 3

Submitted by KVAL Communities Staff
Friday, March 30th, 2012, 2:29pm

Churchill High School’s annual Mr. Lancer fundraising pageant is now scheduled for Tuesday, April 3 at 7 p.m. in the school auditorium, 1850 Bailey Hill Road.
 
The event, which raises funds for the Children’s Miracle Network, was postponed due to snowy weather. 

Tickets are available at the door for $8.

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'Big dreams for someone who works in a convenience store'

Submitted by KVAL News
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012, 6:50pm

EUGENE, Ore. - Behind the scenes at the Bailey Hill Market, Thomas Lo Sciuto makes his Zesty Pretz brand of seasoned pretzels.

"I'm actually the only one that knows the recipe," the 19-year-old entrepreneur said, "and I don't have it written down anywhere. It's all in my head."

And in people's mouths.

"The other day I had a kid walk into a party I didn't know with Zesty Pretz and that was probably the coolest, the coolest moment that I've ever had," he said.

The Churchill High School grad hatched his business idea with his cousin Sean McSweeney before finishing school.

"The idea for the pretzel business has been a two-year process here," he told KVAL News. "I started it in high school, and then people really liked them.

"I started going to LCC and read a couple of magazine articles - in Forbes and Inc. - about starting a business right out of high school as opposed to going to business school first," he said. "So I decided that it's probably the best time of my life to try to step out on a limb and try something."

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