🌱 Central Point scientists may have found a local shield for Oregon vineyards

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• Central Point scientists may have found a local shield for Oregon vineyards

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 79 and low of 51 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 82, low: 50.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 84 and low of 48 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• OSU research identifies native microbes that may protect wine grapes (oregonstate.edu) — Researchers based at OSU’s Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center in Central Point have identified native microbes that may help protect Oregon wine grapes from damaging trunk diseases. By finding bacteria already adapted to local vineyard conditions, their work could lead to more reliable, climate-suited disease control, supporting vineyard longevity, grower profits, and the broader wine industry across the state.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Happy Birthday to those born in June!
  Please post your day so we can all wish you a Happy Birthday! (Nextdoor Blackwell Road)
• I am missing all of my cats!
  We have a spare trailer in front on the front yard that we leave the door open too with food and water and the litter box so the cats can come in and… (Nextdoor Crater)

• The Retail Odyssey Company posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser Team Lead in Central Point. Apply here.
• CDS (Club Demonstration Services) posted a job opening for Part Time Weekend Product Demonstrator in Costco in Central Point. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Central Point here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Medford

• Oregon US attorney's office donates 2,000+ items to food pantries (kezi.com)
• Young California Condor Makes History With First Oregon Flight in More Than 120 Years (edhat.com)
• Yes, You Can Actually Open a Wine Bottle Without a Cork Opener. Try These Tricks. (sunset.com)

Jacksonville

• 55 years ago: Oregon Bike Bill enacted (hh-today.com)

Eagle Point

• Joni Wilson Parsons (February 1963 (sweetwaternow.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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