Lepidopterist Dana Ross shines a flashlight on a moth at an orientation for volunteers with the Siskiyou Crest Moth Project on Saturday evening at Herb Pharm in Williams. Ross is the lead scientist for the effort, which is a project of the Siskiyou Crest Coalition and which will send volunteers to seven locations across the Siskiyou Crest to capture moths using a black light and a sheet, as Ross demonstrated on Saturday, in an effort to document moth species in the region.
By Chrissy Ewald of the Daily Courier
WILLIAMS — Lepidoptera are better than you think at pollinating plants and flowers.
Better known as moths and butterflies, they are also good at eating — sometimes too good, when it comes to agricultural crops — and at being eaten.
"The larvae, the caterpillars, are particularly important as food for nesting songbirds," said Dana Ross, an Oregon State University entomologist who specializes in the study of moths and butterflies.
South Medford senior Mayen Akpan, seen here during Thursday's Class 6A quarterfinal against Sherwood, scored the game-winning basket as time expired on Friday night to give the Panthers the win over No. 1-ranked Tualatin in Portland. Akpan scored 26 points.
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The Tualatin girls’ basketball team rolled into the Class 6A state tournament without a loss against a team from Oregon.
That all changed on Friday night with a buzzer-beater for the ages.
Fourth-seeded South Medford roared back from a 14-point second-quarter deficit to stun top-seeded and reigning state champion Tualatin 56-55 in a 6A semifinal on Mayen Akpan’s last-second shot at the Chiles Center on the campus of the University of Portland.
A 41-year-old woman accused of stealing two six-packs of alcoholic drinks from the downtown Safeway on Friday was located Saturday at an authorized homeless camp near City Hall. She was cited on charges of third-degree theft and trespassing, and issued a 180-day exclusion order from the camp.
The Children’s Advocacy Center of Josephine County is seeking original artwork for its Artists for Hope exhibit, a community art show and silent auction benefitting children affected by abuse.
The exhibit is planned for April 3 at the Children’s Advocacy Center, 700 N.W. Fifth St. in Grants Pass. It will be open to the public from 5-8 p.m., with refreshments and charcuterie and tours of the facility.
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