Rumor has it that tulips are already blooming in the Skagit Valley.

Not so.

Cold nights have slowed tulip growth, said Leo Roozen, president of Washington Bulb Co., and Jeannette DeGoede, owner of Tulip Town.

Every year, the exact time of the tulip bloom is a guess, but the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival is always scheduled for the month of April.

For more information on what the tulips are doing, call 360-428-5959 or go to http://tulipfestival.org.

Journalist offers images of Iraq

Peter Haley, a photojournalist who traveled in Iraq with the 62nd Medical Brigade from Fort Lewis and the 81st Combat Team from the Washington National Guard, offers a glimpse of a soldier’s life at 7 p.m. today at Monroe High School, 17001 Tester Road in Monroe.

The slide show is hosted by the Rotary Club of Monroe. Suggested donation is $5.

Corrections

Mark Power, who is producing a benefit concert at 7:30 p.m. today at the Everett Performing Arts Center, teaches at Stillaguamish Valley School. A story that ran Wednesday on Page E4 was incorrect. Money from the concert, “Italian Serenade: A Night at the Opera,” will help pay for a field trip to Italy for local high school students. Tickets are $20, available at the box office. Call 425-257-8600.

Mary Blake is one of 85 elderly Everett residents who will be cut from an Everett Housing Authority program that helps keep senior citizens in their homes. The woman’s last name was incorrect in a story on Page A1 Tuesday about the loss of federal dollars needed to sustain the program.

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