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A FARMER OUT STANDING IN HIS FIELD -- In this case, it is a field of tulips that Leo Roozen, president of the Washington Bulb Co, is standing in. He will be honored at the La Conner Rotary Club's annual dinner and auction this Saturday, Aug. 24. Tickets are still available.
The La Conner Rotary Club, noted for its steadfast support of literacy and education, will honor at its annual dinner and auction this Saturday someone whose family is often lauded in print for its remarkable success growing tulips in the Skagit Valley.
Leo Roozen, whose father, the late Bill Roozen, was a La Conner Rotarian, will be the local club's honored guest at its major Aug. 24 fundraiser here.
Billed as "The Magic of Rotary," it is 5:30-9 p.m. at Maple Hall.
The Roozen family began growing tulips in Holland before America became a nation. Over the past 75 years, it has become an integr...
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