BRIEFLY — Talk about rhododendrons . . . and another item

  • Thursday, March 27, 2014 7:57pm
  • News

Rhody talk scheduled in Chimacum

CHIMACUM — The Olympic Peninsula chapter of the American Rhododendron Society will meet at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road, at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 3.

Robert Zimmermann of Chimacum Woods Nursery will present “A Tibetan Odyssey: Plant Hunting at the Top of the World.”

He will cover rhododendrons, plants, culture, politics and spirituality in eastern Tibet.

Zimmermann has been running his nursery for 38 years on 18 acres with large propagation facilities and a 7-acre trial garden.

He has traveled to China five times as well as Japan and the East Coast to collect seed.

All interested people are invited, and refreshments will be provided.

Discussion group

SEQUIM — The Great Decisions Discussion Group will discuss “Israel and the U.S.” at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, April 4.

The cost is free. New members are welcome.

Discussion topics, which concern domestic and foreign policy issues, are taken from the Foreign Policy Association’s Great Decisions 2014 Briefing Book and from Foreign Affairs, the bimonthly publication of the Council on Foreign Relations.

For more information, visit http://tinyurl.com/SequimGreatDecisionsDiscussion.

More in News

April Jackson, The Reptile Lady, speaks while students hold a 12-foot Burmese python named “Mr. Pickles” at Jefferson Elementary School in Port Angeles on Friday. The students, from left to right, are Braden Gray, Bennett Gray, Grayson Stern, Aubrey Whitaker, Cami Stern, Elliot Whitaker and Cole Gillilan. Jackson, a second-generation presenter, showed a variety of reptiles from turtles to iguanas. Her father, The Reptile Man, is Scott Peterson from Monroe, who started teaching about reptiles more than 35 years ago. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
The Reptile Lady

April Jackson, The Reptile Lady, speaks while students hold a 12-foot Burmese… Continue reading

CRTC, Makah housing partners

Western hemlock to be used for building kits

Signs from library StoryWalk project found to be vandalized

‘We hope this is an isolated incident,’ library officials say

Applications due for reduced-cost farmland

Jefferson Land Trust to protect property as agricultural land

Overnight closures set at Golf Course Road

Work crews will continue with the city of Port… Continue reading

Highway 104, Paradise Road reopens

The intersection at state Highway 104 and Paradise Bay… Continue reading

Transportation plan draws citizen feedback

Public meeting for Dungeness roads to happen next year

Sequim Police officers, from left, Devin McBride, Ella Mildon and Chris Moon receive 2024 Lifesaving Awards on Oct. 28 for their medical response to help a man after he was hit by a truck on U.S. Highway 101. (Barbara Hanna)
Sequim police officers honored with Lifesaving Award

Three Sequim Police Department officers have been recognized for helping… Continue reading

Man in Port Ludlow suspicious death identified

Pending test results could determine homicide or suicide

Virginia Sheppard recently opened Crafter’s Creations at 247 E. Washington St. in Creamery Square, offering merchandise on consignment from more than three dozen artisans and crafters. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Crafter’s Creations brings artwork to community

Consignment shop features more than three dozen vendors

Bark House hoping to reopen

Humane Society targeting January