You’re invited to gather together as a community to send off a very special Meadowlark Hills resident, Ruth Wells, as she ventures to Washington D.C. with the Honor Flight Network. 

A reception will take place during Coffee Corner at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8, in the Community Room. Following the reception at 3:45 p.m., friends, family and community members will line the street on Meadowlark Road as Ruth and her guardian depart for the big adventure.

Ruth joined the U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve and served the United States of America during World War II. She was stationed at the Marine Corps Air Station near Santa Barbara, Calif., and, lastly, Oahu, Hawaii. She served in the mess hall as the baker