Today's News

The families of Scott and Mildred Gibbons invite friends and relatives to the couple’s 50th wedding anniversary celebration. They were married on July 28, 1958. The celebration will be from 2 to 4 p.m. CDT July 27, 2008 at Camp Ground United Methodist Church in Bonnieville. The couple request no gifts. Cards may be sent to P.O.

White Mills

Kathleen Booker, 369-7101

Heartland Zonta Club of Elizabethtown members, from left, President Beti Turner, Lois Pierce, Ruth Ellen Stanley and Ramona Jeffries prepare for the 15th Annual Par 3 Golf Scramble on Sept. 20 at Elizabethtown American Legion Park. This year's proceeds will benefit the Zonta Scholarship for Women and Wesley Hilltop House. The cost is $25 per player and includes lunch. There will be prizes and gifts for all.

By JEFF D’ALESSIO

jdalessio@thenewsenterprise.com

HARDIN COUNTY — Ruben Avila has been to the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. one time — and that was at night.

“You couldn’t see what was there very good,’’ the Rineyville resident said.

That changes today when Avila and about 30 other World War II veterans fly out of Louisville for a one-day trip to Washington as part of the Honor Flight Program Bluegrass Chapter.