Timothy and Lilly Kingsley, Hays, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Erica Bridget Kingsley to Andrew Russell Hedge, son of Doug and Linda Hedge, Hays.

Grandparents of the couple are Mahlon and Addie B. Kingsley, Ellis, the late William J. and Fidelia Walters, Don and Sonia Yonker, Kansas City, Helen Hedge, Hays, and the late Duane Hedge.

The bride-elect is a graduate of Thomas More Prep-Marian High School and KU School of Nursing. She is employed at Shawnee Mission Medical Center.

The prospective bridegroom is a graduate of Thomas More Prep-Marian High School. He is a student at KU Law School.

A Jan. 2, 2010, wedding is planned in Lawrence.