Ray and Janice Wasinger, Victoria, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Melissa Jean Wasinger, to John Christopher Mayers, son of John and Marie Mayers, Albert.

The bride-elect is a 1997 graduate of Victoria High School and a graduate of Fort Hays State University. She is employed at High Plains Mental Health Center.

The prospective bridegroom is a 1997 graduate of Otis-Bison High School and a graduate of K-State. He is employed at WW Drilling, WaKeeney.

An Aug. 29, 2009, wedding is planned at St. Fidelis Catholic Church, Victoria.