Ron and Laura Weber, Beloit, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Gayle Kristine, to Brian Edward Donaldson, son of Ed Donaldson, Topeka, and Dan and Jeanette Brown, Bremerton, Wash.

Grandparents of the couple are Lannis and Bonnie Bolte, Jewell, Marcellus and Winnie Weber, Beloit, Dennis and Ruby Glotzbach, Topeka, the late Doug Holm and the late John and Mildred Donaldson.

The bride-elect is a graduate of Beloit High School and Fort Hays State University. She is a reporter for The Hays Daily News.

The prospective bridegroom is a graduate of Topeka High School. He works for Enersys, Hays.

A July 24, 2010, wedding is planned in Hays.