BELL CITY, Mo. -- Jeff and Edith Slagley of Bell City announce the engagement of their daughter, Megan Jean Slagley, to William Tyler Clover. He is the son of Matthew and Stephanie Clover and Kimberly Gentry, all of Anna, Ill.

Slagley is a senior at Bell City High School.

Clover is stationed with the U.S. Army in Fort Lewis, Wash., and will be deployed to Afghanistan in February 2007. He is a heavy construction equipment operator.

A Dec. 22 wedding is planned in Cape Girardeau.