Crouch - Baldwin

Mike and Cheryl Crouch of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Amanda Ruth Crouch, to Paul William Baldwin. He is the son of Steve and Vickie Baldwin of Linn Creek, Mo.

Crouch is a 2000 graduate of Jackson High School. She received a bachelor of science degree in mathematics education from Missouri State University in 2004, and a master's degree in secondary education from Drury University in 2007. She is a geometry teacher at Manhattan High School in Manhattan, Kan.

Baldwin is a 1995 graduate of Austin High School in El Paso, Texas. He received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2000. He has served eight years in the U.S. Army, and is currently stationed at Fort Riley, Kan.

An Oct. 11 wedding is planned at Zion United Methodist Church in Gordonville.