Sydenstricker-Heuring

NEW HAMBURG, Mo. -- Jana Sydenstricker of Shelbina, Mo., and Roger Sydenstricker of Dallas, Texas, announce the engagement of their daughter, Lauren Renee Sydenstricker of Anna, Ill., to Brian Keith Heuring. He is the son of Norman and Dorothy Heuring of New Hamburg.

Sydenstricker is a 1997 graduate of South Shelby High School in Shelbina. She received a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism in 2001. She is a reporter with KFVS-12 in Cape Girardeau.

Heuring is a 1997 graduate of Kelly High School at Benton, Mo. He expects to graduate May 14 from the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine, and will begin practice at Dongola Veterinary Clinic in Dongola, Ill.

A May 29 wedding is planned at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in New Hamburg.