Dean and Michele Weets and Allan and Judi Gates announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their children, Jamie Lynne Weets and Alex Preston Gates.

The couple will be married Oct. 1, 2005, at 1:30 p.m. at The Little Brown Church, Nashua, Iowa. A reception will follow the ceremony at the Nashua Town and Country Club.

Jamie and Alex are both graduates of Le Mars Community High School and are currently students at the University of Northern Iowa.