Roger and Mary Ewoldt of Hospers and Gerald and Margie Hodgson of Le Mars announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their children, Paula Ewoldt and Kevin Hodgson of Papillion, Neb.

The couple will be married in a 2 p.m. ceremony July 14, 2007, at St. James Catholic Church in Le Mars. The reception and dance will follow at the Brunsville Legion Hall.

Paula is a 2000 graduate of MOC-Floyd Valley High SChool and a 2004 graduate of Northwestern College in Orange City. She is presently employed as a special education teacher at Des Moines Public Schools, and will be a teacher at Kellom Elementary in Omaha for the 2007-08 school year.

Kevin is a 1994 graduate of Le Mars Community High SChool, and 2001 graduate of Iowa STate University. He is employed by McCarthy Engineering as construction manager for the reconstruction of Midlands Hospital in Papillion.