Dan and Debbie Smith of Girard are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kathryn Valentine, to Damian Louis Smithhisler, son of Dan and Donna Smithhisler of Anthony. The bride-to-be is a graduate of Girard High School and Pittsburg State University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. Katie is currently pursuing her master’s degree at Wichita State University while teaching science at Campus High School in Haysville.
The  groom-to-be is a graduate of Chaparral High School and Wichita State University with a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education. Damian is a math teacher at Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School in Wichita.
The couple will be married July 12 at the Church of the Magdalen in Kansas.