Susan Steele and Erik Petter Strommer have announced their engagement.

The couple plan a Fourth of July 2010 wedding at the home of Deon and Amy Strommer, the prospective bridegroom’s parents.

Strommer is a student at Blue Mountain Community College in Pendleton and plans to transfer to Eastern Oregon University in La Grande next year.

The bride-to-be is the daughter of Mark and Kathy Steele of Baker City. She is also a BMCC student and hopes to attend the ODS College of Dental Science in La Grande next year.