McGowan and Brown to exchange vows

Paul and Karen Brown, Guthrie Center, and Bruce and Deanna McGowan, Alta, are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their children, Erica and Todd. The wedding will take place Nov. 20, 2009, at Walnut Hills United Methodist church in Urbandale with a reception and dance to follow at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites in West Des Moines.

Erica is a 1997 graduate of Guthrie Center High School and a 2001 graduate of Iowa State University. She is a senior financial analyst at Aviva in Des Moines.

Todd is a 1999 graduate of Alta High School and a 2004 graduate of Iowa State University. He is employed by Bank of the West in Urbandale as the bank manager.