ENGAGEMENTS

Retired Col. Eugene Elmer Kluter and Lucynthia Mary Kluter announced

the engagement of their daughter, Heather, to Jim Kruse, both of Costa

Mesa.

The couple were engaged at Schloss Shomberg, a castle in Rhineland,

Germany. The vacation included a trip to London, where they are pictured

at the front gates of Buckingham Palace.

The bride-to-be attended high school in West Springfield, Va. She

received her bachelor’s degree in marketing from San Diego State

University and received a master’s degree from USC.

The groom-to-be is the son of the late Neil Ian Kruse and Carol Ann

Heitzman. He received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Cal State

Long Beach.

An wedding has been planned for October 2001.