Dan and Deborah Carmichael, Lyons, announce the engagement of their daughter, Conne K. Carmichael, Salt Lake City, Utah, to Ryan D. Kates, Salt Lake City. He is the son of John and Paulette Kates, Akron.
The bride-to-be is a sample management specialist at Tamden Labs, Salt Lake City. She graduated from White River Valley High School, Swits City, in 2004, and earned a bachelor's degree in biology from Western Kentucky University in 2009.
The groom-elect is a project engineer at Ames Construction Co., Salt Lake City. He graduated from Tippecanoe Valley High School, Mentone, in 2003, and earned a construction management degree from Indiana State University in 2008.
