Belinda and John Rider, Warsaw, announce the engagement of their daughter, Melissa Rider, Goshen, to Justin Cripe, Goshen. He is the son of Doreen and Greg Staines and Scott and Elisha Cripe, New Paris.
The bride-to-be is a teacher at West Goshen Elementary. She graduated from Warsaw Community High School in 2000, and earned a bachelor's degree in English from Cornerstone University, Grand Rapids, Mich., in 2004, and a master's degree in education from Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, in 2008.
The groom-elect is a reporter for Goshen News. He graduated from Fairfield Junior-Senior High School, Goshen, in 1999, and earned a bachelor's degree in communication studies from Manchester College, North Manchester, in 2004.
