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Pittsboro, N.C. - Paul and Mary Gruber of Pittsboro, N.C., announce the engagement of their daughter, Gretchen May Gruber, to Spec. 4th Class Christopher Shawn Waite, son of Paul and Jacqueline Waite of Foxboro.

A wedding is planned for the summer of 2008 at Borderland State Park in Easton, with a reception at the Primavera Restaurant in Millis following the ceremony.

Ms. Gruber graduated from Bigelow High School in Bigelow, Ark., in 2003. She received a licensed practical nursing diploma from Central Carolina Community College in 2007.

She is a licensed practical nurse at Sanford Health and Rehabilitation Center in Sanford, N.C.

Spec. 4th Class Waite attended Foxboro schools and is currently pursuing a military aviation career with the Army's 82nd Airborne Division. He is stationed at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, N.C.