Joey Hattendorf and Rachel Gowler of Chicago would like to announce their engagement and upcoming marriage. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Trooper and Tammy Gowler of Marion. She graduated from Mt. Vernon Township High School in 2005 and is attending the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she will graduate in 2011 with a bachelor's of science in nursing. She works at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. The groom-to-be is the son of Don Hattendorf of Mt. Vernon and Julie Loucks of Scheller. He graduated from MVTHS in 2005 and is attending Kendall College. He will graduate in 2011 with a bachelor's degree in food and beverage management with an associate's degree in culinary arts. He works at The Peninsula Chicago. Joey and Rachel will marry on Sept. 10, 2011 at Logan Street Baptist Church.