Dennis and Tammy Cork of Dodge City are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Shannon Haley Cork to Cody Mark Poell, son of Dr. Mark and Carol Poell of Hoxie. Grandparents of the couple are Normand and Zoe Hrabe of Stockton, Don and Marilyn Surmeier of Colby, Loretta Poell of St. Marys, Great Grandmother Alice Ostmeyer, Colby. The future bride is a 2002 graduate of Dodge City High School, earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry at Southwestern College and is in her final year attending the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy. The future groom is a 2000 graduate of Hoxie High School, earned an associate of science degree from Colby Community College and a doctorate in pharmacy from the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy in 2007. He is a pharmacist at Hy-Vee Pharmacy in Lawrence. The couple plans an Oct. 3, 2009, wedding at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Lawrence.

