Eric Coatney -- Darth Creason

Planning to be married May 1, 2006, at Runaway Bay in St. Ann, Jamaica, are Darth Creason of Grand Island, Neb., and Eric Coatney of Pittsburg, Kan.

Parents of the bride-elect are Robert and Elsie Creason of Nebraska City, Neb. The future groom is the son of Kathy and Roy Yokley of Bronaugh, Mo. Maternal grandparent is Katherine Baldus of Independence, Mo. Paternal grandparent is Earney Coatney of Independence, Mo.

Creason is a 1995 graduate of Nebraska City High School, and holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1999 and a Master of Arts from the University of Akron, at Akron, Ohio, in 2002. She is employed by Case New Holland, Grand Island.

Coatney graduated from Bronaugh High School in 1995. He received a Bachelor of Science from Pittsburg State University at Pittsburg, Kan., in 2000. He is a product development engineer for Eagle Picher at Joplin, Mo.