A New Year’s Eve 2009 wedding is planned by Julie Lynn Ward, Pittsburgh, and Jonathan David Stevens.

The bride-to-be is a daughter of Bill and Debbie Ward, Baldwinsville, N.Y.

The prospective bridegroom is a son of John and Sherry Stevens, 480 Boyd Drive, Sharon.

Miss Ward graduated from Baldwinsville High School and Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, with an undergraduate degree in health sciences and a master’s degree in speech/language pathology. She is a speech pathologist with Therapeutic Early Intervention Services, Pittsburgh.

Her fiance is a graduate of Sharon High School and Geneva College, Beaver Falls, with a degree in business/finance. He is a financial adviser with Kades-Margolis Investment Advisory Services, Pittsburgh.