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All American couple

by Rob McCracken
The all American couple and former high school sweethearts look for what is next in their life. A picture of Missy and Darren as senior promoting and queen is among many pictures Missy has hanging on a bulletin board in her room.

They are the All American Couple …. almost.

“She doesn’t even know how to use the washing machine,” Darren Bias said of his girlfriend Missy Bolt. For the most part, though, the two former high school sweethearts fit the all American mold. Being crowned prom king and queen and Missy being elected homecoming queen their senior year didn’t hurt.

“Annette (Morgan, a friend of Missy’s) talks about how at our 10-year reunion we’re going to be the perfect family,” Missy said.

Darren and Missy dated for about two years in high school and now attend Somerset Community College together. Their relationship has changed since their high school days, Missy said.

“We used to fight about everything in high school,” she said. Their disagreements are not quite as frequent and about more reasonable things now. One thing the two have no disagreement about is the future of their relationship. While marriage is not in the immediate future, both realize it may be a possibility. Dating other people is probably not in the future, either.

“If you’ve got what you want,” Darren said, “there’s no use blowing it for something that may not work.”

The all American couple and former high school sweethearts look for what is next in their life. Missy Bolt talks to her boyfriend Darren Bias not he phone. They were talking about what they would be doing later that day.
The all American couple and former high school sweethearts look for what is next in their life. Outside Darren’s home, Darren and Missy tug on one another’s arms.
The all American couple and former high school sweethearts look for what is next in their life. Darren Bias and Missy Bolt talk while taking a walk on some of the land owned by Darren’s family.
Mills McGowan (left) and Johnny Wilson, welders at Watson Gate Co. in Liberty, carry steel pipe to their welding station so they can put together another gate. McGowan has worked for Watson Gates for 12 years and Wilson for 11 years. The gate industry is one of the largest industries in Casey County.
Barn in Casey County, Ky.

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