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Dirk Draper and Summer Bolton pause for a kiss during a Valentine’s Day scavenger hunt he planned for her. She was instructed to drive around town looking for expressions of his love on local businesses’ signs. Inside each business there were gifts waiting for her. |
Love is in the air ...; Or at least on several signs around town, per boyfriend's plan
By KRISTIN TAYLOR
Staff Writer
Only 20 years old, Summer Bolton's first Valentine's Day with Dirk Draper will be one for the ages.
Bolton mixed spontaneity with his love for her as he gave her an hour to find her name and sweet expressions on seven local business signs. Like a scavenger hunt, each business had a gift waiting for her.
“I just thought, wouldn't it be neat if you woke up one morning and your name was on a bunch of signs?” Draper, 21, said of his twist on the traditional flowers, candy and love notes. “Wouldn't you feel special?”
The first stop was Backyard Burger, where the message was “Happy Valentine's Day Summer.” At nearby Ryan's Steakhouse, she got two stuffed monkeys. At Grey's Properties, the sign read “Summer Be My Valentine” and invited her in for a gift bag.
The day started when Bolton opened her apartment door to find Draper's letter that directed her to drive about town for his messages and gifts. She said she was excited to embark on the hunt.
“It's a good one,” Bolton said of her boyfriend's idea when she talked to the Ledger & Times during the Grey's Properties stop.
Grey's broker Linda Houck talked to Draper when he came last week. And even though she had another message to put up on the marquee, she wanted to help the young couple celebrate.
“I think when people are as enthusiastic as they are, we should do what we can to help,” she said not long before she changed the sign to wish her “heart baby” husband a happy birthday.
Draper and Bolton met their freshmen year at Murray State when they both lived in White College. Now juniors, they have since moved off campus and have been dating the past nine months.
For complete story, see today's Ledger & Times
Story created Feb 15, 2006 - 12:32:52 EST.
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