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the program in school history. The best part
of the season wasn’t a particular game or moment
but rather a road trip over the Christmas
break with the team. The Eagles played in
the 20th Annual West Coast Jamboree in the
San Francisco area. “It was a great bonding
experience that really brought our team together
as a family.”
There was one particular game that stood out
that she cherished. It wasn’t a game in which
she was the team’s high scorer. In fact, she
wasn’t even a factor in the game because it
was this past season’s Senior Night game. “I’ve
spent three years with those girls and I’m so
proud of what we accomplished together.” She
added that she looks forward to keeping their
friendships, watching as they grow and find
more success in the next chapter of their lives.
Her family is tight, and before the pandemic led
our country into hibernation she and her parents
went to Portland, Oregon, to watch her brother
play for Whitman College. Her brother Ben
helped the Blues to a 20-8 record this season.
Jordan has some goals she has set for
herself. Her short term goal would be to get
back to 100% physically and get her foot better.
It has been a challenge recently with her
physical Therapist’s office being temporarily
closed. She has some physical therapy she
is doing at home, but it isn’t quite the same.
Her future goals are to play basketball at the
collegiate level. With AAU tournaments and
college visits postponed, she is doing what
she can to improve her skills until basketball
starts up again.
Jordan also enjoys time with her parents
watching Netflix. She is currently bingewatching
Tiger King and All American when
she’s not on her computer doing school work.
When she needs a break from television, she
goes to her room to play an instrument she has
become pretty good playing. “When I need a
break, I play the guitar as a hobby,” she said. •
Standard Oil, where he worked into the 1960’s
before retiring.
Marcia’s mother, Marieum, was a
schoolteacher in El Segundo, but was let go
in the early 1920s during a time when, Mark
said, some school district’s employment policy
was geared towards hiring men because they
were the breadwinners, not married women.
The prevailing thought at that time, the
Marion’s said, was “jobs should go to men.”
Marieum found a teaching gig with the nearby
Wiseburn School District, and spent more than
four decades there, teaching students, many
who were of Japanese descent. This was in
the World War II timeframe. At one point,
reportedly 82 of 125 Wiseburn students were
of Japanese descent, children of Japanese
truck farmers who lived in the area. Many
of the students and their parents were moved
to internment camps. The Marions related a
story about Marieum’s young students viewing
wartime planes buzzing overhead and feared
that the airplanes were out to “come and get
us.” Marieum tried to quell the anxiety of the
children, many of them U.S. citizens, noting
that “those are OUR planes.”
Mark was born in Philadelphia, and moved to
northern California in the 1950’s. He eventually
landed in the Long Beach area, where he met
Marion while both were attending Long Beach
State. They were married at the El Segundo
Methodist Church in 1963, an event, Mark said
“not to brag, but was the biggest thing going.”
Said Mark of their 56-year marriage: “It must
have worked because we are still married. I
have never regretted it, and I don’t think she
has either, but sometimes I can be a little bit
difficult.” The Marions have a daughter, Deborah,
who lives in Claremont, son David who resides
in Redondo Beach, and two grandchildren,
Garrett and Logan.
Mark said that while the Marion’s love
El Segundo, they have investigated relocating,
sometimes out of boredom. Mark said that
occasionally when he gets “ticked-off,” he
considers relocating. He mentioned possible
destinations including Las Vegas, San Diego,
and California’s Central Coast. But not his
hometown of Philadelphia, which, Mark said “is
a whole different life.” But after contemplating
a possible move, the Marion’s always decided
to stay put. “We are just El Segundo folks,”
he said. “That is why we stay here.”
Of course, things change in more than five
decades, Mark said, noting “the cost of things”
and increased local housing density.
As the interview concluded, somewhat
keeping our social distance, we descended to
the den of the Marion home, where vintage
photographs and artist renderings of classic
El Segundo adorned the walls, including
Gilbert’s Department Store and a long-ago
demolished train station. Mark spoke about
El Segundo in 2020, saying he feels the city
“still has the flavor of what it was, of what
we remember.” He said he knows things will
continue to change, “as it should,” he said. “We
love El Segundo, it’s all we know. We have
looked all over, and always say, this is where
we are from, this is where we will stay.” •