Page 2 December 2, 2021 EL SEGUNDO HERALD
Wedding Announcement
Craig-Rungo Travel
Jennifer Rene Craig and Garrett Alan
Rungo were married Saturday, October 2,
2021 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia,
California after a prolonged engagement
due to the Covid pandemic. The ceremony
was held in the Chandelier Room immediately
following their 2:34 pm named
race, “Rungo Wedding Day” on Santa
Anita’s signature 6½ furlong downhill
turf course.
The bride is the daughter of Lily Craig
of El Segundo and Steve Craig of Eagle,
Idaho. She is a 2004 graduate of El Segundo
High School and earned her bachelor’s
degree in political science from San Diego
State University. The groom is the son of
Curnal and Debi Rungo of Westminster.
He is a 2001 graduate of Marina High
School in Westminster, California.
The happy couple met and work at the
Chevron refinery (of course!) and will
reside in Westminster. •
Down on the Bayou—Five
Days Lost in Louisiana
Article and photos
by Ben & Glinda Shipley
If you’re looking for the muddy crossroads
between fact and fiction, between history and
legend, between this world and some other,
murkier plane, then Louisiana is just the place.
Jefferson, Texas: Birthplace of Harry James, Johnny Winter, Janice Joplin, and the modern age.
And you don’t need Hank Williams twanging
“Jambalaya” or Creedence Clearwater Revival
thumping “Down on the Bayou” to get you in
the mood. In a world of bland uniformity and
mass-produced entertainment, there are still
eccentric eddies in the stream where cultures
have veered off on their own and left the
rest of us behind. And, in America, no place
remains more individual than the Cajun and
Bayou country of South-Central Louisiana.
The language fills a melodious, rhythmic
space between antique French and modern
English. The food is legendary—as Hank
puts it, “Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé
gumbo, for tonight I’m a gonna see my ma cher
ami-o.” The religion, an obscure, if graceful
concoction of Roman Catholicism, Southern
Baptism, and Haitian Voodoo, still carries the
heavy loads. And the music—from traditional
Cajun to Swamp Blues to Zydeco—reverberates
with a raucous energy at the crawfish feasts
along the fringes of the swamp.
But first…
Première— D’Houston à Beaumont à
Port Arthur:
We didn’t even make it out of East Texas the
first day, because of another travel obsession,
Cameron Parish: Bringing the power back to the Hurricane Café.
See Travel, page 15
Love Thy Neighbor
Dear El Segundoans,
We love the profiles we’ve done, and we’ve learned so
much about El Segundo’s residents. We want to do more,
so please keep the suggestions coming. With over 16,000
residents, we’re sure there are some gems we may have
overlooked or not been aware of them. Do you have a
unique and interesting friend, neighbor, co-worker, colleague
or student? All you have to do is ask their permission
and send us their contact information. Of course, if you
find yourself fascinating, you
are welcome to send us your
information too.
– Best to you all. HM.
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