婚礼搬进公园：两对新人在 Buena Park 的 Clark 区域公园完婚、县监事亲自证婚
位于加州橙县 Buena Park 市的 Ralph B. Clark 区域公园，10 月 17 日办了一场特别的婚礼：Orange County 书记官暨登记官办公室首次把结婚登记服务搬进公园，两对提前甄选出的新人在湖畔草坪上完婚，证婚人正是县监事会主席 Doug Chaffee 本人。
这场「移动婚礼」由县书记官 Hugh Nguyen 的办公室与第四区监事办公室合办。两对新人的证婚费用由 Chaffee 全额赞助，新人无需付费；活动不接受现场报名，新人是事先经申请甄选的。县府表示，把登记服务送进公园，是想让结婚登记离居民更近、更方便，也更省钱——平日里，新人要专程跑到县府大楼或登记处办理。
Clark 区域公园位于 8800 Rosecrans Avenue，占地约 105 英亩，有湖泊、草坪与解说中心，是橙县北部居民周末野餐、钓鱼的去处。婚礼当天上午，公园里还同时举行了第四区儿童钓鱼比赛，婚礼与孩子们的钓竿同场，成了这个公园周六上午的另一道风景。
县书记官办公室说，这类走出办公室的「快闪」登记服务今年已在县内多处试办，把政府服务送到居民生活的地方，是这项安排的初衷。
A Wedding in the Park: Two Couples Marry at Clark Regional Park in Buena Park, With the County Supervisor Officiating
Ralph B. Clark Regional Park in Buena Park, in California's Orange County, hosted an unusual ceremony on October 17: the Orange County Clerk-Recorder's office took its marriage services into a park for the first time, and two preselected couples were married on the lawn by the lake — with Board of Supervisors Chair Doug Chaffee himself officiating.
The "mobile wedding" event was organized by Clerk-Recorder Hugh Nguyen's office together with the Fourth District supervisor's office. Chaffee fully sponsored the ceremony fees for both couples, who paid nothing; the event did not accept walk-in registrations, and the couples were selected in advance through an application process. The county said bringing marriage services into a park is meant to make them closer, easier and more affordable for residents, who would otherwise have to travel to a county office.
Clark Regional Park, at 8800 Rosecrans Avenue, covers about 105 acres with a lake, lawns and an interpretive center, and is a weekend picnic and fishing spot for north Orange County residents. The same morning as the weddings, the park also hosted the Fourth District Kids Fishing Derby, giving the park a Saturday scene of wedding vows alongside children's fishing rods.
The Clerk-Recorder's office said pop-up marriage services like this have been piloted at several locations around the county this year, with the goal of taking government services to where residents live.
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图片来源：图：Buena Park 的 Ralph B. Clark 区域公园，自 Camel Hill 望去。图片：经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Ralph B. Clark Regional Park in Buena Park, seen from Camel Hill. Via Wikimedia Commons.
