Bush wedding may be Crawford's last hurrah

CRAWFORD, Texas, May 5 (UPI) -- Crawford, Texas, is heading into its last summer of being in the national spotlight as the location of the western White House, a filmmaker said.

The Saturday wedding of first daughter Jenna Bush to Henry Hager will be the culminating event for Crawford, with hordes of reporters, photographers, Secret Service agents and tourists expected in town, The Dallas Morning News reported Monday.

Local merchants said earlier this year they anticipated the wedding would give business a big boost, but Austin filmmaker David Modigliani said there is a disconnect between the Bush family and the town.

"The fact that no one in the town is invited to the wedding highlights the disconnect ... ," Modigliani said.

Modigliani has spent the past three years working on a documentary about Crawford.

"I really see the wedding as one of the last turns in the roller coaster ride this town has been in during this eight-year experience," he said.

Former Mayor Robert Campbell says the Bush wedding will be a non-event for the locals.

The president has one more working vacation in August and perhaps a few more ranch visits over the next eight months, but come Jan. 20, he'll be just another part-time neighbor.