Page 2 April 2, 2020 EL SEGUNDO HERALD
By Gregg McMullin
With the sports world shut down, for the
foreseeable future, how about checking in on
some of El Segundo high school’s students
and athletes. Their time in the classroom and
on the competitive field of play might be on
hold, but their spirit and courage continue to
shine. Jordan Peterson is a junior who, like
most teens, is very friendly and social in school
and away. She is doing her part to stay healthy
and active while being at home.
Peterson helped lead the Eagles to back to back 20 win seasons.
Jordan is an outstanding athlete who is one
of the school’s top female basketball players.
With her high IQ in the classroom and her
athleticism on the court, she prefers to be
called a student-athlete rather than being called
one of the school’s athletes. She comes from
an athletic family that stresses the knowledge
of a classroom setting. Her parents, who are
both athletic, could compete for a spot on the
game show Jeopardy. Her brother Ben was a
standout guard for the Eagles, had a 4.5 GPA
and gave the 2019 Valedictorian speech.
Jordan says that basketball was a way of
life growing up. She attended plenty of her
dad’s games and played against her brother in
backyard one-on-one games. “My dad was a
college coach and he taught my brother and me
the fundamentals and more.” Her dad has been
her high school coach for the past two seasons.
So what does an active teen like Jordon do
while being restricted to movement outside
the home? She says it’s been a challenge
adjusting both with her classroom work and
her socializing. “It has been difficult moving
from learning in a classroom to on-line school.”
She added that the teachers and staff at school
have been very understanding. “They are doing
everything they can do to make this an easy
transition way to learn.”
Jordan has a circle of friends she keeps in
touch with but admits she misses not being
able to see her friends and classmates in person
daily. What she misses most about school is
seeing her peers and attending the spring sports
teams. “My friends and I have done a good
job maintaining contact through FaceTime,
Snapchat, texting and phone calls.”
Jordan is currently recovering from foot
surgery, so even if the quarantine from the
COVID-19 virus was lifted, she’d have a
challenge getting around. She is limited to
a modified workout at home while shooting
baskets one-legged in her backyard.
With so much time on her hands, Jordan likes
to reminisce on this past season’s basketball
season. She helped lead the Eagles to their
second consecutive 20-win season, a first for
Obituaries
Keith David Storm
From the City of El Segundo
and Rotary Club
Jordan Peterson Doing Her Part
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Keith David Storm, a 19 yr.
El Segundo resident, was called to
Heaven on March 26, 2020, after
a courageously fought 11-year
cancer battle. Their only child,
Keith was born in Inglewood in
1949 to Lorraine & David Storm
but their family moved back East
and returned to Inglewood, later
in years, where Keith lettered
in Cross Country running and
graduated from Inglewood High
School. Not long after he was ushered quickly
to the jungles of Vietnam and island of Guam
and later Vandenberg Air Force Base where he
worked with bomb munitions (conventional and
nuclear). After his Air Force tour Keith followed
his father in the High-Rise engineering field
by taking various trade tech courses in the LA
area and earning a degree at Long Beach State.
After a stretch working with the U.S. Postal
service Keith joined the IUOE Local 501 as
an Operating Engineer maintaining high rise
buildings downtown Los Angeles (California
Plaza), LAX and other areas. It didn’t take
long before Keith achieved Chief Operating
Engineer status working over 33 tireless years
with his teams winning building of the year
awards. Keith hosted many foreign exchange
students over the years and he
was most proud to be host father
for Mayuko Matsumoto Fujimoto.
Growing up his biggest passion was
working on and racing cars at Lions
Drag Strip (Corvairs and Camaros).
He would carry this passion
throughout his life attending classic
car and hot rod shows. Keith also
enjoyed anything related to planes.
His father had been a pilot of the
B17 in WWII. Another passion
in the past few years was practicing
Tai Chi with his friends at the St. Andrews
Russian Greek Catholic Church. Keith found
his life’s soulmate “Mary” Maryla Storm on the
dance floor where they became avid ballroom
dancers while specializing in lindy-hop and
balboa. Dancing in Catalina a highlight for 16
yrs. Keith is survived by his wife, Mary Storm,
as well as life-long friend Glenn Milligan,
Car friends Larry Ruthven & Paul Evans and
Engineer friend Brett Hurff. Keith’s Parents
preceded him in death. Keith, the “DUCKMAN”
will be greatly missed by many friends including
those he touched and inspired during his
mighty cancer battle. A Mass at St. Anthony’s
Catholic Church and celebration of life with
In-N-Out will be held later in the year. •
When Community Counts
Paid it Forward
There are Very Nice people here in El
Segundo. I found this out personally one
day not too long ago when I visited the local
Home Town Liquor Store. As an elderly
young person, I didn’t want to chance going
to Ralphs. I brought my nephew with me
to help carry things. I found my favorite
little champagne four-packs, milk, some
pickles and ice cream (just in case pregnant
ladies happen by) and brought them all
to the checkout counter. There was a young
man before me buying beer. He started to
entire his credit card but stopped looked at
me and told the clerk he wanted to buy my
order also. I told him that I was fine buying
my order, but he insisted. I stood there,
dumbfounded. I thanked him and he left.
That was the kindest thing anyone has done
for me - a stranger. I don’t know him. But
whoever you are, just know you brightened
my day. My husband was dying at the time
(he has now passed). I needed the uplift. God
Bless this kind soul.
– Mary Storm
Best 40th Ever
For my 40th birthday, Tony Barthel (Sounds
Like Fun) arranged for the El Segundo Fire
Department to deliver a birthday cake to
our office. Until you see a cake lit with 40
candles, do you realize how smart it was
to have the Fire Department deliver it. It
was a kind, thoughtful gesture by everyone
involved. It made me extremely happy and I
felt so special on such a milestone birthday.
The memory still makes me smile. In El
Segundo, community counts.
Heidi Maerker, El Segundo Herald
Buy More Than Food
Here’s a great idea. Support your favorite
El Segundo business by adding a t-shirt
or hat to your next take-out order. The
additional revenue helps them, and you get
some awesome gear to wear. You’ll be comfy
while staying at home and representing our
cool local joints when this is all over.
– Eric Christenson
The Rotary Club of El Segundo, in partnership
with the El Segundo Rec & Parks,
have developed a COVID-19 Senior Outreach
program to assist community members over
the age of 65 who are in home isolation or
are unable to shop for essential supplies as a
result of restrictions due to the Coronavirus
pandemic. You can call the dedicated hotline
Joslyn Center (310) 524-2705
Shopping requests are limited to 15 items.
Items include: basic foods, household goods,
and essential hygiene .Items are limited to those
that can be purchased within El Segundo stores.
Delivery days: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays
Items are delivered to the Senior’s
doorstep
Payment of goods: requested on delivery
in cash or check only
Hard-to-find or out-of-stock items may
not be immediately available and will be
delivered as soon as possible. For more
information, you can email: outreachhelp@
elsegundo.org
– Provided by El Segundo Rotary Club.
From the City of El Segundo
and Chamber of Commerce
As the COVID19 pandemic began to spread
across the globe, El Segundo restaurants
experienced swift, devastating changes to the
number of customers in their dining rooms.
A small community of people who care for
one another deeply, El Segundo’s restaurant
owners and operators came together, along
with the Chamber of Commerce and staff
members from the City of El Segundo, to
talk about the next steps. How could they
support one another to keep the restaurants
in business, their staff employed and fresh
food to the people of El Segundo? From this,
an idea was born “Gundo To Go.”
The El Segundo Police Department
distributed signs and cones for designated
parking. The list of participating restaurants
is growing! Keep an eye on “Gundo
to Go” webpage for the latest additions.
Thank you for supporting the El Segundo
restaurant community!
– Provided by Hello Marketing. •
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The El Segundo Herald
wants to sincerely thank
all the advertisers that
are sticking with us,
during this difficult time.
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See Sports, page 4
Community Counts from front page
HelpING Hands