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Obituaries
Juanita Deeter
Juanita Jacklyn Deeter passed
away peacefully at home on April
13, 2020. Nita, as everyone knew
her, was born on August 7, 1925,
in their family home on Hillcrest
Street in El Segundo. She was
born tenth of eleven children to
parents Jack and Bessie Smith,
and grew up in El Segundo.
Her father worked for Standard
Oil Company.
Nita attended schools in
El Segundo, and later worked as an operator
for the phone company on Richmond
Street. Much later she worked in food services
at Chevron Refinery. With her family she attended
church in El Segundo, but later went
to the Brethren Church in Inglewood where
she met her future husband Harlan (whose
father was pastor). Nita and Harlan were
married, then built a house and raised their
children in El Segundo. In later years they
attended El Segundo Methodist
Church where she enjoyed the
women’s luncheons and the Mary
Ruth Circle.
She and Harlan enjoyed meeting
friends for breakfast at McDonald’s,
and some of her favorite
pastimes included crossword
puzzles, a good game of cards,
and occasionally Vegas penny
slots! First and foremost however,
she loved spending time with her
family, and will always be remembered for
her kindness, sweet smile and gentle ways.
Nita is survived by her loving husband of
73 years, Harlan Deeter, and children Kathy
Rutledge (Mike), Linda Reddington (Duane),
Gary Deeter, her grandchildren Greg Rutledge,
Kristie Mattsson (Mikael), Austin Deeter,
Alana Deeter, and great grandchildren Jack,
Gracie, Georgie Rutledge. A celebration of
her life will be held at a later date. •
Donald Richard “Rick” Borders
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After a brief illness, Rick
passed with a peaceful, happy
expression on his face. Clearly,
he liked where he was going.
Although he was born in Sacramento,
the family moved to
El Segundo when he was two
years old where he attended El
Segundo schools. In 1977 he
attended Lake Elsinore Military
Institute where he received the
highest honors ever awarded by
the Institute.
During Rick’s colorful life he
created and crafted his way into
many jobs involving some of
the coolest and most eccentric
vehicles, rolling or flying. He
was a “hired gun” and with his
amazing skills of fabrication,
welding and unique ability to
problem solve he made himself
an asset to companies that include
Virgin Galactic, Space X, Mickey
Thompson Racing, Bob Pond Air Racing,
Lockheed Skunkworks, Museum of Flying,
Rotary Rocket, Nemesis Air Racing, Dago
Red Air Racing, Dick and Burt Rutan’s Scaled
Composites, Vector Aeromotive, LEHR,
XCOR, ARIA Group and many others.
He was also a pilot with a special love for
helicopters. He flew, repaired and restored
vintage helicopters. Does anyone
remember the time he flew a
Helicopter into El Segundo and
landed on the rooftop parking at
Reliable Tool and Engineering on
East Franklin and Eucalyptus?
The ESPD was not amused.
Rick marched to a different beat
his entire life. He was a hard
man not to like and an impossible
man to forget. He did live
about three or four lives worth
of experience crammed into one.
He leaves behind his mother,
Elaine Rock Hopkins, brother
Dayton Borders, sisters Laura
Borders DeMaria and Robbin
Wood Arambula, four nieces,
two nephews and one ever-sograndnephew.
Rick had a quick
wit and a sense of humor which
would leave us gasping for air.
Family gatherings were full of
laughter, stories and clever word
play specializing in puns. Our family misses
him, and we are grateful we had the joy of
sharing our lives with him.
Celebration of Life will be in El Segundo
on a date to be determined. For follow up
information on Celebration please contact
laurademaria62@gmail.com or through his
siblings on FaceBook. •
Community Briefs
Kinecta Federal Credit Serves
Free Meals to First Responders
Samples were collected via a phytoplankton net tow by Curtis Cash and Craig Sawa; microscopic analysis, photography, and
identification by Greg Deets Ph.D.: all employees of the City of Los Angeles’ Environmental Monitoring Lab, located at the Hyperion
Water Reclamation Plant.
“There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you
are, you will always be in my heart.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
Recent Large Red Tide Event
What looks like red tide during the day
will sometimes glow at night when the
water is disturbed. Below are examples of
the most dominant dinoflagellates responsible
for the massive red tide observed currently
occurring off our coast. All species shown
here are capable of bioluminescence
(approximately in the 475-500 mm wavelength
range). This bloom is dominated by
Lingulidinium. •
In an act of gratitude, on April 22 - Earth
Day, Kinecta Federal Credit Union’s CEO
Keith Sultemeier and several employees served
free meals to more than 100 first responders
in Manhattan Beach and surrounding areas.
– Photos courtesy Kinecta Federal Credit Union.
Letters
More Prevention
Social distancing (s.d.) is the most effective
method we are called to exercise
for containment of the deadly virus, and
shouldn’t be compromised needlessly. In my
previous letter I related my annoyance at an
encounter with an irresponsible local jogger.
Now I see that incident within a pattern, as
follows: A) It takes little effort to maintain
s.d. when it comes to other pedestrians. One
can anticipate their pace and detour a little to
avoid contact. Joggers/runners on the other
hand can come up fast, in the worse case
from behind, before the walker can effect a
plan of evasion. B) Furthermore, a certain
narcissistic mindset seems to be common
among the jogging crowd. Their healthy
regime is so sublime that they have the right
to maintain their course and speed without
interruption, no matter how narrow the space
or who else is occupying it. Those physically
least able to dodge out of the way are likely
to be among the most at risk from the virus.
C). Most joggers don’t wear facial covering
- understandable to allow heavy breathing
but especially dangerous for that reason. My
conclusion, with over 50,000 Americans dead,
is that the city should seriously consider a ban
on jogging/running during the present crisis.”
– Edward Ryan •