Page 2 June 11, 2015 EL SEGUNDO HERALD Obituaries We are saddened to report the passing of Martha Louise Nivans. A 47-year resident of El Segundo, Martha was born in Tennessee. She lived out her childhood in Miami, Florida, living through the Great Depression with her three siblings and single mother. She married Vernon E. Nivans in 1946, and moved to Boston, Virginia, and eventually California. She worked as a secretary for the Air Force, at the Pentagon, and worked for Aerospace in El Segundo. Martha was Assistant to the Colonel in charge of our first Space Shuttle project and launch. She also worked and eventually retired from Northrop Gruman, formerly TRW. Martha is survived by her two children, David Nivans and Robin Nivans Pollok, and her sister Imogene Hinkle. Services will be held at Douglas Family Mortuary on Friday, June 12, at 12 p.m. • Letters Ou r SPACES come in all SIZES. ALONG THE ROSECRANS CORRIDOR IN EL SEGUNDO/ MANHATTAN BEACH CONTINENTAL PARK A project of CONTINENTAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 2041 Rosecrans Ave., El Segundo, CA 90245 • Amenity Rich Location • Convenient Access to Metro Rail System, 405 & 105 Freeways • 10 minutes to LAX • Professional Property Management on Site • It’s Not Just a Location; It’s a Lifestyle! www.continentaldevelopment.com For Leasing Information, call 310.640.1520 Information is Brought to Light A sincere thank you to the El Segundo Police Officers’ Association and El Segundo Firefighters’ Association for highlighting the proposed cuts to public safety funding by City Leadership. I was unaware of this information before I saw the ad in last week’s El Segundo Herald. Public Safety affects all city residents and businesses, so I am happy this information has been brought to light. – Lisa Halvorson Hosting Needs Help Many of us are aware the Special Olympics World Games 2015 are coming to the southland this July. I think some of us are aware that El Segundo will be a Host Town to 100 athletes in the days leading up to the Games. El Segundo will be welcoming Special Olympics athletes from Uzbekistan, Macedonia and Barbados. These athletes will be spending three days with us in El Segundo, visiting our landmarks, enjoying meals donated A M E S S A G E F R O M Y O U R E L S E G U N D O P U B L I C S A F E T Y P E R S O N N E L : LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAVE A SHORT LIST OF PRIORITIES. KEEPING RESIDENTS SAFE SHOULD BE AT THE TOP OF THAT LIST. El Segundo Year to Date Crime Statistics Robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +175% Residential Burglary . . . . . . . . . +129% Commercial Burglary. . . . . . . . . . . -4% Vehicle Burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . +41% Theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +13% El Segundo residents should know that their Police and Fire Departments are being expected to do more with less. The City has eliminated 15 firefighter positions and shut down a fire engine, which has resulted in delayed response times. Your Police Department has lost 11 officers protecting the community. Mayor Fuentes has publicly admitted that City employees of labor groups have endured the brunt of the recession by conceding millions of dollars in salary and benefits to balance the City’s budget. A survey of our members earlier this year showed that 10 police officers are in the process of testing to transfer to another police department and 4 firefighters have already left to other agencies for job stability and better working conditions. If you want more information about El Segundo crime rates and our efforts to protect public safety services from unnecessary cuts, visit our websites at www.elsegundopoa.org and www.elsegundofirefighters.org. El Segundo Police Officers’ Association 214 Main Street, #115 El Segundo, CA 90245 www.elsegundopoa.org El Segundo Firefighters’ Association 531 Main Street, PMB #1104 El Segundo, CA 90245 www.elsegundofirefighters.org “Our police and firefighter personnel are at the lowest levels in decades. That impacts response times. We cannot keep losing our best police officers and firefighters and expect the same quality of public safety services.” Lisa Abbate, El Segundo Resident “There doesn’t seem to be an urgency, from some key city leaders, to take action to protect the citizens of El Segundo from the increase in crime in our community. This increase has been seen in a number of the beach cities and is in many ways a result of AB 109 and Proposition 47, which among other things, is returning violent offenders to our city. Public safety needs to be the top priority to return our neighborhood to the safe place it used to be.” Melissa Brankovic, El Segundo Resident “Saving money is good, but a second-rate police and fire department in El Segundo won’t work.” Lori McConnaha, El Segundo Resident from our restaurants and generally learning about life in the U.S.A. Donations, totaling about $30,000, are needed to cover the costs of hosting and housing these athletes. Any amount is appreciated. In fact, donation jars will be placed in many of the Downtown El Segundo stores this week. You are also welcome to bring larger donations directly to Studio Antiques. Your donations are critical to a successful Host Town El Segundo. Other Host Towns are relying upon their city budgets to fill any gap. This is not the case in El Segundo. The athletes’ Host Town El Segundo experience is being led by a local charity, GotKids? (gotkidscharity.org). Please take a moment and drop your donation at Studio Antiques or any other collection point. If everyone does just a little bit, we can proudly welcome our visiting Special Olympic athletes to El Segundo this summer. – Sally Martin Correction In last week’s Herald, it was erroneously reported in the City Council article that Mayor Pro Tem Carl Jacobson voted against hiring a permanent half-time administrative specialist in the Water Division of the Public Works Department and that the item failed. In fact, Jacobson voted in favor of the hire and the Council passed the item by a 3-2 vote (with Council members Dave Atkinson and Marie Fellhauer also voting yes). We regret the error. • Martha Louise Nivans Visit us online: www.heraldpublications.com Follow Us on Twitter @heraldpub
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