The Winged M, June 2020

M U LT N O M A H AT H L E T I C C L U B

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Multnomah Athletic Club’s mission: Enrich lives, foster friendships and build upon traditions of excellence in athletic, wellness and social programs.

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JUNE 2020 | VOL. 109 No. 5

Contents

Dr. Nancy Yen Shipley and Angelina Perreira Walker, of TAH handbags, delivering masks along with Dr. Emily Hu and DJs from 105.1 FM.

FEATURED

31 | Reports from the Front Lines MAC doctors, nurses and pharmacists share their experiences amid COVID-19.

36 | Master of Tools The man behind the Leatherman shares his passions — at MAC and beyond.

52 | Scholar Athletes Catch up with two graduating seniors and meet the 2020 cohort of scholarship winners.

MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS STAFF Stephanie Cameron

Marketing Communications Director

Jared Grawrock

Digital Marketing Manager

Jill Moran

Project Manager

Julia Omelchuck

Graphic Designer/ Ad Services Coordinator

Michael Pendergast

CLUB NEWS

WELLNESS

9 | Faces of MAC 11 | Facilities 13 | Club Decision Making 16 | Employee Assistance 18 | Q&A with GM 21 | House Committee 21 | MAF Tributes 21 | Travel 23 | In Memoriam 24 | Creative Writing 27 | Connecting Online

46-48 Wellness Apps Weekly Online Sessions

Senior Graphic Designer

CULINARY

Kelly Robb

28-29 Sunset Bistro Recipes

Marketing Manager

Jake Ten Pas Copywriter

Allyson Wilinski Managing Editor

VIRTUAL EVENTS 42-45 Zoom How-To Family, Friends, Community

AT H L E T I C S 60 | Racquetball 64 | Karate 65 | Fitness 66 | Climbing 68 | Handball 70 | Tennis 71 | Squash

5 | President’s Column 7 | GM’s Column 50 | Scrapbook 63 | By the Numbers 72 | Walk Across America 74 | Sudoku 79 | Advertiser Index 80 | MAC Marketplace 82 | Just for Fun

ON THE COVER Join friends at MAC’s virtual kitchen and bar. Cover design by Mike Pendergast

Next month in The Winged M: • Artists and Creators • MAC Yearbook

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PRESIDENT’S COLUMN

I A PLATINUM CLUB

President William Lee Vice President Marianne Brophy Ritchie Treasurer Connie Dunkle-Weyrauch Secretary Michael Silvey

Trustees Stephen Brown Kyle Goulard Mike Mathews Chase McPherson Robert Torch Irma Valdez Marilyn Whitaker Reidun Zander Committee Chairs 20s/30s Louie Paul Arts Kirsten Leonard Athletic Debbie Williams Balladeers Jon Lee Basketball Mark Plumlee Budget and Finance Connie Dunkle-Weyrauch Climbing Joanne Siegel Culture and Style Gretchen Sturm Communications Sara Weinstein Cycling Steve Getsiv Dance Cinzia Corio-Holman Diversity Admissions Jenny Kim Early Birds Scott Spaulding Exercise & Decathlon Steve Brown Family Events Emily Whiting Golf Steve McNeill Gymnastics Carrie Jones Handball Brian Lee Holiday Decorating Bridget Connolly House Ann Blume Karate Mark Twietmeyer MelloMacs Amy Johnson Member Events Jennifer Strait Membership Jamie Daigle Outdoor Activities Program Sue Rimkeit Pilates Irvin Handelman Property Ken Boyko Racquetball Georgette Blomquist Ski Jeff Albright Social Activities Anne Cleve Squash Byron Gaddis Studio Fitness Amy Caplan Swim Brad Fennell Synchro Lisa Girard Tennis Andrew Randles Triathlon & Running Amy Henderson Volleyball Nikki Metcalf Walking & Hiking Suzanne Zarling Water Fitness Chris Bathurst Water Volleyball Dinda Mills Yoga Daureen Morris

n 2018, the club conducted a member-wide, strategic survey that revealed much about our current and potential future MAC members. Our objective was to learn why you joined MAC, what you enjoy most, and William Lee what your hopes PRESIDENT are for the future.

We have been using this data ever since to help us improve our offerings and to prepare for this year’s lottery. It should come as no surprise that the main reason members said they elected to join was participation in athletics, followed closely by socializing and, for families with children, a safe place for them to try out different activities and be with their friends.

The pandemic has temporarily denied us access to all these things as we had come to know them. Athletes have found different ways to train, socializing has been virtual, and our kids have been unable to see their friends for the past 10 weeks. That’s at least six months in kid time. However, as June arrives, and the sun shines and the days grow longer, there is a sense of optimism in the air. We can now look to the future and our imminent return to MAC. As we entered the COVID-19 quarantine, we received more feedback on what members enjoy most. Many members, committee chairs, trustees and former trustees continue to engage daily with staff to provide direction on virtual content for members. From virtual bingo and trivia to dance and Pilates classes; happy hours with Roni; and cooking demonstrations with chefs Oswalt, Boulot and Bascom, the overarching goal is providing engaging activities for all age groups, even from a distance.

My wife and I were appreciative and impressed when we pulled our car into the Turnaround on the Saturday before Mother’s Day to pick up the special gift bag we purchased. Staff and volunteers

worked side-by-side to get 160 of these beautiful and thoughtful presents together for member moms. The moment served as a reminder of how our community is continually working together to provide the best member experiences.

Times like these require more frequent communications with information that is forthright and transparent. The board and club management remain committed to keeping you all informed as regularly as possible. I want to thank Bev Davis and Sara Weinstein (the former and current Communication Committee chairs) and all the members of the Communications Committee who have been actively guiding the club’s expanding communications efforts. With weekly letters, the bi-weekly live Q&As with GM Charles Leverton and me, increased social media posts and MAC@Home virtual content, we’re seeing more engagement with members. The committee has also helped build on the club’s Crisis Communications Plan. We are a stronger and better club because of the work they are doing.

Throughout this pandemic, our guiding principle has been the safety of our members and staff. As we move toward the reopening of the club, this will remain our primary focus. We will continue to share with you our plans for each phase of the reopening and the driving forces of our actions.

I want to thank those of you who have donated to the new Emergency and Employee Assistance Fund being administered by America’s Charities. Any donation amount will make a big difference in the lives of our laid-off employees and sends a message of support to them. As a reminder, your donations are tax deductible and all the money you contribute (excluding credit card fees) goes directly to the employees.

More information is on page 16.

As a reminder, we plan to recognize MAC members from the graduating class of 2020 in July’s Winged M. Visit the News page at themac.com for details on how you can submit a photo and a short bio of your graduate to be featured in the magazine.

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MANAGER’S COLUMN General Manager Charles Leverton Senior Executive Assistant Melania Oppat Community Relations Manager Mary Fetsch Athletic & Wellness Director Elsa Lemoine Dance/Gymnastics/Aquatics Manager Jason Amos Fitness Manager Darrell Duvauchelle Outdoor Manager Chad Failla Racquetball Manager Hank Marcus Squash Manager Werner Hergeth Tennis Manager Paul Reber Wellness Manager Will Cath Youth Programs Manager Jenny Robinett Marketing Communications Director Stephanie Cameron Facilities Director John Sterbis Housekeeping & Laundry Manager Elaine O’Flynn Maintenance Manager Steve Bell Security Manager Tim Glazier Safety Manager Jeff Miller Finance & Accounting Director Lindsey Bakker Food & Beverage Director Cameron McMurry Events & Catering Manager Abby DenUyl Executive Chef Philippe Boulot Food & Beverage Manager Matthew Carter Human Resources Director Lucilla Valley Member Services Director Lisa Virtue Club Engagement Manager Kevin Pollack Technology Director Matt Abraham

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he top-two questions I receive from our members are “When will we open?” and “What can we expect?”

Unfortunately, as I write this in the middle of May, we don’t quite Charles Leverton yet have all the GENERAL MANAGER answers. I can say that we are getting closer, and that we will be prepared to welcome you when that moment finally arrives.

As of this writing, we have received our state’s guidance for reopening and most counties are beginning the long journey back toward normalcy. The MAC leadership team remains supportive of Multnomah County’s slow and steady approach, and I am hopeful that by the time this column publishes I will have had the opportunity to share with you a more exact timeline based on both city and county guidance.

In the meantime, I am able to convey some details of what your MAC experience might look like as we reopen. We have committed to opening cautiously and scaling our experience as we learn to navigate our new operating constraints. Currently, we intend on using the first few weeks to test our procedures and member experience by asking a small group of you to help us finalize our plans and ensure we are meeting expectations. Stay tuned for opportunities to participate in this pilot group.

We intend to mirror like organizations operating locally; strictly enforce governmental mandates; strongly encourage (but not enforce) additional science-based safety precautions, such as mask wearing; and include member feedback in all of our processes.

Once we are confident that our doors can open to general membership, we plan to begin with limited offerings in our fitness spaces and the Sports Pub. I want to be fully transparent: this MAC experience will vary from the robust menus and multitude of activities we have provided in the past.

What will not change is our singular focus on serving you and bringing our community back together.

We expect that the number of in-person fitness classes will be greatly reduced, with small class sizes to allow for mandated spacing requirements. Similarly, we will provide you access to your favorite cardio and weight equipment, but only by maintaining necessary spacing and taking cleaning precautions. We also will make locker rooms available for a quick change. As per the current guidelines, our pools, court sports and showers will all remain unavailable for use during the initial opening.

Our virtual offerings have become a surprise hit, and we intend to continue those as we begin to open physical spaces. In fact, you might find that Roni is hosting a virtual Happy Hour while also serving patrons in the pub, or that your favorite fitness instructor is livestreaming from our studios while you join in from home. That said, we will ensure that livestreaming does not impact any members’ right to privacy.

Ultimately, these plans remain in draft format as we wait for the county and city to issue final guidelines and announce reopening dates. That said, we have been asked to lead a forum of Portland gyms to provide feedback to the mayor’s office, which should enable us to stay informed and quickly pivot to any new requirements.

I’ll leave you with one final thought. As the tensions of the crisis have sometimes overwhelmed me, I have embraced one simple principle that has given me peace of mind: Lead with positive intent.

With more than 22,000 members of all ages, club leadership’s decisions are unlikely to perfectly align with every expectation.

With a new and uncharted path before us, we will make mistakes. With so much at stake and so many of us just wishing for the world to return to “normal,” we will sometimes find ourselves frustrated with an unstable and confusing world. In those trying moments, I ask myself to reflect on the most positive interpretation of the situation and to let kindness win the day.

I would encourage you each to do the same.

We will make it through this together, and our community will be stronger than ever before.

Until next month, when I hope to be able to greet many of you in person, be well and be safe. Take care of yourselves and one another. The next virtual drink is on me!

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FACES OF MAC

Pacific University professor emeritus and MAC Handball hero Dr. Mike Steele was honored with the prestigious Heritage Award from Notre Dame’s Knute Rockne Memorial Society. Steele has written such books as Knute Rockne: A Portrait of a Notre Dame Legend, The Fighting Irish Football Encyclopedia and Simply Devine.

He flew to South Bend, Indiana, in late 2019 to attend the ceremony.

As a leading light in making Pacific University’s club team a force to be reckoned with nationally, he’s also an inductee-in-waiting for the U.S. Handball Hall of Fame. In addition, Steele is a past president of the National Handball Association.

Even MAC members not familiar with his skills on the court may be aware of his club presentations on Notre Dame football, as well as his expertise in relation to the Holocaust and Civil War.

A member of MAC’s Climbing Team, Haddon worked with her coaches and captains to get the word out to fellow teammates, many of whom showed up to the event. With more than 50 runners, they raised more than $900 for St. Jude.

Two Lincoln High School rising sophomores are on a mission to combat cancer by raising money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and they’re bringing their friends and fellow MAC members along for the run. Kate Haddon and Morgan Miller are members of the St. Jude Leadership Society, and the pair put on a fun run in early March.

“Now more than ever, the children at St. Jude need our support as many of the patients are immune-compromised.

During the difficult times we are facing right now with COVID-19, your donation will help save lives,” Haddon said recently while reflecting on the event.

“Community is very important to us, and receiving the support from my climbing team was not only very impactful but also inspirational,” she says. “With their support, along with our track team, friends, family members and members of our school administration, we saw our community come together as one to back a great cause.”

Miller adds that she really appreciates the support of everyone who turned out, and hopes to see them and more MAC members at their run next year. “We hope to make this fundraiser an annual event!”

For more information, members can visit Haddon and Miller’s fundraising pages at events.stjude.org/ katehaddon or events.stjude.org/ morganemiller.

She and Miller collected donations of supplies, refreshments and prizes from local businesses, as well as working to raise awareness for the charitable organization’s mission to cure childhood cancer and make sure that families never see a bill.

To submit information for Faces of MAC, contact Allyson Wilinski at awilinski@themac.com.

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CLUB NEWS

While You Were Out If there’s a silver lining to the pandemic, it is the ability to make repairs and improvements throughout the club that typically would have disrupted members.

Much of the work is being done deep in the inner workings of the building, such as upgrading all lighting and HVAC systems, as well as other power supply controls. All improvements will likely be completed by the club’s Phase 1 reopening. Here are a few highlights of work that’s being done: • The biggest job underway is the resurfacing, striping and painting of the Parking Structure. The entire garage is also being pressure washed.

• New TV monitors have been added to , Tennis Courts 3 and 4. Now all four courts inside the main building are equipped with screens at each end that show all action on an eight-second delay.

The Men’s Sauna is ready for guests.

• All three pools are being drained, and annual preventive maintenance work is being completed.

• Necessary annual upkeep was done on all the elevators.

• The Men’s Sauna has been spiffed up with the benches sanded and sealed.

• The outdoor pickleball court has been resurfaced and lines painted with colors chosen by members.

• There’s a new coat of paint in Studio Two, and improved lighting in the women’s and junior locker rooms, as well as in the stretching and Pilates rooms.

• The Sports Pub’s TVs and sound system have all been upgraded.

• The Skybridge walkway will get a fresh coating of epoxy to match the garage.

Additionally, improvements to club access and safety will be rolled out through the end of the year. Details to come.

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Communicating in a Crisis Members and staff work closely during uncertain times The coronavirus has changed day-to-day life for everyone. It has required people to learn new ways to live and interact, but it also has created opportunity “I believe we are a stronger club and community because we have embraced these challenges head on,” says President William Lee. “When we were told that the club had to close, we had to tackle many decisions with much uncertainty at a rapid pace. Fortunately, we have a deep bench of crisis communication expertise in the club who helped guide us.”

The top priority was, and remains, the safety of MAC members and staff. “Every decision was made through the lens of safety,” Lee adds.

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Unprecedented Decisions Ahead The decision to reduce dues and fees, while keeping on the staff essential to maintaining the building and providing value to members, required drawing from reserves. MAC had to quickly pivot from a building-centric experience for members to being fully virtual.

President Lee recounts brainstorming sessions starting with “What if.” What if we reduced dues and fees? What if we laid off staff? What if we used cash reserves to cover costs? The club still had hard costs to cover, including taxes, utilities, insurance and maintenance.

“We had to make so many big decisions about operations, staffing and expenditures really quickly. The hardest was the decision

to lay off 600-plus employees,” says Lee. “Communicating this decision was the most difficult part of the process, as MAC’s exceptional employees are a part of the bigger MAC family.”

The pandemic emerged at a time of change with a new board, general manager and other executives. The Communications Committee, chaired by Sara Weinstein, served as a critical asset.

“In a crisis, you have to do everything you can to communicate early and often, and get buy-in for decision-making strategies,” says Weinstein. “It’s been a great team effort among the committee members, General Manager Charles Leverton, President Lee, officers Marianne Ritchie, Connie DunkleWeyrauch and Mike Silvey, all the first- and second-year trustees, and the Continued on page 15

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Continued from page 13 Marketing Communications team. We’ve had numerous meetings via Zoom, and the email traffic has been intense.”

In these unprecedented times, we are working tirelessly to provide the support and care necessary to get through this together.

The health and safety of our residents, staff, and our community at large remains our top priority and primary concern.

The committee has provided support to improve communications efforts and member engagement, including: • Making it easier to find online classes, programs and events via the MAC@Home webpage.

• Restructuring the My Membership webpage to highlight links to important content related to COVID and virtual offerings.

• Utilizing social media platforms to connect members with like-minded peers, as well as MAC content.

• Strengthening the quality and depth of online content offerings.

• Enhancing the club’s crisis communications plan, led by crisis communication subcommittee Chair Susan Bladholm.

Being Accessible Both Lee and Leverton were new to their roles when the pandemic hit. “They have been open to new ideas, accessible and committed to transparency,” says Weinstein. “Stephanie Cameron, new to her role as Marketing and Communications director, and Community Relations Manager Mary Fetsch have been working double-time on outreach to members and staff,” she says. “The Communications Committee applauds all of them for their willingness to step forward and pursue as many avenues to communicate as possible, including videos, live Q&A chats and weekly emails.”

Adds Lee, “We want as much member engagement as possible. We welcome all the tough questions about why we make the decisions we make. The pandemic has demonstrated the importance of being open and accessible. It’s MAC’s “new normal.” WM

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When Our Community Comes Together The coronavirus pandemic has pushed the MAC community — and the world — into unknown territory, and the Board of Trustees and MAC leadership are committed to helping laid-off staff during this time.

The club has contracted with the nonprofit America’s Charities to manage and administer an Emergency and Employee Assistance Fund (EEAF).

This option was chosen because funds are considered grants and do not impact unemployment benefits or reported income, and donations are tax-deductible.

America’s Charities provides a platform for members and employees to donate, as well as to accept applications for assistance.

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The First 90 Days: Checking in with MAC’s General Manager MAC’s General Manager Charles Leverton had been on the job just five weeks when he found himself standing in a makeshift “COVID-19 War Room.”

He was surrounded by the club’s Executive Leadership Team on an emergency conference call with the newly assembled Board of Trustees. “We were making the difficult decision to close the club possibly for the first time in its 129-year history.” What was already a steep learning curve entered new territory.

The Winged M checked in with Leverton at his 90-day mark to learn, among other things, what’s surpised and inspired him at MAC, and how sports have been pivotal to his success.

What in your background prepared you for these unprecedented times?

Charles Leverton: The entirety of my background prepared me for this. My deep love of sports and health allows me to see past the building and focus on the culture of MAC. It’s easier for me not to be deflated when the building goes away.

My time working for the military and the Department of Defense taught me how to triage incidents, lead with scenariobased solutions and, most importantly, stay calm under fire.

Working in corporate America taught me how to prioritize and organize work, how to shift quickly into working in a digital environment (aka remotely). At Nike, I was leading a global team, leveraging technology and creating global offerings for our consumers. More than half of my team was working remotely across six time zones.

Finally, my sense of humor and undying faith in people. I grew up in a pretty difficult environment, and it was my sense of humor and natural optimism that got me through. That’s also what’s getting me through these hard days.

Other than the obvious, what has been unexpected about leading MAC? CL: What surprised me was the level of engagement, participation and expertise within our membership. And the willingness of those individuals to contribute pro bono to the club. It adds another layer of complexity, but if done well, provides

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What are your favorite workouts?

You love sports and use a lot of sports analogies as part of your leadership style. Talk about the role of sports in your life and how it inspires you.

What are the top three skills you’ve brought to the table to help MAC transform into a better and smarter club for the future?

CL: Sports started off as my way to find refuge in all parts of my life. Growing up, it was my way to get away. We grew up in a small farming town where opportunities were limited, so sports became the vehicle I used to rise above my station. Sports helped me belong, and became my family and community. It also taught me discipline, teamwork and how to work hard and persevere.

Later in life, it’s been how I expressed myself and how I met my friends. It correlated to being successful on and off the field of competition, and it became an equalizer. I could meet people beyond my business network, which drastically helped my career.

CL: It’s seasonal. In colder months, it’s basketball. In warmer months, it’s soccer.

Although I am starting to become a peloton loyalist!

CL: Number one, I have a strong passion for the voice of the consumer (member). I lead most conversations questioning if I’m hearing the voice of the few or the voice of the majority. It’s ingrained in me to focus on the customer experience and their journey.

Second, I break large, complex things into simple self-sustaining processes. I believe in getting a long series of small wins focused on a large vision, all the while keeping emphasis on delivering outcomes, not just solutions.

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Third: Team leadership. I believe a leader is measured by the leaders they build. The team should be autonomous and able to perform against the overall vision without constantly getting permission. I geek out on building high-performing teams that are engaged in the work of the enterprise and pride themselves on being cross-functional and consumer-centric.

You’ve only physically been in the club for five weeks. First impressions?

CL: I go back to member journeys and experiences in the club. If we’re an athletic club, how are we making sure that other services support that? Is food easily available? Can we make it easier to get in and out of the club so members can be active longer? How does every part of the building serve the journey, from signs to staff?

Do you have a favorite hobby?

CL: Coaching youth soccer. I’ve coached all three of my kids over the past two decades. I try to coach them until no older than eighth grade, at which point they tend to outgrow my skill level.

My son is graduating from Portland State, where he started the past two years, and he coaches the U14 program at Tualatin Hills. My daughter, Alissa, plays for Lake Oswego and Oregon Premier, and I am currently running the girls U10 team at Lake Oswego Soccer Club, where my youngest, Emma, plays. Soccer has become our family sport.

What is one thing about you that most people do not know?

CL: English is not my first language, it’s German. Although my father was American, I didn’t learn English until I was nine, when we emigrated to the United States. I spent the majority of my elementary school years taking speech l essons to lose my accent. A few beers and I tend to slip back to pronouncing my Vs as Ws. “Let’s go play some Wideo games!”

I also love the idea of understanding the purpose of our offerings — why we are doing things. Closing the club has forced us to question our processes and offerings.

If we understand why people engage, when we come back, we can be more purposeful about what we are doing. For example, tennis is more than just a way to get active.

It’s an entire subculture within our club that likely warrants some deeper community support when we reopen.

CL: I would love to see MAC become the healthiest community in the country.

A true healthy community that’s physically active, emotionally content and socially connected. I’d love for us to embark on a journey to discover what that takes to scale.

I want us living our best lives, and I want the rest of America to look toward “The MAC Way,” as a beacon.

What has inspired you at MAC?

Drop this same community of 22,000 members into another space, and I think we would quickly make it our “second home.” I believe we are proving the magic is in the community, not the building.

CL: Two things, really. I believe the virtual offerings being created have been a blessing in disguise. They will help more members stay connected when we open our doors and provide opportunities to explore ideas that space constraints may have prevented.

You worked globally for Nike, specializing in innovation and strategy. What’s your moon shot for the MAC?

Same idea for the sense of community.

How do we leverage all parts of our ecosystem to amplify that objective? I think we have some opportunities to deliver an improved experience. For example, we have a long history here, and I’d like to share more of the stories of who we are and who we want to be. There’s a lot of empty concrete and brick; I’d like to see those spaces become part of the journey.

To inspire, inform and engage.

CL: Through the pandemic, we’ve proven to ourselves that the building is a key amplifier of our community, but our community thrives beyond it.

What are you most excited about for the future of MAC?

With the stay home order, are you doing things differently with your family?

CL: Working virtually usually means there is little free time in your day, and hours tend to be very long as you are always available.

I schedule family time on my calendar and make an effort to be more purposeful on how I spend time with family. Every day we try to plan something meaningful together. So far, we have had lots of walks, and a few karaoke parties, movies nights and family workouts.

If you could wave a magic wand and solve one problem, what would it be?

CL: I would love to be able to speak to all of our members all the time. I learn so much every time I have a conversation, and it would be great to know if we are truly serving the needs of our entire community as we make decisions. That said, our committees our the next best thing because they reflect a large sampling of our members.

Oh, and I would like my hair back!

What are nine words that describe your first 90 days at MAC? CL: Interesting, unexpected, intense, emotional, informative, opportunity, difficult, team and community. WM

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CLUB NEWS

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House Committee Sanctions The House Committee enforces rules of conduct for members and guests by investigating infractions and recommending sanctions to the Board of Trustees. Recent board actions are listed below, along with reminders about the applicable Club Rules.

Club Rules Reminder

Rules Violations • A 23-year-old member was suspended for two months for behavior unbecoming a member. The member became overly intoxicated and exhibited inappropriate behavior in the Turnaround following a MAC 20s/30s event.

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Enid Alice Mills May 11, 1948-April 11, 2020 Enid Mills, a longtime resident of Portland, died Saturday, April 11, in her home. Enid enjoyed a successful career as a realtor and was best known in the community for her good humor, infectious laugh and joyful spirit.

She is survived by her son, Justin (Ali); her two beloved granddaughters, Skylar and Kennedy; nephews, Shawn (Tamara and children), Jeff (Linda), Travis (Heather and children); cousin, Bob (Sully); and brother-in-law, Cecil.

Enid grew up with her older sister and best friend Marilyn in Walla Walla, Washington. Regardless of where she lived, Enid always had the heart of a city girl.

In the late 1960s, she moved to Portland, where her rare gift to befriend anyone really flourished, and even her business associates and clients became lifelong friends. Her many joys included travel, golf, pickleball, socializing at MAC and inviting friends for dinners on the deck or to attend performances with her at the local dance theater. An adored nana, as she was known by her granddaughters, she loved spending time with and hosting her granddaughters for sleepovers.

The beach was one of her favorite places, and she could frequently be found at her home on the Oregon Coast. There, she hosted countless family gatherings and celebrations. She loved to surround herself with good food, great friends and her family. People from all walks of life gravitated to her bright light and larger than life personality. Her joyous laugh, playful spirit and lollipops will not be forgotten. She will be forever loved and missed.

A celebration of life will be planned for a later date.

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Please send obituaries for current and former MAC members to obituaries@ themac.com. Submissions should be 500 words or less and may be edited for MAC style, grammar and clarity.

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No Entry for MAC Early Birds in a Time of COVID-19

By Soren Andersen I am a MAC Early Bird. Early Birds are MAC members who work out early in the morning — from the hardcore who stand in line when the doors open at 5 a.m., precisely, to those who trickle in during the next few hours of the early morning.

What activities (classes, cardio, weights) they do is less of a factor than the fact that they enthusiastically get up early to exercise at MAC.

Next, I make my way through my exercise routine, with an occasional nod and smile, saying hello to those I know. Maybe a conversation with Glen or John to catch up and hear about their family or latest trip. Say hello to Val, a MAC instructor, or get a spot from one of the staff on an exercise. I am in my comfort zone — My home away from home.

If I do nothing else, my day will still be complete.

In the season of COVID-19, at 5 a.m. I reach for my iPad to see what’s new in the world. The digital version of the Wall Street Journal will have to do, as it has for the past month or so.

But not today. And likely not tomorrow. Not for the past 30 days or so thanks to COVID-19.

Today at 5 a.m., I lie in bed and read the Wall Street Journal on my iPad. This is a virtual world lacking the feel of a fresh newspaper, face-to-face interactions throughout the day, and the freedom to roam.

These have been replaced by virtual news, church on YouTube, family phone calls, and Zoom meetings from home. On the bright side, there is no need to dress up or for long commutes. The family is together 24-7, and we can enjoy home-cooked meals three times a day. But something is missing.

Normally, I would be heading down Burnside at 5 a.m., turning at Zupan’s, weaving my way through the mature tree-lined, cozy Goose Hollow streets into the MAC Parking Structure and to the second level to find my special spot close to the stairs.

I enter MAC through the Main Entrance (the Athletic Entrance doesn’t open until 7, for those contemplating Early Bird membership), swipe my card, and exchange “good morning” greetings and a smile with the receptionist. I zip down the concrete stairs to the Exercise and Conditioning Room. The hardcore Early Birds are in position at their battle stations, having already started their workouts.

Most are regulars, but there is some variability from day to day in who is there.

I head to the center staff area under the TVs, drop my coat, put in my earphones, getting nods and smiles from the staff, and pick up a nice and crisp new copy of the Wall Street Journal. Ah, that tactile feel and the smell of fresh ink. I snatch a sanitizing wipe without slowing down and head for “my” elliptical. I greet the lady on the elliptical to my right, who is a regular too, and who gives me a smile. The music begins, and I eagerly consume the newspaper, glancing up from time to time to check the news and stock quotes on the TVs and absorb the energy and companionship of fellow Early Birds.

Today, out of curiosity, I fired up the old convertible and drove down Burnside to check on MAC. Salmon Street was empty except for a solitary TriMet bus making the rounds. The Turnaround and parking lots were closed with “No Entry” signs.

Construction noise and dust emanated from the Parking Structure. The main MAC building stood majestically silent, empty, and devoid of MAC Early Birds and their life energy. I wondered what they were all up to during this time — the receptionist, the staff of the E&C, the lady on the elliptical, Glen, John, Curt and Sasha from 1891/Men’s Bar, and all the rest of the staff and members. Were they OK? Would they be back? Would some not make it? Maybe I wouldn’t make it. One thing I know is that no matter what happens, MAC will be there and Early Birds will be there again at 5 a.m. when COVID-19 recedes. I, too, hope to be there when it reopens.

Anderson and Vigeland’s personal essays were written as part of Tom Hallman’s Tell You Story writing class at MAC.

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collective wing and taught me what I needed to know.

That team was a strong one of eight women, all in their sixties or older at that point. We practiced and practiced and for the first time in my life, I knew what it was like to be a part of a sports team. It was awesome.

Up next was the team’s first national competition in Landover, Maryland. I certainly didn’t crack into the team of eight, but I was asked to go along as an alternate.

Now, we were representing MAC and were determined to do our best. And that we did!

I watched my teammates swim their hearts out and win first place. No, I didn’t swim that first time, but this was my team. These generous and loving MAC women even made sure that I received a medal as the alternate.

As the years have gone by, there have been numerous teammates and lots of competitions. We’ve had amazing national and international success. When life has dealt

me bumps along the way, there is always the eagerness to get back into the water that pushes me internally. I want to be there for my teammates. They are part of my extended family.

MAC’s 50s and 30s Synchro teams in Tupelo, Mississippi, October 2019. Author is third from the left in the middle row, with glasses.

Synchronized swimming changed my life. It is aerobically challenging. It is demanding of the mind relative to memory, timing, and spatial awareness. I fell in love with the sport, and my schedule, even at 76, revolves around practices and competition.

And then, along came COVID-19.

Adaptation

By Julie Vigeland As a young girl growing up in the 1950s, the opportunities for competitive sports involvement were limited.

I loved my high school basketball and volleyball experiences, but they were confined to physical education class and intramural games. I was fascinated by water ballet, due to my love of the Esther Williams movies of the time. So, I took up water ballet at the local YWCA and continued my involvement in non-competitive shows through my college years. After that, I had no consistent access to a pool for more than 30 years.

That all changed when I joined MAC in 1999. I soon learned that there was a synchronized swimming program. But it took a few months to work up my courage to head to the West Pool and indicate my interest. The day finally came to go to practice, and it was an overwhelming experience. Water ballet is not synchronized swimming, and I was 56 years old.

I had so much to learn! I even showed up without goggles or nose plugs because neither were used in water ballet. My new teammates loaned me their extras.

I would have been utterly intimidated if it hadn’t been for the wonderful women who took me under their

MAC closed.

Tuesday and Thursday evenings totally revolved around MAC Synchro. No meetings. No gatherings. No interruptions. I miss practice only when I am ill or out of town. Sometimes, admittedly, I don’t feel like going.

But I go. I dive into the water, and all other thoughts and worries wash away. I am in a different world. Yes, I love the challenging exercise. But just as much, I love being with my teammates and coaches. We work toward a competitive goal together from year to year.

And now, no synchro?!

Zoom came to the rescue.

We do land drills of our routines on the pool deck in “normal” times. With the pool closure, our head coach contacted us and said we would be having land drills via Zoom. That sounded pretty far-fetched.

But it works!

Now, every Wednesday I sign into Zoom to meet up with Lucie and my teammates. Do we land drill every minute? No. We first check in with one another to see how we are doing. We care about our MAC teammates!

We review the routines, and then the real practice starts.

The music is difficult to hear so we are further challenged to keep up with the counts.

Is this as good as the pool? No! Yet we are together and still working toward a goal. It’s practice. It’s fun.

How lucky I am to be a part of MAC Synchro!

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B E IN THE K N O W A B O U T

VIRT UAL O F F E R IN G S MAC is creating new virtual experiences to keep members connected and engaged.

Check out the following channels for content that adds value to every membership:

WEBSITE

The MAC@Home page has links to workout videos, upcoming virtual events, and recipes, with more to come!

EMAIL GROUPS

Members can choose from dedicated interest groups, such as Dining, Junior & Family, and Fitness & Exercise, and receive the information that matters most to them.

After logging in at themac.com, email preferences can be updated on the My Interests page, which is on the left-hand side of the My Membership page. For extra help, there’s an easy-tofollow guide available. Click on “Be in the Know About Virtual Offerings” below the scrolling announcements on the My Membership page.

FACEBOOK GROUPS

Connect with other members via private MAC groups at facebook.com/ MultnomahAthleticClub. Click “Join” for the group(s) that are of interest. A group administrator then verifies MAC membership status.

INSTAGRAM

Follow Multnomah Athletic Club and stay connected.

VIMEO

From tennis techniques and wellness challenges to MAC Story Time, watch the latest club-created videos at vimeo.com/wingedm.

LINKEDIN

Join MACNet, the club’s Professional Business Networking Group.

Questions on navigating these channels can be directed to At Your Service: email atyourservice@themac.com.

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CULINARY

In simpler times, the Sunset Bistro was full of guests in June. Next year!

A Taste of the Sunset Bistro W

hile MAC’s outdoor dining oasis awaits a reopening date, members can recreate some of its culinary magic at home.

How about one, or both!, of Bar Manager Roni Pervizi’s sangrias paired with Executive Chef Philippe Boulot’s seafood paella? Not a bad start to summer.

Visit the MAC@Home webpage for more recipes as well as cooking demonstrations and an order form for wine packages available for pick up weekly in the Turnaround.

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White Sangria Makes one drink 1 strawberry 2 raspberries 1 slice of orange ½ ounce silver rum 1 teaspoon agave, simple syrup or honey 2 ounces pinot grigio 2 ounces prosecco Combine fruit, rum and sweetener. Stir and refrigerate for at least one hour. Add wines and serve over ice.

Seafood Paella

Red Sangria Makes one drink 4 blackberries 1 slice of orange 1 lemon wheel ½ ounce sweetener (simple syrup, agave nectar) ½ ounce brandy 1-2 cloves, for scent 4 ounces dry red wine Combine fruit, sweetener, brandy and cloves. Gently stir and refrigerate for at least one hour. Add wine and serve over fresh ice.

Serves: 8

Directions

Ingredients

Cooking the Lobster:

4 chicken thighs, boneless, skinless, cut in half 1-2 pounds live lobster (see directions for cooking) 8 shrimp, raw, deveined, tail on 8 mussels, live, scrubbed, beards removed 8 Manila clams, live, scrubbed 8 ounces andouille or chorizo sausage, cut into one inch pieces 1 yellow onion, small diced 4 roma tomatoes, diced 1 head garlic, peeled and chopped 1 tablespoon saffron threads 2 cups paella rice (bomba) or risotto rice (canaroli or arborio) 3 cups chicken stock or water 1 cup peas, fresh or frozen ¼ cup olive oil 2 teaspoons kosher salt 1 teaspoon black pepper

1. Bring large pot of water to boil, drop in live lobster.

2. Boil for 15 minutes, remove from pot and place in an ice bath.

3. Once completely cooled, remove claws and tail; cut tail into 4 pieces; set aside.

Paella: 1. Heat oil in large oven-proof sauté pan or paella pan, add chicken and sausage, and brown completely.

2. Add onion and garlic, sauté until onion is translucent. Season with salt and pepper.

3. Add stock, or water, and saffron, bring to a boil and let saffron bloom.

4. Add rice, bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Add tomatoes and peas.

5. Arrange shrimp, mussels, clams and lobster on top of rice, cover with foil and place in 350-degree oven and cook for 30 minutes, until rice is tender and all seafood is cooked.

For larger batches, multiply all ingredients in a pitcher or bowl.

Refrigerate for 24 hours.

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Medical Professionals Report from Front Lines MAC doctors, nurses and pharmacists share their experiences amid COVID-19

By Jake Ten Pas

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solation is key to flattening the curve of COVID-19, but not everyone has the luxury of staying home. For frontline workers in essential industries, interacting with the general public is a necessary evil. From grocery store clerks to postal carriers, people around the world are putting their lives on the line to ensure that the human race has what it needs to survive.

It’s possible that no single group of professionals is closer to the danger, or more crucial to combatting threats to life, than doctors, nurses and others working in hospitals, offices, care facilities and other staples of the medical field.

The least publications such as The Winged M can do is tell their stories. A month ago, members who work in related occupations were asked what they’re experiencing, how they’re staying sane, and what can be done to help?

The responses run the gamut of human experience, from tragedy to triumph. Take a moment to walk in their scrub-covered shoes.

Nancy Yen Shipley, MD

Orthopaedic Surgeon, Multnomah Orthopedic Clinic

Jared Shipley, MD

Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician, The Oregon Clinic We have done a really good job getting ahead of this as a community, and I’m grateful for Portland’s early action. This directly resulted in the flattening of the curve in our area. However, it’s important to remember that we cannot entirely let our guard down, and that we need to remain vigilant of social-distancing measures while cautiously reopening with decisions based on data.

We see the biggest challenge as balancing the need to resume business to support the city’s economy, with remaining vigilant and ready to respond in the event of a second wave.

Both of us are in health care, and one of us is more frequently caring directly for COVID-positive patients. We felt it was important to quarantine to keep the rest of the household safe. We are lucky to have a separate entrance in the basement, and we instituted a fairly strict quarantine during the time that Jared was caring for COVID19 patients, and for nearly a week following. The emotional effects of having to live apart-together were stronger than we anticipated, especially for our son. We would still cook meals for the family, but my husband’s meals would be slid to him, for him to sit at the top of the basement stairs to eat. We could see him and eat with him, but from

six-plus feet away. He was grateful to have meals made for him, but did comment that it felt a little like a “prison meal” being slid to him through a slot. He couldn’t participate in bedtime, but sometimes we did FaceTime so he could be a part of the nightly bedtime story. When he came out of this healthy, we were relieved, and wondered if it was overkill. But we imagined the worst-case scenario, and it reassured us that we had to do whatever we could to keep everyone healthy.

For our sanity, as a family, we try to spend some time outdoors every day, and find family activities that don’t involve a screen as much as we can.

I feel very proud of our adopted hometown of Portland. So many small business owners, particularly makers, have pitched in to donate their time and facilities to help with the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) effort. One in particular, TAH handbags, partnered with me to create highquality, autoclavable masks from donated surgical instrument wrap material. We were able to source, produce and donate about 1,250 masks to the Portland Fire Department, Central City Concern and local healthcare providers.

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Attilia Sawyer, MD

Otolaryngologist, Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center I am proud of how our hospital and leadership handled an unprecedented situation. I feel that everyone asked the always-important question of “How can I help?” We moved forward amid a sea of uncertainty to keep our patients and staff safe. We can all reduce our risk by following our leaders’ guidance, and protect each other by looking out for one another’s physical and emotional health.

And we can wear masks in public until we are out of the woods.

The biggest challenge is lack of testing and lack of PPE. There isn’t enough of either for going forward.

Today marks the tenth week, maybe longer, from the day the first patient was admitted to our hospital. I played a small but important role in their care. This patient was intubated and on life support for nearly all this time. They left the hospital today along a parade route of cheering staff. It was rewarding to see them smile as they rolled out the door.

My self-care includes taking time to escape by making puzzles, gardening, baking, sewing masks, reading and spending time playing games with my family.

In a strange way, life slowed down and we had more time to be together. And I binge-watched Ozark.

Lindsay Steele (left) and fellow nurse on a transport.

Lindsay Steele, RN

Critical Care and ECMO Transport Nurse, Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Despite the frequent reminders to wash hands, stay six feet away, and monitor yourself for symptoms, the virus is still getting through to high-risk populations.

The patients that we see in the Intensive Care Units (ICU) often have multiple co-morbidities that seem to worsen, possibly due to the effects of the virus on their bodies. I fear that the virus will come back with a vengeance in the fall and winter, concurrent with the flu season, and I would encourage anyone in the high-risk categories to see their primary care provider and be extra cautious to reduce their risk.

It can get physically and mentally exhausting and lonely inside of all the airborne precautions isolation equipment.

My team works hard, but we often feel helpless that some of the usual treatments for respiratory failure patients aren’t working the same on the COVID-19 ICU patients. It breaks my heart to be with critically ill patients when their families are not allowed in. Even if they are dying, they only have one to three family members to be with them. We are able to use FaceTime and video calls to soothe our patients, but I look forward to when we can allow for familial support at the bedside again.

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Outside of work, it’s very frustrating to see on social media the various conspiracy theories that are circulating. I can’t speak to what is happening in Iran, Italy, New York City or Georgia — only what I see with my own eyes. But I wouldn’t want to discount the experiences of my fellow healthcare workers, who are working so hard across the country, or question scientific evidence, and their stories and posts, like I see others doing.

KPTV recently did a story about Legacy’s Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Program that highlighted a patient who had been hospitalized and discharged. Other local hospitals have seen similar successes with their programs.

These happy endings make the hard work worth it.

For self-care, I exercise daily with a home spin bike, online yoga classes and sleep meditations. I definitely make sure to get enough sleep nightly, take supplements, minimize alcohol, utilize teletherapy weekly, cuddle with my kids, read a lot, make my favorite meals for dinner, and don’t blink twice at ordering cookie delivery weekly.

Cullen Smith, PharmD, RPh

Compounding Pharmacist, Community Compounding Pharmacy Compounding pharmacies are working hard to procure the latest treatment medications to have them ready for dispensing.

We are also making hand sanitizer by the gallon.

The biggest challenge is just trying to keep everyone’s spirits up; people are struggling. Most of us have a friend or loved one out of a job.

Pamela Kirwin, MD Anesthesiologist

We moved to Florida in January, so my experience relates to working here. The number-one message I’d want to share is that social distancing seems to be working.

After an initial rush of patients, we’ve had less presenting with COVID in distress since social distancing was implemented.

We spend a lot of time during our workday calming both doctors and patients, reminding them that we are working tirelessly to continue to bring both treatment medications and World Health Organization-formulated hand sanitizer to our clients.

Since I work in a clean lab, I am pretty fortunate in that we are not as exposed as some workplaces might be. After work, we leave our scrubs to be washed nightly. I have hand sanitizer in my car and at both my front and back doors. I also have masks and gloves in my car and at home. I always wear a mask in public and gloves when shopping.

The reality is, this may be the new world we live in. Bottom line: We must all practice more thorough hygiene. Lots of hand washing, masks, distancing and avoidance of others if we don’t feel well.

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Right now, our biggest challenge is how to resume elective cases safely during the easing of our social-distancing regulations.

Our first week, we learned about COVID social distancing and a routine for donning and doffing PPE for taking care of patients. I watched the video, and it was a few hours later that I intubated — in full gear — our first presumed patient. At that time, testing was taking 10-11 days, and it was pretty nerve-racking given the high likelihood of infection as a health care provider. I was also nervous about transmitting the infection to my family. By the end of my first week, I had multiple possible exposures as we tightened down our rules around testing and PPE. I was off to be tested myself by the second week of the crisis. By the third week, we had obtained rapid testing, and tests could be performed in 15 minutes. This has been a real gamechanger in reducing exposures, reserving PPE and reducing staff anxiety. Our hospital has done a great job in planning with an ever-changing landscape of staff, supplies, patients, risks and testing.

In terms of self-care, I am relaxing in nature with my kids and getting lots of exercise. I do my best to sleep well and am taking lots of vitamins C and D.

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Blake Zwerling

Third-year OB/GYN Resident, University of California, Irvine (UCI) Comments as recounted by her mother, Nancy Gordon-Zwerling: Over the last two months, Blake has been revolving between three Orange County hospitals, primarily working in labor and delivery. Ever since the pandemic exploded, delivering babies has served as a relief for her.

She feels as though she can actively contribute and use her skills in these unprecedented times. That said, seven consecutive 13-14 hour days leads to chronic exhaustion.

Everyone at the hospitals fully understands how much is at stake. There is no standardized operating procedure for treating pregnant women with COVID-19, so policy changes between the hospitals.

Patients with suspected COVID-19 are segregated and put into negative pressure rooms, where available. For a time, laboring patients were not allowed visitors, and it was hard to support them through delivery without any family or friends. At some hospitals, providers are expected to wear N95 masks for all deliveries. They are grateful to have N95s, but personal protective equipment comes at a cost — during a prolonged surgery, Blake started getting dizzy from the mask and almost had to leave the operating room.

It is strange that this has become the new normal: temperature screening at the hospital entrance, Zoom clinic appointments, and creative improvisation to compensate for a critically short supply of personal protective equipment. Several providers have contracted the virus, which compounds staffing problems, and the entire staff feels anxious and fearful. They have had healthy, young, pregnant patients with COVID-19 have emergency deliveries and then be transferred to the ICU. There is cognitive dissonance between the massive signs that say “heroes work here” at this hospital, and the messages on social media saying ‘If I don’t want to stay home, I shouldn’t have to.”

If there is one thing Blake would like people to take away from this time, it’s that we are all in this together. Wearing masks in public isn’t government control, it is an act of generosity and kindness to your neighbors. Seeing people in masks in public makes health care workers on the front lines feel like they are not in this fight alone.

Carol (Trudy) Trezona RN

Consultant for Serenity Home Care I am “locked out” of all care facilities and private homes where my clients are.

All business is done by phone. The biggest challenge is to manage problems, situations and health issues without being able to assess in-person, and problem solve with what is available to that person or situation. I am unable to do intake interviews, and cannot make a solid and valid decision without doing such.

I am in self-isolation because I am told I’m the other side of 65 years old (don’t know and don’t care)! My friends insisted, and for once I heeded the warning. One certainly at a time of crisis is that you find out who is there for you!

My takeaway is that this will resolve. We have more than one problem in this country, and I would hope that attention to and resolution of them will follow. This is not Mother Earth’s first crisis, and it won’t be the last. We have over-polluted and overpopulated. We now “pay the price.”

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COURTESY LEATHERMAN TOOL GROUP

Get a Grip with MAC’s Master of Tools Perseverance, refinement keys to Leatherman’s longevity

By Jake Ten Pas

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ome has always been where the heart is, but these days, it’s so much more. Home is where the work happens, where workouts get the blood pumping, and where members work through their worries over glasses of their favorite beverages. With so much time spent in the same space during the pandemic, thoughts of home improvement invariably arise.

What better time to talk to Tim Leatherman, founder and chief executive of Leatherman Tool Group? His signature multipurpose device has been a staple of professional and amateur remodelers and repairmen alike for more than 30 years. Those looking to finally complete that procrastinated project or refit that faulty fixture are likely doing so with a Leatherman, or similar multi-tool, on their hip.

Leatherman — the man, not the tool — has been a fixture of MAC’s community for nearly 25 years, and is known not just as a successful inventor and entrepreneur, but also a passionate practitioner of tennis and pickleball. Read on to find out what else this handy member loves about the club and the projects currently keeping him crafty.

Winged M: You’re working on a prototype of a new invention. Can you tell us anything about it?

Tim Leatherman: No. Other than it’s pickleball-related.

That sounds like the culmination of several of your interests into one passion project. When the tool is done and you begin looking to market it, will you share it with us?

TL: Sure. Any opportunity to promote it, I’m happy to accept!

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It sounds like there’s a good story around the original Leatherman tool being inspired by your car malfunctioning during a European road trip. You were frustrated with the shortcomings of the Swiss Army knife?

TL: That’s correct. It wasn’t actually a Swiss Army knife. It was an American version of the Swiss Army knife. It was called a camper’s knife, or Boy Scout-type knife.

What was the major shortcoming that made you think, “I can fix this.”?

TL: It didn’t have pliers! The knife had four blades. One blade was fine for slicing bread for dinner and cutting string for wrapping packages, and the screwdriver served its purpose, as did the can opener and the leather punch, but I often needed pliers.

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You had to go there.

TL: We’re really careful that we don’t make the blade so tight that you will experience that — your fingernail coming back.

The great advance is that you don’t have to use your fingernail at all with the FREE. You just push on the back of the blade with the tip of your thumb, and the blades pop right up. You pick the one you want, open it the rest of the way, it locks in place, and you’re ready to go.

I was going to ask, “How do you market a product that rarely needs to be replaced?” It sounds like you do that by improving the product so much that even those of us who had the same Leatherman for 25 years have to finally think, “It’s too tempting to pass up.”

TL: You took the words, exactly word for word, right out of my mouth.

Did that improvement come directly from consumer feedback?

TL: We have our Leatherman fans that we tap into, but we also just pick people out of the general public. We put our tools in their hands, watch them, and see how they interact with the tool. They may say, “Yeah, I love it. This is 99% perfect, but if I just didn’t have to open the blades with my fingernail, even better.”

That original multi-tool you created was ultimately hugely successful, and you just released the FREE series, a very modern update. In between, have there been any missteps?

TL: There have been a couple of failures. Well, not total failures, but we brought out a couple of products that turned out not to be that successful. One of them has a pretty nice story. It was called the Flair. By the way, a lot of the creativity or innovations we’ve added to Leatherman tools after the original came from customer input. They would say, “We love your tool.

It’s 99% perfect, except if it just had ...”

And then they would list something such as scissors or a saw or a corkscrew. In the case of the corkscrew, we decided to get really carried away and came up with what we thought would be a tool that would really appeal to the European picnicker.

It not only had the corkscrew, it also had the waiter’s assist-type lever, so they could lever the cork out, and it had a little fork and a pâté knife spreader. Like I said, we got really carried away.

After a while, we noticed that orders weren’t as big as we expected, and so we started analyzing what happened. I think the explanation is, European picnickers just didn’t feel comfortable changing their oil one minute with their Leatherman tool and then sitting down for a nice picnic with that same tool the next minute.

What is it that makes the FREE line new and exciting? How does it represent a step forward for the company?

TL: There’s a word called haptics. Epic haptics, we say. The touch, the walk and the talk, and then the sounds and the clicks that it makes, the feel of the tool is really epic. The really great functional advance is related to a common experience. Every one of us, at some time in our life, has opened a pocket knife with a blade that was too tight, and it pulled back our fingernail.

Ouch!

TL: Yeah, you can feel it. It’s like if I describe walking up to a blackboard, and running my fingernails across it.

Men’s Journal described you as looking like a “geekier stunt double for Clint Eastwood.” How did that make you feel?

TL: Not the best, but I guess it’s kind of true. I’m a skinny guy with kind of a geeky look.

Being called a geekier Clint Eastwood is like being called a slightly less goodlooking George Clooney. It still seemed like a compliment to me.

TL: I’ll take it.

Would you consider wearing a holster on each hip with a different Leatherman tool in each? And a poncho so that you can pull it back to dramatically reveal the tool that you’re about to get to work with?

TL: That’ll be in the next video.

If my timeline is correct, the design was patented in 1980. What are you most proud of in the ensuing 40 years?

TL: Jobs created.

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Continued from page 37 How many people do you employ?

TL: I’ll come back to that question.

About the timeline, it starts in 1975, with the idea during the trip to Europe. Then, eight years in the garage, developing the tool, and looking for a customer. The first tool was finally offered to the public in 1983.

What advice would you give somebody who might be working to start a small business now? Or even to an athlete trying to overcome a challenge.

TL: I think the key word is perseverance. It started with setting a goal, and then doggedly pursuing that goal. My goal initially was to create a new kind of combination tool that, in essence, amounted to a pocket knife with pliers. The reason for doing it was to make my own life easier.

Very early on, I thought that if I could create a product that made my life easier, then others might want to have it, too. So

the goal became to not only make something I would like, but also to try to commercialize it.

The first half of that goal took three years. In the garage, I tried developing a tool and that led to many, many failures and broken parts. I finally made a tool I liked, and I went ahead and patented it.

Once I had the patent pending, I thought, “Now it’s easy. All I have to do is show my prototype and my patent to a knife company. They’ll pay me about $1 million, and I’ll sit back and live happily ever after.”

It didn’t quite go like that?

TL: No, it didn’t quite go like that. It took another five years in the garage to further refine the tool. That time was spent searching for a way to get the tool on the market. In the course of having to modify it, the tool changed from the one I initially liked to one that the public liked.

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That’s the year Leatherman Tool Group was founded. We’ve been in business for 36 years, 37 in July. We’ve been making and selling tools ever since from our factory in Portland. It turned out that the Leatherman tool fell into a whole new product category that no one had ever realized there was a need for, even me as I was creating it. So, I’m especially proud of the jobs created because they were in addition to the world supply, not cannibalization of the world’s supply. In other words, the Leatherman tool didn’t take away from the sales of a Swiss Army knife. It was a new product category. People were still buying Swiss Army knives, but in addition, lots of people were buying Leatherman tools.

The jobs have been created right here in Portland, and I’m trying as hard as I possibly can to keep these jobs here in Portland. We do our own manufacturing here in our own factory. We have more than 400 employees, and almost all of them are here in Portland.

We have a few salespeople who live in their territory and work remotely. Just last year, we started a subsidiary in Germany, and we have about 20 employees there.

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Are you an outdoorsman? Do you take your Leatherman with you?

TL: Yes, at least in my mind I still am. I camped avidly when I was young. My dad used to take my brother and me out fishing and camping almost every summer weekend growing up.

Maybe 30 years ago, my dad and I went fishing. When we got down to the bottom of the canyon, my fly reel started to come apart. That would have ended the day’s fishing because I would have had to climb up to the top of the canyon, get back to where there was equipment, fix my fishing reel, and then come back down. But with my Leatherman tool, I was able to fix it right there on the spot and get back to fishing 10 or 15 minutes later.

Has the Leatherman ever saved a life?

TL: People do write to say, “The Leatherman tool actually saved a life.”

Sometimes it’s the life of an animal, like they found a deer caught in the fence and cut the fence and saved the little fawn. Or sometimes it’s actually saving a human life.

Leatherman and his grandson, 2019

Continued from page 39 What were the differences?

TL: That gets back to your question about advice. One pieces of advice is, when all else fails, simplify. One of the mail order catalogs I contacted, they said, “It’s too complex, too expensive. Our customers would never buy it.” But they did me a big favor. They asked, “How could you make this tool less expensive?” In the course of doing so, we took features out, and made it simpler, but still original. After another six months in the garage building a new prototype, it turned out to be the tool that we introduced, called the Pocket Survival Tool. That turned out to be very marketable. Much beyond what we had ever dreamed possible.

With the extra time at home recently, are you working on any home-improvement projects?

TL: Now that I have this new idea for a product I want to create, I’ve been getting my shop operational again.

There was a story we got from New England. The person was out in the winter, gathering wood, and something fell on him and pinned him. He tried everything he had to get unpinned, but nothing worked.

He was so far away that nobody would have heard his calls for help. He could have possibly died. Finally, he was able to squirm around enough to get to his chainsaw that he was using to cut the wood. The problem was that the chainsaw malfunctioned. Fortunately, he had his Leatherman tool on his belt, and he used it to fix the saw and unpin himself.

Have you ever fixed something at MAC with your Leatherman tool?

TL: Tennis is my first love, even more so than pickleball has become. Sometimes you break a string in tennis, and you have to keep your racket from deforming because the one string is pulling the tension unevenly. What you want to do right away is cut the strings, and no one has any ability to do that at MAC, unless they’re me with my Leatherman tool, which I even bring to social tennis games.

Is everybody trying to schedule tennis matches with you?

TL: Yeah, because I’m so easy to beat.

Like MAC, the Leatherman tool almost seems timeless at this point. Did you ever imagine that when you started the company?

TL: I think that there will always be a need for a Leatherman tool. I think the features in the Leatherman tool will change as life changes. I have this little aphorism. I like to say a Leatherman tool is there when needed and works when needed.

Were you ever a fan of the TV show MacGyver?

TL: I was too busy making tools to watch it very often, but of course I was very much aware of it.

Did you ever sit in front of your TV, yelling, “If you had a Leatherman tool rather than that Swiss Army Knife, this would be so much easier!”

TL: Actually, we were used on MacGyver one time. It’s been on lots of other TV shows and movies. It’s even been in books.

Do you consider that a personal cameo, when you see one of your tools pop up in a movie?

TL: Oh, yeah, I still get excited every time that happens.

Besides tennis and pickleball, are there other things you love about being a MAC member?

TL: Yes, the chocolate chip cookies at Joe’s.

Do you ever use your Leatherman to slice them up and share with other members?

TL: Why would I share? They’re so good. WM

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How to Zoom Before a Videoconference/Webinar Participants need a computer, tablet or smartphone with speaker or headphones.

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To download Zoom on a computer, go to zoom.us/download and click the first “Download” button under Zoom Client for Meetings.

To download Zoom on a tablet or phone, go to the app store and download the ZOOM Cloud Meetings app. Or visit the link above and scroll down to Zoom Mobile Apps for a link to both the Apple Store and Google Play.

A Zoom account DOES NOT need to be created in order to participate in a meeting or webinar.

To Join the Videoconference/Webinar At the start time of a meeting, click on the link in the email invitation to join via computer.

For those using a tablet or phone, clicking on the provided link will automatically launch the Zoom app.

Alternatively, open the app and enter the six-digit Meeting ID to connect.

Zoom Etiquette While on a Zoom webinar, there are a few important etiquette rules to follow: • •

Keep the microphone muted when not speaking. This prevents any unwanted feedback and interference in the call sound quality.

Test audio/video before the meeting/webinar. The audio connection can be tested by clicking the Test Computer Audio link. To test video, simply click on the Video tab for a camera preview.

Participant Controls

Using the icons in the lower left corner of the Zoom screen allows the following: • • • • • • •

Muting/unmuting the microphone (far left) Turning on/off camera (“Start/Stop Video”) Inviting other participants Viewing participant list – opens a pop-out screen that includes a “Raise Hand” icon that can be used to raise a virtual hand Changing one's screen name, which is seen in the participant list and video window Sharing one's screen Sending a chat message to the entire group or a specific participant

Somewhere on the Zoom screen (location varies based device), users will also see a choice to toggle between “speaker” and “gallery” view. “Speaker view” shows the active speaker. “Gallery view” shows tiles of all the meeting participants.

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VIRTUAL EVENTS While MAC’s doors are temporarily closed, staff are working hard to keep club members connected with their community through virtual events.

Select June and July events are listed here. Check the MAC@Home webpage for a complete list, including Athletics & Wellness offerings.

Trivia Nights First and third Monday and Tuesday 7-9 p.m.

Join fellow MAC members via Zoom for an evening of fresh factoids and friendly competition from the comfort of home!

Molly Newman from Quizzical Empire hosts. Sign up with a team of six or register solo and be added to a group. There is no cost to attend. A Zoom link and more details are provided after registration.

Wednesday, June 3 Live Q&A with Will and Charles 6-7 p.m.

Bring questions for MAC President William Lee and General Manager Charles Leverton to answer in their live, bi-weekly Q&A. A Zoom link is provided after registration. MEV916

Saturday, June 6 Bubbledad Family Event

Sunday, June 7 Drag Queen Bingo

11-11:45 a.m.

7-8:30 pm

When feeling trapped in an at-home bubble, the solution is definitely to add bubbles! Enjoy a science-friendly bubble performance with something for everyone — square bubbles, smoke bubbles and how to make a bubble blower. The event is free.

Registration is necessary to receive the Zoom link. MEV835

The Social Activities Committee welcomes Poison Waters back to host an evening of quick wit and bingo fun for MAC members and their guests 18 and older. All attendees are encouraged to dress in their rainbow best in honor of Pride and make a donation to Camp KC, a lakeside summer camp for children affected by HIV/AIDS. The event is free. A Zoom link and more details are provided after registration. MEV540

Dates and registration codes are below.

Quizzes taking place during the same week are identical, so please register for only one quiz per week. Registration opens two weeks prior to each event.

June 1 – MEV357; June 2 – MEV358 June 15 – MEV359; June 16 – MEV360

Happy Hour with Roni 5-6 p.m. Monday-Friday Monday Beer Day: Local brewers join to talk beer and answer questions.

Tuesday Cooking Class: A MAC chef leads a virtual cooking class using fromthe-pantry items.

Wednesday Cocktail Day: Bar Manager Roni Pervizi shares cocktail recipes using items from his home bar.

Thursday Wine Day: Local vintners discuss wine and answer questions.

Friday Spirit Day: Pervizi is joined by one of his liquor reps for a chat about their spirits.

Check MAC@Home for the schedule and Zoom link. The information is also shared via the private MAC Community Facebook group. Email Roni Pervizi at rpervizi@ themac.com with questions.

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Chef Deanna Bascom shares her nacho recipe with virtual happy hour attendees.

Tuesday, June 9 Listen & Learn: So You Want to Be an Amateur Genealogist 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Mark Holman, a self-taught, longtime genealogy sleuth, shares tips, trends and wisdom in the pursuit of one’s roots. In this virtual presentation, he discusses research techniques used to mine data and reviews the pros and cons of using the DNA analysis tools on the market. There is no cost, but registration is required to receive the necessary Zoom link. MEV376

Wednesday, June 10 Business Networking 7:30-9 a.m.

The monthly MAC Professional Business Networking Group is moderated by Dave Hanna, facilitator and principal at Viewpoint Strategic Facilitation. There is no cost, but registration is required to receive the necessary Zoom link. MEV316

Thursday, June 11 Wine & Paint Night 6:30 p.m.

Instructor Eduardo Fernandez guides athome artists through an online painting session while everyone enjoys a beverage of their choosing! No experience needed, just grab a drink and follow along. Learn about color mixing, brush techniques and more.

A Zoom link and more details are provided after registration. MEV523 Admire previous Wine & Paint Night creations on page 50.

Saturday, June 13 Oregon Reptile Man Show 4 p.m.

Richard “Oregon Reptile Man” Ritchey utilizes more than 60 exotic reptiles from around the world as educational ambassadors. Gather the entire family and get up-close and personal at this virtual reptile experience. There is no cost. A Zoom link is provided after registration. MEV383

See page 46 for information on weekly Wellness sessions.

Monday, June 15 History Book Group

Saturday, June 27 NW Critters Family Event

6:30 p.m.

11-11:45 a.m.

Join the group for a discussion of Over the Edge of the World: Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe, by Laurence Bergreen. Register by emailing coordinator Chet Orloff, chetorloff@ gmail.com, to receive the Zoom link.

Meet cute critters, learn interesting facts about them, and ask questions of their human friends from Party Animals NW. There is no cost to attend. A Zoom link is provided after registration. MEV393

Wednesday, June 17 Q&A with Will and Charles 6-7 p.m.

MAC President William Lee and GM Charles Leverton talk about the club’s front entry design project during this week’s live Q&A. A Zoom link is provided after registration. MEV917

Thursday, June 18 Family Bingo Night 6 p.m.

Take game night to the next level and connect with fellow MAC families as familiar faces call bingo via Zoom. Details are shared after registration. Families receive virtual bingo cards by email. There is no cost to attend. MEV821

Saturday, June 20 Family Sing-Along 11 a.m.

Music Together’s program is designed to teach the way young children learn — through play! Get ready to sing, wiggle, dance, play, laugh and have fun making music! There is no cost to attend. A Zoom link is provided after registration. MEV838

Tuesday, June 23 Evening Literary Group

Tuesday, June 30 Beating Burnout and Building Optimism in a Virtual Workplace 6-7 p.m.

Join Vanessa Van Edwards, bestselling author and founder of Science of People, for an empowering presentation about productivitiy and remote teamwork. There is no cost to attend. A Zoom link is provided after registration. MEV951

Thursday, July 9 Family Paint Night 6-7:15 p.m.

Painters ages seven and older are encouraged to join instructor Eduardo Fernandez for this virtual painting session. The event is free. A Zoom link and supply list are provided after registration. MEV770

Thursday, July 16 Family Bingo Night 6 p.m.

7 p.m.

Families receive virtual bingo cards by email. There is no cost to attend. MEV822

The group has chosen Out of Egypt by Andre Aciman as their June book. Contact Martha Dixon: jollyology@aol.com for information on how to join the discussion.

Save the date for the next meeting: July 28 is Reader’s Choice — share a favorite book.

Monday, July 20 Morning Listen & Learn: Playbook for Aging Parents

Thursday, June 25 Lottery Celebration Event Stay tuned for details.

10-11 a.m.

Senior-care expert Kelli Bradley speaks on how to best plan and care for aging family members and the future of aging.

Registration is required to receive Zoom link for this free event. MEV387 JUNE 2020

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WELLNESS

Weekly Wellness Sessions Engage on topics from health and nutrition to exercise and stress management Wellness Webinar with Dr. Lindsey Nelson 10 a.m. Wednesdays

Midday Mindful Break with Katarina Simko Noon Thursdays

Join MAC’s naturopath Dr. Lindsey Nelson each week for a deep dive into popular health and wellness approaches. Dr. Nelson discusses topics from immunity and nutrition to stress and anxiety, and saves time each week for a Q&A.

With mindfulness comes a greater awareness of patterns, less reactivity and the space to be more available for friends and family.

It can also strengthen one’s ability to focus and be productive. Each week, MAC Health & Wellness Coach Katarina Simko leads the group through a 20-second stress shake — a short mindfulness tool — and offers Q&A time for anyone with mindfulness, stress or holistic health questions.

Lunch & Learn with Tysen Christensen 1 p.m. Wednesdays Registered Dietitian Tysen Christensen opens up her virtual space to talk about health and nutrition in a welcoming environment. These interactive sessions cover topics ranging from nutrition and exercise to stress management with an emphasis on simple lifestyle changes. Come with questions or just to hang out.

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All three weekly sessions are hosted on Zoom, and links to register are found on the MAC@Home webpage, under the Athletics & Wellness banner.

Breath SOS

EATING WELL

May suffering ones be suffer-free.

Fruit Smoothie

May the fearstruck fearless be.

Serving size: 1 cup Serves: 4

May the grieving shed all grief.

May all beings find relief.

Ingredients

—Venerable U Vimalaramsi

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don’t want to waste your time with a lot of fluff.

You’re busy fulfilling this stay-at-home order.

There’s no time to be bored. Our lives have been upended by COVID-19 and, for some of us, profoundly affected. How, in this extraordinary time of chaos and confusion, does one create a sense of stability during instability?

Stress of any variety — let alone a world crisis — makes our bodies tight and constricted, our thoughts spiral and contort, our spirits crusty and weary. Now, on the daily, the full potential of the human heart is stretched — fear, despair, hope, anger, sadness, joy, love.

How can you soften into the intensity that’s unfolding? The wisdom traditions throw us a lifeline. Your body already knows how to do this: breathe. The technique is simple. Keep it simple.

Lie flat, sit comfortably or stand. Or maybe you need to move.

Eyes open or closed, whatever is safest for you.

Take a breath in through the nose, and out through the nose.

That’s it, nothing fancy.

2 cups strawberries, frozen, unsweetened ½ cup blueberries 1 banana, cut into chunks ½ kiwi, sliced 2 cups fresh spinach ½ cup ice cubes 1 cup milk ½ cup 100-percent apple juice

Preparation 1. Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.

2. Serve in a cup with low-fat or fat-free string cheese for a tasty treat any time of day.

Nutrition Information per serving: calories 100, fat 0g, saturated fat 0g, cholesterol 0mg, sodium 45mg, carbohydrates 25g, dietary fiber 4g, protein 3g, calcium 101mg

After a few rounds, see what it might be like to stretch out the inhale and exhale.

The breath should not be forced. If this breath pattern makes you feel light-headed or anxious, resume a natural rhythm of breath, whatever that is for you.

Place hands on heart to awaken the “heart brain.”

Put gratitude or compassion at the center of all things.

As best you can, let any thoughts that show up float by like the clouds outside.

Inhale, exhale.

That’s all you need to do. Let the healing powers of the breath do the rest. Do this for as long as it feels right. Don’t worry, you can’t get this practice wrong.

Inhale, exhale.

You got this.

—Carole Moritz, certified yoga instructor

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WELLNESS

WELLNESS TREND

There’s an App for That

TAX-FREE BONDS

The past months have brought up myriad emotions for us all. The ways we’ve coped may have exposed new sides of us to our kids, partners, parents and friends.

Maybe you chose to watch more TV than you used to, or cooked more than you’re comfortable doing, or focused so much on working from home that you forgot to brush your teeth for three days. I hope not!

In decades past, peoples’ options for dealing with stress, anxiety and multitasking were decidedly different, although a stiff drink likely still resonates with all generations. Today, we’re flooded with high-tech options. Tech-forward wellness choices have been trending lately, and their use was amplified by the governor’s request to quarantine.

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Streaks is a habit-forming app based around to-do lists. Wellness is a broad topic, and this app recognizes that rewarding users for crossing items off their to-do list, such as calling family members, spending more time walking the dog, eating healthier meals, or working out multiple times a week.

Headspace and Calm are both easyto-use apps that help with sleep, reduce anxiety, improve focus and provide approachable avenues to meditation.

Insight Timer has thousands of guided meditations on topics such as stress, relationships and creativity. It immediately feels like a community.

My Fitness Pal helps users track calorie intake, log activities and keep their diet on track. This accountability app helps you meet your goals.

Join me and other MAC members on MyZone to build a community of movers and doers! The MyZone heart rate monitor tracks physical activity and is a great tool for sharing workouts and finding ways to stay motivated. Once you have a device, download the app and enter MAC’s facility code: MNHACUS001.

Additionally, during the club closure, MAC Wellness continues to offer members free nutrition and wellness consultations.

Please email wellness@themac.com to set up an appointment.

—Will Cath, Wellness manager Presentations of health and wellness industry trends in this space do not represent an endorsement or rejection of the topics, but rather are a starting point for education and discussion. Send suggestions for future Wellness Trend topics to wellness@themac.com.

Club Scrapbook Be part of MAC’s Digital Scrapbook. Submit photos to scrapbook@themac.com. Bonus points for sporting MAC gear!

To see more photos, visit themac.com/group/pages/scrapbook

Wine & Paint Night Instructor Eduardo Fernandez offered tips on color mixing and brush techniques to members attending this virtual session on May 7.

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8 9 Climbing Families Create While the club is closed, a number of MAC Climbing Team families are turning home spaces into workout spaces or building out places to accommodate their climbing passion.

6. Brooklyn Sharp shows off her new home wall, which her father, Steve, built in their backyard.

7. Jack Urness and his dad, Mike, turned their attic into a climbing wall, which Jack uses multiple times a week to train. 8. National Climbing Team athlete Emma Wetsel and father, Jess, built a wall to accommodate her training schedule. She committed to the honors program at University of Vermont and will climb for its team. 9. Julian Raaf trains hard in his basement on a wall built by the entire Raaf family (Julian, Miles, John and Mitzi), and they all use it.

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Future Still Bright for MAC Scholar Athletes Not even pandemic can dampen seniors’ pursuit of their dreams

By Jake Ten Pas

T

ry to picture how movies such as Booksmart, Dazed and Confused or Pretty in Pink would have played out during a global pandemic. This year’s seniors are living what readers just imagined.

club and Multnomah Athletic Foundation’s scholarship program, they focused on how lucky they felt, even without traditional pomp and circumstance.

Graduation from high school is a milestone deeply rooted in the exploration of future possibilities, celebrations of freedom and physical rituals that are hard to conceive of when leaving your house involves masking up and maintaining a six-foot distance from other people.

With $1,500 to put toward their continuing education, plus access to MAC’s facilities and a wealth of potential philanthropic connections, the scholarship is given yearly to a sophomore from each of Portland’s 29 area high schools. Read on to learn about the diverse individuals this will support moving forward. But first, in honor of the graduation ceremonies deferred or reimagined, two seniors talk about moving onto the next stage of their lives with a little help from their friends at MAC and MAF.

MAC Scholar Athletes are, by definition, not just average students, but the graduating seniors in their ranks are only human.

While talking about the opportunities presented to them by the

Kaitlyn Dobler Thank you, drive through!

Like many area high schools, Aloha had to get creative when it came time to honor its graduates this year. Administrators created a cap and gown drive-through pickup for seniors, allowing them to not just claim the accoutrement to their accomplishments, but also a standing ovation from the teachers and coaches who’d accompanied them on their journeys.

“I was already very excited to be able to receive my cap and gown, but I was even happier to see all the teachers who showed up to cheer on the seniors as they drove through the Aloha parking lot,” says MAC Scholar Athlete Kaitlyn Dobler. “It was fantastic to see them supporting us, even in the pouring rain, and it really speaks to the family culture that staff has created.”

Dobler broke the national high school record in the 100-meter breaststroke during her last competition as part of the Aloha Swim Team, and was planning on competing in the Olympic Trials over the summer before the games were postponed.

With so much in flux, Dobler appreciates the stability of her current communities even as she’s preparing for a future without such safeguards.

“I’m really interested in space! My undergraduate goal is to get a mechanical engineering degree, but then as a graduate, I want to get an aerospace engineering degree,” she says. The idea of someday working for an organization such as NASA or SpaceX motivates her, but her current

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Kaitlyn Dobler interests range from graphic design to leadership to volunteer work.

The experiences she’s received as a Scholar Athlete have helped to support her range of pursuits. “I really appreciated the ability to access MAC facilities because it gave me the chance to try some things that I wouldn’t regularly do. I’ve utilized the Climbing Gym there a lot. Because we can take in a guest, I was able to share the club with some of my friends, too, and that was really cool.”

“Connecting with a bunch of the community service opportunities [at MAF] gave me a chance to work around my swim schedule,” Dobler adds. “I can’t always volunteer once a week, but the foundation

allowed me to go and give back to the community when I was available. It’s a great organization to do that through.”

Between MAC Scholar Athlete experiences and her swim team’s work with an organization called Play Fit Fun, Dobler’s interest in making the world a better place has definitely been piqued. After she reaches another major milestone, graduating from the University of Southern California, she hopes to volunteer with Engineers Without Borders. “You go to a bunch of different countries and try to solve issues related to building infrastructure or increasing access to clean water,” she explains.

Right now, however, she’s focused on water a little closer to home. During the pandemic, she’s been traveling to Hagg Lake to swim, and says that she looks forward to seeing the bottom of a pool again when the time is right. “I’m really grateful to have so many opportunities, but I also miss my teammates. Even though it’s an individual sport, the team is probably what’s kept me going this whole time.

Being able to see everyone again will be really exciting!”

Luke McCullough “Six months ago, my plans for the summer were to continue to work my retail job in the mall, and perhaps travel to Peru with my family for a graduation vacation,” says Grant High School grad Luke McCullough. If, as various sayings have asserted, human intentions are great sources of humor for the universe, COVID-19 has given all of life a laugh track.

Adversity occasionally has an upside, though. For McCullough, it’s a clarity of purpose gained from his experiences as a student, competitor, MAC Scholar Athlete and, most recently, resident of the new global reality.

“I had planned to study sociology and psychology at either the University of Washington or the University of Oregon in the fall, depending on which one would

The Golden Girls and their coach turn out to be less expensive,” he explains.

Now, he’s decided on U of O, and his hopes for the future include just being able to venture out and see great live music or taste a new kind of cuisine again.

Perhaps it was spending more time with his family than he’d previously anticipated, but McCullough says he’s gained a new-found appreciation for life’s simple pleasures. He’s been watching classics of ’80s and ’90s cinema, playing poker and Rummikub, and getting his exercise by rediscovering the Rose City on two wheels.

“This pandemic experience has moved me to start new routines and accomplish things I never would have done before this time,” he says. “Every other day now, I bike 15-30 miles across the Portland metropolitan area to view and absorb as many new places as possible. I have biked to Kelley Point Park in North Portland, Waterfront Park in Milwaukie and Southwest Community Park in Gresham.”

With hip-hop and R&B as his soundtrack, he’s cast his mind back during those rides, contemplating the experiences that have shaped him. During his junior and senior years, he volunteered as head coach of a second- and third-grade basketball team called The Golden Girls. He overcame stage fright to present his junior thesis to classmates in AP English. He even received All-League Honors for his hard work on the football field.

“As a senior, I was chosen as a second team All-PIL receiver, and given that I stand beneath most football players at a mere 5 feet, seven inches, I was grateful to have been recognized. This honor is by far my favorite athletic moment in my high school career,” he says.

“I also learned a lot from the girls I coached. The amount of laughter and silliness that sprang out of them when

Luke McCullough we came together for warm-ups and ran through drills at practice seemed to fuel our strength as a team and our appreciation for each other. I am very happy that I had the opportunity to assist them in their development as athletes and individuals, just as the coaches and mentors of my youth did for me.”

He’s also thankful for the appreciation and access that comes with being a MAC Scholar Athlete. “I would like to think I have put in a good amount of effort toward both my academics and athletics over the years, and to have people point out my strengths is an honor.

“In terms of my future plans, being a scholar athlete at MAC has sharpened my networking and communication skills, which I know will be of use as I continue to grow. I am grateful for the acknowledgement!”

To learn more about the MAC Scholar Athlete Program, go to multnomahathleticfoundation.com/scholarships/ macsa.

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These sophomores from 29 area high schools join the cohort of 1,000 individuals who, over the past 50 years, have become MAC Scholar Athletes. They embody community service, leadership, athletic participation and academic achievement.

ALOHA

BEAVERTON

BENSON POLYTECHNIC

CENTRAL CATHOLIC

Henry Law

Emily Rice

Oria Boyd

Thomas Ferroggiaro

Favorite Subject/Class: Biology

Favorite Subject/Class: Marketing 2

Favorite Subject/Class: Math

Sports: Cross country, track & field

Sports: Soccer, basketball

Favorite Subject/Class: Communication and Personal Growth

Positive Trait(s) Learned Through Sports: I have learned to be a better teammate and look out for others.

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Positive Trait(s) Learned Through Sports: I’ve learned time management, sportsmanship, responsibility, commitment and how to handle pressure.

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Sports: Basketball, volleyball Positive Trait(s) Learned Through Sports: I’ve learned that I am a leader, and I always want to motivate people to be a better version of themselves.

Sports: Cross country, baseball Positive Trait(s) Learned Through Sports: I’ve learned about being caring, compassionate and inclusive.

CLACKAMAS

CLEVELAND

DAVID DOUGLAS

FRANKLIN

Ava Peterson

Ceazar Daniell

Tori Somsanith

Will Deniston

Favorite Subject/Class: Math

Favorite Subject/Class: Chinese

Favorite Subject/Class: Entrepreneurship

Favorite Subject/Class: Math

Sports: Basketball, soccer

Sports: Soccer, track & field Positive Trait(s) Learned Through Sports: I’ve learned to push myself and others around me to do their best.

Sports: Volleyball, basketball, track & field

Sports: Basketball, soccer

Positive Trait(s) Learned Through Sports: I have learned to accept different people with different backgrounds, cultures and beliefs.

GRANT

JEFFERSON

JESUIT

LA SALLE

Riley Hale

Olivia Elahee

Georgia Corey

Aidan O’Brien

Favorite Subject/Class: Math

Favorite Subject/Class: Health and math

Favorite Subject/Class: Theology

Favorite Subject/Class: Honors Chemistry

Sports: Swimming, water polo

Sports: Volleyball, track & field

Sports: Basketball, softball

Sports: Soccer, baseball

Positive Trait(s) Learned Through Sports: Swimming has helped develop my self-discipline.

Positive Trait(s) Learned Through Sports: Increased self-confidence has allowed me to see many sides of myself and reinforce my purpose in life.

Positive Trait(s) Learned Through Sports: I have learned that failure is a part of life.

Positive Trait(s) Learned Through Sports: I’ve learned how to be a good teammate and friend through loss and victory.

Positive Trait(s) Learned Through Sports: Organization and time management are two very important traits I have learned.

Positive Trait(s) Learned Through Sports: Sports have taught me not only to hear what others have to say, but also to listen deeply.

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Meet the 2020 MAC Scholar Athletes Continued from page 55

LAKE OSWEGO

LAKERIDGE

LINCOLN

MADISON

Jack Layne

Reese Ericson

Ike Salinsky

Ava Arias

Favorite Subject/Class: Spanish

Favorite Subject/Class: Spanish

Favorite Subject/Class: Math

Favorite Subject/Class: Math

Sports: Football, basketball, baseball

Sports: Basketball, cross country

Sports: Cross country, baseball

Sports: Soccer, cross country, basketball

Positive Trait(s) Learned Through Sports: One positive characteristic that I have learned through sports is leadership.

Positive Trait(s) Learned Through Sports: Athletics has taught me resilience, the value of hard work and to never give up.

Positive Trait(s) Learned Through Sports: I have learned that I have more perseverance than I thought I had.

Positive Trait(s) Learned Through Sports: I have learned perseverance in unity.

MILWAUKIE

MOUNTAINSIDE

PARKROSE

REX PUTNAM

Ruby Oakes

Brian Mannion

Noe Barahona

Dakota Webb

Favorite Subject/Class: World History

Favorite Subject/Class: Math

Favorite Subject/Class: Health

Favorite Subject/Class: Math

Sports: Soccer, track & field

Sports: Football, baseball

Positive Trait(s) Learned Through Sports: My participation and commitment to athletics has made me more accountable.

Positive Trait(s) Learned Through Sports: Sports have helped me grow as a leader and made me a more confident and positive person.

Sports: Soccer, track & field, cross country

Sports: Basketball, volleyball, track

Positive Trait(s) Learned Through Sports: I have learned a willingness to accept constructive criticism.

Positive Trait(s) Learned Through Sports: Sports have taught me the concept of teamwork.

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Meet the 2020 MAC Scholar Athletes Continued from page 56

ROOSEVELT

SOUTHRIDGE

ST MARY’S ACADEMY

SUNSET

Calliope CallawayHoilman

Lauren Runnels

Grace Fitzpatrick

Jackson Knight

Favorite Subject/Class: International Baccalaureate (IB) Biology

Favorite Subject/Class: Theology

Favorite Subject/Class: Intro to Psychology

Sports: Cross country, lacrosse

Sports: Basketball, football, track & field

Positive Trait(s) Learned Through Sports: I have learned grit — the ability to keep pushing to achieve a goal.

Positive Trait(s) Learned Through Sports: I have learned how important a team is and how much it helps you in everyday life and communicating with others.

Positive Trait(s) Learned Through Sports: I have learned about overcoming adversity.

TUALATIN

WEST LINN

WESTVIEW

WILSON

Braquelle Blanchard

Owen Caba

Kayla Udom

Eve Hart

Favorite Subject/Class: Marketing

Favorite Subject/Class: Social Studies

Favorite Subject/Class: Japanese

Favorite Subject/Class: Spanish

Sports: Basketball, lacrosse

Sports: Soccer, basketball

Sports: Volleyball, golf

Positive Trait(s) Learned Through Sports: I have learned the value of cooperation.

Positive Trait(s) Learned Through Sports: I have learned the importance of commitment to being a great teammate.

Positive Trait(s) Learned Through Sports: I’ve learned how to be responsible for my actions.

Sports: Soccer, basketball, cross country

Favorite Subject/Class: Science

Sports: Soccer, cross country, track & field, basketball

Sports: Cross country, wrestling, cheerleading, track & field Positive Trait(s) Learned Through Sports: I have learned determination and gained a huge amount of confidence.

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Positive Trait(s) Learned Through Sports: One of the characteristics that basketball, in particular, has taught me is leadership.

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Rose City Racquetball F

or multiple years in the 1980s, the June cover of The Winged M was “owned” by the Rose Festival Racquetball Tournament. The annual competition — started by MAC members in 1970, when racquetball exploded on the U.S. athletic scene — was the sport’s first major event held in Oregon and became the club’s largest tournament.

The tourney held strong for nearly 30 years, with the addition of the Pro Challenge in 1987, which drew big-name players and a national television audience.

Then in 1999, it went into hibernation.

Fast forward to 2016. MAC was in its third year of hosting the International Racquetball Tour Tournament of Champions, when the Racquetball Committee met with Wendall Pelham and agreed to host a one-day contest to honor his son John, who had been killed in Afghanistan. It was such an overwhelming success that the two events were combined to create the John Pelham Memorial Tournament of Champions,

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which has since raised more than $30,000 for veteran charities.

With courts still closed, now seems like a fine time for a trip into the magazine archives for some MAC Racquetball tournament history.

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By the Numbers Fit & Well

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ust over two months ago, the club closed its doors temporarily, leaving a hole in our day-to-day lives and a desire to connect with our community. I’m happy to say your Athletic & Wellness team immeJason Amos diately mobilized and DANCE/GYMNASTICS/ engaged with a group AQUATICS MANAGER of members to help shape virtual content.

The result is a shift toward digital member experiences that include a robust repertoire of virtual classes, educational opportunities and ways for members to connect like never before.

3,296 People following MAC’s Athletic & Wellness Facebook pages

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A newly formed engagement team, made up of staff from across departments, is working diligently alongside member liaisons to continue bringing you virtual and remote content such as home workouts, team practices and Wellness workshops. If you have other content ideas, we’d love to hear from you! Visit themac.com and click on the “Shape MAC Content” button to submit your thoughts.

MAC@Home is the new one-stop shop to find live classes taught by MAC’s Fitness and yoga instructors. If you’re on a tight schedule, you can build challenging workouts at your own pace with prerecorded videos that are available any time. You can also find Wellness seminars on a variety of topics. And for tennis and other racquetsport lovers, there are training videos to help keep up your skills so you won’t miss a beat when you hit the court again.

Videos in MAC’s Vimeo library

320 Content ideas submitted by members

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Virtual fitness and wellness classes offered weekly

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The importance of MAC’s community cannot be understated, and several member groups are working out together on apps such as Zwift, Trainerize and MyFitnessPal. If you’re looking for a group of like-minded members to connect with, download one of these apps and search for “MAC” to start your virtual challenges.

Junior team athletes attending weekly virtual practices with MAC coaches

In these uncertain times, we are here to help you feel connected to the MAC community and be healthy, happy and whole.

Numbers are as of May 20.

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Karate Adapts to Classes at Home For years, MAC instructor Sensei Bill Plapinger has counseled his students, “You can practice karate anywhere. You don’t need a lot of space.” Since mid-March, MAC Karate students have been putting this axiom to the test. With in-person instruction cancelled through June, karate classes have successfully moved online, maintaining the routine of a class schedule and pushing students to be creative and disciplined in their training outside the dojo.

MAC Karate has found a new rhythm, and students have adjusted to using the space and resources that they have on hand.

In their homes, MAC students have to find a balance between a place where they can set up a laptop, tablet or smart phone, and at least a few feet of floor space to move through drills. People are now training in their living rooms or front halls (with or without furniture pushed to the side), in basements and garages, and even outside when the weather is nice. For those who have multiple family members practicing karate, limited space leads to even more learning – about sharing, patience and practicing control.

Using online video conferencing, and some trial and error in the initial weeks of social distancing, Plapinger created a schedule and class format that allows students to continue training, maintain conditioning, and hone the foundational skills that are integral to progressing in karate.

Sparring practice is not feasible with a remote format, and so class time focuses on basic techniques and drills. Whereas class might have included kicking drills up and down the floor at a quick pace, emphasis is now placed on foot position and center of gravity, with kicks repeated standing in place or moving forward and then immediately backward. While these aspects of karate training have always been integral, necessity is highlighting them now more than ever before.

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More than a month in to online classes, MAC Karate has found a new rhythm, and students have adjusted to using the space and resources that they have on hand.

Plapinger is incorporating combinations (series of kicks, punches and blocks) that draw both on his years of study and teaching, and from other senseis who are also experimenting with online classes. Students and instructors have also been able to join virtual training sessions, hosted by the regional karate organization, with people from Oregon, Washington, Montana and Colorado.

Although all this is still different from the experience and camaraderie of an inperson class, the MAC Karate program has found ways to continue learning, stay connected, and support one another through an otherwise challenging time.

Brunke Honored with Joan Harmony Award If this year’s recipient of the Joan Harmony Award was overwhelmed at receiving the honor, fortunately she was prepared. A yoga instructor with nearly 20 years of experience at MAC alone, Kimmie Brunke is familiar with the breath-control practice of pranayama. “Just breathe” is a command she takes very seriously.

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“I appreciate her intuitive way of explaining what you need to do in her classes,” says Studio Fitness Committee Chair Amy Caplan. “She is very mindful of everyone and their bodies.”

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MAC Climbing Team: A Recipe for Success Over the past decade, the team has risen from obscurity to the spotlight

By Chi Harris

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AC received its first climbing wall in 2003, as part of a shared space that was then referred to as the East Gym. In the years that followed, it became clear that the sport was gaining traction and popularity. As a result, discussions began in 2008 to expand the space by close to 3,000 square feet of climbing wall surface — a nearly 300 percent addition.

The team that was formed in 2008, with just eight kids, one coach and a mediocre climbing wall in a badminton gym, has grown into one of MAC’s top-performing programs. Endearingly referred to as the “Mighty Ducks” at its inception, the MAC Climbing Team was composed of individuals who — at the time — knew nothing about competition climbing. Head Coach Peter Julia, assisted by then Assistant Coach Drew White and Member Coach Avery Cook, took what White would later describe as “a group of ragamuffins,” and started the arduous process of shaping them into athletes. By 2010, the MAC Climbing Team was well on its way, with members qualifying for USA Climbing Youth National Championships — Gus Nava for bouldering and Olivia Durant for sport and speed climbing.

Bouldering Nationals, 2019. (Below) First team championship, 2012.

In early 2012, White rose to the head coach position and started to bring the program to the next level. “Taking on this role was a huge learning curve and a tremendous challenge,” he says. “We had a group of kids who wanted to climb, but many were not motivated to get better together. Our biggest hurdle — outside of facility needs — was to create a culture where kids wanted to work hard in practice, support each other and represent the Winged M as a team. Furthermore, my participation in multiple sports helped me understand that by creating a well-rounded

athlete, you accelerate the pace at which kids improve in life and athletics.”

This change in leadership was an adjustment for athletes at the time, as well.

Current team member Geoffrey Engel — one of the original eight — recalls that, “when Drew took over, it flipped a switch.

We used to just show up and climb for two hours, but with Drew at the helm, we started to really work out and be more competitive.”

Under the guidance of White and Avery Cook, the MAC Climbing Team continued to garner success. By the spring of 2012, the team had grown to 17 athletes and won its first of many regional team championships. Since then, a MAC team has won regional championships in all three climbing disciplines (bouldering, sport and speed climbing) seven years running — minus the Bouldering Regional Championships in 2013.

However, with the team’s development came growing pains. It became abundantly clear that further advancement would require a significant facilities expansion. In 2013, the Climbing Gym entered its third, and largest, phase of development: update half of the sport climbing wall surface, install a bouldering wall and erect one of the only speed climbing walls in the country at the time.

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Commitment to hard work, coachability and community — the three original core values that continue to guide the team’s culture — have been a huge part of its ongoing achievement.

Over the past nine years, the team has averaged a nearly 20 percent annual growth in participation, outpacing the recent national average of 10 percent for youth participation in competition climbing. Additionally, its seen an incredible level of retention. The longest-tenured current member has been on the team for 12 years, and the current average athlete tenure length is nearly four years.

Last year was perhaps the team’s most memorable. In October 2019, four MAC athletes qualified to compete for the Youth US National Climbing Team at the IFSC Pan American Championships in Ibarra, Ecuador. The four took home an unprecedented five medals: three bronze and two silver. Furthering that success, the MAC Climbing Team qualified 12 athletes for USA Climbing Youth Bouldering National Championships in February — the most in the team’s history — and they placed eighth, which was the team’s best-ever national ranking.

Commitment to hard work, coachability and community — the three original core values that continue to guide the team’s culture — have been a huge part of its ongoing achievement.

“This commitment [has] snowballed into momentum year after year, bringing climbing into the fold at MAC,” says White. “Doing it together, as a team, was crucial for our program success.”

With 75 athletes and six coaches, the program looks much different than when it started, but it’s still managed to hold on to the exceptional team culture and pedigree that keeps kids returning year after year.

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How Handball Players Are Staying in Shape The coronavirus pandemic, and the necessary restrictions set forth by federal and state governments to keep citizens safe, mean that many of the resources people use to stay in shape are temporarily not available. A prime example has been MAC’s closure. Handball players are optimistic that they will eventually be able to return to the courts. The question is, what kind of condition will they be in?

MAC Handball players were surveyed to find out what they’ve been doing to keep in shape for the game they miss and love.

Should it be assumed that the players who didn’t respond are starting happy hour earlier everyday and eating plentiful amounts of food? The truth will be revealed when they return to the courts!

“I have been on a mini-elliptical machine, and doing a lot of stretching exercises. I also grew a beard as someone told me I would be more virile.”

— ­­ Tony Heiting “I have been moving a lot of furniture.

Been keeping my hands in shape playing the guitar and piano.”

— Dave Delaney “I have been doing a lot of running and golfing.”

— Ron Shoquist

JD Landrich Steve Sharpe (left)

“I have been keeping in shape being a first-responder for the fire department.”

— Steve Sharpe “I have been walking three miles a day and taking a lot of naps.”

— Bob Gill

“I saw a wall about a mile downhill from my house that I could hit a handball against, but was afraid once I got down to it, I wouldn’t get back up! So I’ve been playing a lot of golf and stretching.”

— Mike Steele “ I have been climbing up and down a ladder on my house, and doing a lot of biking.”

— Rudy Eissinger

“I have been stretching before all the gardening work.” ­ — Pete Greer

“I put on two 20 pound weights, and two ankle weights, then run up and down stairs.”

— Dave Steinberg “Been doing a lot of bicycling here in Palm Desert.”

— Jay Maxwell “Been playing golf and walking.”

— Graig Trull “Been golfing here in Hawaii and climbing lava rocks to retrieve my balls.”

— Ron Emmerson “Been doing a lot of walking and playing one-wall handball.”

— Jeff Jasperson

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Coronavirus Comeback Don’t worry, this is not an article meant to stoke fear about a second wave of infections. This is intended to kickstart players’ return to the tennis courts once play is able to resume.

Many tennis players are stuck in a rut, discouraged by social distancing and the restrictions put in place around the sport. MAC has been closed for nearly two months, cutting off a lot of social connections and competitive interactions. The joy of running about the court chasing a little yellow ball is a distant memory.

There are plenty of reasons and excuses to give up on tennis.

Don’t be a quitter. Quitters never win tennis matches.

Whether tennis is a way to stay physically active and socialize with friends or a competitive passion, all players need to be prepared to return to the courts. Here are a few ways to make the painful process of “getting back into it” a little less painful.

Work out. If a workout routine isn’t happening, it’s time. Courts will open soon, and injuries occur when a body isn’t up for the demands placed upon it. What is worse than not being able to play tennis is not being able to play tennis because of a tennis injury after time off the court. Legs need to be worked — squats and lunges will help. Abs need to be strong — look to core workouts.

MAC’s Fitness staff has done a great job providing online workouts (themac.com/group/pages/mac-at-home). There’s no time like the present to get started!

Be patient. The first few balls struck will feel very foreign.

Timing is off and positioning just isn’t right. This is totally normal.

Remember how it was playing after taking a few days off? Usually not the best day on the courts. Remember, there is a lot of feel to tennis. Give plenty of time to hit enough balls and get the feeling back. It is a marathon, not a sprint.

Practice. Anyone returning to tennis from a break, long or short, knows striking the ball just doesn’t feel the same as the last time on the court. Tennis is a very unforgiving game. Take time off and everyone’s strokes pay the price. Use the first few times on the court to practice. Hit forehand to forehand crosscourt for five minutes, then backhand. Repeat the same for down-the-line shots. Get a rhythm going. Feel the movement of the body and strike of the ball. With enough focus on the process, results are soon to follow.

Players are asking: “Have I lost my edge?”

The answer: “Yes.” The good news: Everyone has. All players are in the same boat, unless they are fortunate enough to have a private court, and even then they are not playing in league matches or tournaments. Your best bet is to be in shape and plan to dedicate some time practicing once courts are open.

“How do I get back to my old level of play?” The same way you got there in the first place. Hard work, time on court and a positive attitude. If tennis were easy, more people would play it. But that’s the joy and challenge of the sport. Enjoy the challenge.

“Do I even want to keep playing?” Maybe you picked up a new hobby during this period away from the courts. Maybe the desire and fire to play has faded. Whatever is bringing up these feelings, think back to why you play tennis. The friendships? Was it part of your routine? Tennis fulfills different needs for different people.

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Reber, pre-quarantine beard.

Just do yourself a favor, when courts open, try it one more time. If playing tennis still brings you joy, you will want to fight through the initial struggles. Just laugh and have fun with the “interesting” shots coming off the racquet.

As we begin to see a light at the end of the tunnel, it will be important for tennis players to grab a racquet and just play around with it. Spin it, lift the head up and down, put a ball on the strings and do some basic up bounces. The idea is to feel the racquet and get used to it again.

A wall is a wonderful partner. The wall doesn’t miss, it never gets tired and it is always ready to give a good practice. Those fortunate enough to have an accessible hitting wall need to take advantage of it. Not only will the feel for hitting come back sooner once the courts are open, but tennis legs will start coming back a lot sooner too. In place of a wall, a garage door can also work. Lowcompression balls can be used to avoid damaging the door.

Lastly, street tennis, parking lot tennis or grass-court yard tennis are still tennis. Hitting tennis balls anywhere helps the eyes track a fast-moving, small target; get footwork in the right position; and remind you what it feels like to strike a ball in the sweet spot of the racquet. But don’t forget to look up current local guidelines for social distancing and the USTA’s recommendations for playing tennis safely.

Hang in there everyone!

—Head Coach Paul Reber

MAC Makes Strong Showing at Pac Coast Doubles Nine MAC members joined more than 150 other squash players at the Vancouver Racquets Club in British Columbia, Canada, in late January to compete at the Pacific Coast Open Doubles Championship, It’s largest doubles event on the West Coast and one of the biggest in the country.

Dennis Cusack and partner Gordon Pybus took the overall 70+ Men’s Division with a 3-0 win in the final. Also, Phoebe Trubowitz and partner Rachel Scherman won the Women’s Open with a strong 3-1 final victory.

MAC is scheduled to host to the 50th anniversary of the tournament in 2021, and the Squash Committee looks forward to putting on an event worthy of the rich Pac Coast tradition.

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The fight against COVID-19 continues.

Thank you for standing with us in the fight against the coronavirus. Your generosity has been incredible.

The fight is not over. In fact, scientific experts predict the pandemic will continue until a proven, effective vaccine is available. Our researchers are seeking innovative ways to prevent and treat not only COVID-19 but cancer, heart disease, MS and many other conditions as well.

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