With facilities as extensive and complex as we have at CVAC, it takes someone with wide-ranging skills and plenty of practical experience to handle the maintenance. Meet Fred Portman!

Fred has been with the Club since 1976. Before that he had his own painting and construction company based in Newbury, Ohio, his hometown.

He has watched the Club expand over the years.and his responsibilities with it. Today, he has a staff of five to help him, plus specialist crews to deal with specific jobs.

As the calendar moves from summer to winter and back again, Fred has added maintenance duties: "We always have to anticipate the change in seasons. For instance, it takes eight to ten hours to scrub the floor of the nine indoor tennis courts and then five days to clean all the ceiling lights. That all has to be done before the members are ready to move indoors for the winter."

Fred and his wife live about seven miles from the Club in Welshfield. They have three children and are now proud grandparents. On his vacations he likes to golf or head to the mountains to trout fish ".while my wife shops. It would be cheaper if she liked to trout fish!" he says with a smile.

Fred's responsibilities include oversight of all the club's mechanical and structural operations.