Family members challenge the $4.95 million sale of historic Portland Athletic Club to a pickleball business while the 84-year-old founder battles dementia.
PORTLAND, Oregon — The Portland Athletic Club (PAC) has been a staple in Southwest Portland for nearly 50 years but may soon be sold to a pickleball business.
Family members tell KGW that PAC owner and founder Marion Blackburn has dementia. They said Blackburn, 84, is under 24-hour home care and no longer works at the club. Court documents show Blackburn’s sister, 77-year-old Glenda Hall-Blackburn of Federal Way, Wash., has been Blackburn’s conservator since July. Those documents suggest she is preparing to sell the
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