Interview of Michael Marion Mashack by Meda Okelo. Topics include moving to EPA in 1965 at age 7; some memorable local businesses; moving away for two years, then back to EPA as a high school sophomore at Palo Alto schools; why he joined the Air Force; Whiskey Gulch in the late 70s and early 80s; why he didn’t get involved in incorporation; participating in the community first through coaching little league; how drugs and murders in EPA affected him; volunteering in City government, first monitoring the developers on the Amazon project, then the Public Works and Transportation Commission and now on the Planning Commission; origins of his Bay Area Urban Eagles, teaching kids about becoming a pilot and other aviation career opportunities; and his vision for EPA.