Rick’s first computer was a Vic20 which he plugged into his black and white television and used to program games of pong when he was 12. Since then he has used computers for many tasks ranging from scientific modeling, image analysis and statistical analysis to design and maintenance of websites to the integration of technology into middle school classrooms. Currently Rick teaches at Kennett Middle School and designs web sites for individuals and small businesses. Rick believes that everything you do with a computer must be intuitive. This belief guides his instruction as he helps newcomers and experienced computer users alike develop and expand their 21st century skil rick@shoresidedesigns.com

Lianne earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Teacher Education from New Hampshire College, and received a Master of Education degree from Bowling Green State University in Ohio.

Her business experience includes administrative, accounting, and graphic arts positions with the Conway Village Fire District, the Town of Conway, The Mountain Ear, The Extra Office, New England Inn, Baron Resource/Hospitality Corp., Kennett High School, and the Village District of Edelweiss.

In addition to her activities at the Adult Education program, she has taught business courses for Kennett High School and the College for Lifelong Learning.

Darren A. Deth holds a MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a BA/BS in English and Psychology from Lyndon State College. He has had several pieces of fiction and poetry published in the Green Mountain Trading Post and The Lyndon Review. He is currently working on several short stories and is developing a novel. Darren has been a Mac user for two years. Darren has been geocaching for over three years.

Paul Dumas is director of Norway Cottage Industries. He has 50+ years of photography experience including several years as a professional specializing in catalogs and brochures. Mr. Dumas was a consulting system analyst and programmer. He developed and taught specialized computer courses at the Museum of Science, Boston and The Boston Center for Adult Education. He is currently retired but, is teaching for Dover Adult Learning Center, a division of the Dover School System. Paul brings this wealth of experience and a genuine excitement to this seminar. He has been a computer consultant since 1983 and has specialized in corporate training, desktop publishing and digital imaging. Retired from full time work, he is a digital imaging consultant that does a limited number of special projects, and teaches courses in Digital Photography, Basic computer graphics, PhotoShop and Adobe Lightroom.

Debbie Eastman lives in North Conway is married and has two grown daughters and three grandchildren. She loves to rubberstamp, read and spend time with her grandchildren.

Don Fries has practiced Tai Chi since 1990 and has been providing classes in introductory Tai Chi through adult education programs in Maine and New Hampshire schools for more than sixteen years.

Betsy Gemmecke is the North Country Outreach Coordinator for Granite State College. Betsy, being a baby boomer herself, has been exploring the "third quarter" of her life. As part of this process, she became certified as a "Too Young to Retire" Facilitator and will use her guidance and career background to help others who are thinking about retirement re-prioritize their lives and chart a fulfilling, new next phase. Betsy is a Certified 2young2Retire Facilitator and Career Coach.

Lynne Gilman moved to Mount Washington Valley area in 1990 after finishing her Bachelors Degree in accounting at UMass Boston. She is currently working on her MBA in Accounting. In addition to caring for her animals, she enjoys doing crafts of all kinds. To help you learn and complete your project, Lynne will draw upon decades of knitting experience, having been taught by her grandmother and mother beginning at age six.

Ed Good has been a woodturner for 11 years, having spent 37 years as a high school math teacher in Massachusetts (“and now finally USING my math.”) This will be his 5th year of participation in the Lovell Fair, where he will be selling his work and demonstrating his turning skills on his lathe. Ed is largely self taught but has been inspired by workshops with Beth Ireland and Will Hunt in Massachusetts, plus past membership in the Lexington, MA Arts and Crafts Society, the Central New England Woodturners, the American Association of Woodturners (AAW), and the Mount Washington Valley Woodturners (MWVW, founder and currently President). Inspiration and direction have also been gained by attendance for 9 consecutive years at the annual Utah Woodturning Symposium, the Yankee Woodturning Symposium, and the occasional AAW symposium. In the recent past, his work has sold in the League store in North Conway, the State of the Art Gallery in Jackson, NH, and the gallery of the Lexington, MA Arts and Crafts Society. Native New Hampshire and Maine hard woods are his favorite raw materials (cherry burl, birdseye and “tiger” maple, oak, ash), in addition to a few favorite imported woods. The native black cherry burl in particular forms the source of his signature pieces, namely closed hollow forms which present the burl wood in all its natural beauty, as well as requiring very advanced turning skills and meticulous finishing techniques. When not turning, Ed shares his woodturning knowledge by volunteering in the wood working courses at Kennett High School, and by teaching Beginner and Intermediate Woodturning courses in the Adult Education Program at KHS.

Michael was a music educator for 30 years in the Conway School System and has been practicing hypnosis since the early 1980s. He has a Doctorate in Clinical Hypnotherapy (DCH) granted by the State of California, is Board Certified by the National Guild of Hypnotists (BCH) and is an instructor of their certification course (CI). He is a Board Certified Past Life Regression Therapist (PLRT) through the International Board of Regression Therapists, and has a Music Education degree from the Boston Conservatory of Music.

He has a private practice in Madison at the White Mountain Hypnosis Center, which is also the home of the White Mountain Center for Creative Development, a non-profit corporation formed in 1997.

In addition, he is a lecturer, storyteller, author, does hypnosis stage shows, and teaches creative writing.

Larry Logemann is a graduate of DeVry Technical Institute in Chicago,Illinois, and is a man of many talents. For over 40 years he has experience in broadcasting, electrical engineering and upper management in radio and television. He now has a thriving on-line business manufacturing beautiful and functional wood home gifts and accessories. Larry has created and taught electronics/electricity courses at the high school, college and adult education levels and now enjoys teaching basic electricity through the Mt. Washington Valley Career and Technical Adult Education Program at Kennett, and teaches woodworking at Camp Kabeyun during the summer months. Over the years Larry has seen an increasing need for people to have a practical understanding of household electrical systems from telephones to stereos to installing electrical circuits in the home. This course will help you become familiar with howyour home electrical systems and appliances work and give you the confidence to do many repairs and changes yourself.

Judith holds a B.Ed degree in Business Education from the University of New Hampshire, Plymouth and a Master’s Degree in Secondary Administration from Worcester State College. She has worked as Business/School to Career Coordinator, Business Educator, Tech Prep Coordinator and Business Professionals of America Advisor. Judy initiated the Tech Prep, cooperative work program and word processing programs in Marlborough MA. She has taught Office Technology, Superwrite, Introduction to Mac, VAX and PC Word Processing. Final years of teaching included MS Word, Excel and Accounting. Judy volunteers for the local ski program, Polar Express and belongs to Library Reading Group. She is currently Vice President for the Friends of Bartlett Public Library. Judy also built and maintains the Bartlett Public Library web page utilizing GoDaddy and publishes newsletters quarterly for BPL and semi-annually for the Claflin Family Association.

John has owned and operated the Computer Tutors for 20 years, and has operated Norris Cleaning Service for more than 20 years. Prior to that he was a boat yard worker in Wisconsin. John is experienced in the computer training industry. He often times helps users to reorganize their hard drives, performs data recovery, consults, repairs and upgrades hardware and troubleshoots and installs computer systems.

Don Poulin received is formal training from the Deafness Resource Institute at Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center and Keene State College. Don has taught sign language at Keene State College, UNH, Granite State College, Center of Hope and Region VI Career and Technical Center at Kennett High School. He is married and has two children.

Peter has maintained his own bicycles since 1979, is certified in Advance Bicycle Mechanics by United Bicycle Institute of Ashland, Oregon, and has worked in local bike shops. In addition, he owns and operates Mountain Cycle Guide Service, a local mountain biking map distributor, and writes the “As the Wheels Turn” bicycle column for the MountainEar. Sally McMurdo is a League of American Bicyclists Certified Instructor, member of Mount Washington Valley Velo Club, League of American Bicyclists, New England Mount Bike Association, Granite State Wheelmen, and Bike-Walk Alliance of NH. She has been both a mountain and road bike tour leader in the Valley for the last 20 years.

Sarah is currently a veterinary technician at the Broadview Animal Hospital in Rochester, NH and has worked for the Lakes Region Humane Society in Ossipee where she created and coordinated basic obedience training and behavior modification programs. She has completed the White Mountain K9 Academy professional instructor course and is currently enrolled in the AKS Canine Good Citizen Evaluator Program.

Perry Smith is retired, lives in Moultonboro, and has a wide range of interests and activities. Prior to retirement he spent a career of more than 30 years in banking and computers. He has taught systems analysis, systems design and programming at the corporate level.

Bobby is retired from IBM and MCI WorldCom and has more than 30 years experience in Information Technology. During his career he has been involved in all facets of software, hardware, software upgrades, training, and Web Site Development and maintenance. He has designed, coded, and tested on mainframes (large computer systems) to Client/Server (networks), PCs, and done Web site development. Bobby was a Sr. Business Solutions Consultant with IBM, teaching all over the United States. He is a Certified Software Quality Assurance Manager with a thorough knowledge of software development life cycles, including software requirements, design, coding, test, integration, implementation, education (teaching), and others. He has built and maintained Web sites using a variety of tools including HTML, FrontPage, Java, JavaScript, PaintShop Pro, Visio Pro, and numerous other applications. Other useful expertise that he possesses is with PowerPoint, MS Word, Publisher, Access, Excel, Animation Shop, and others. Since moving to New Hampshire in 2001, he has been employed by SAU 9 at Conway Elementary School as a Rehabilitative Aide and currently as technology aide at the new Kennett High School.

Simon Thomas leads Cormack Construction's new division, The Wood Works, their custom woodworking and cabinet shop. Simon joined Cormack in 2001, relocating here from England. He has twenty years experience in the woodworking industry, starting as an apprentice in 1983. He has won acclaim for his woodcarving, custom furniture and casework from various organizations and appeared in woodworking publications. Previously his work has taken him to such countries as the USA, France, Holland, Switzerland and Ireland. Simon was involved in the expansion and modernization of our cabinet shop and became shop supervisor. He made improvements to maximize efficiency and gain more versatility, including a spray booth to do top quality inhouse finishing. Simon has been trained in First Aid since 1997 and is also the company safety advisor. He continues education relevant to safety, cabinet making and finishing.

Having cooked for over thirty years, Sandy has learned never to be bored, which has enabled her to be creative and spontaneous, not to be afraid to be daring and unconventional. She has taught classes for the OLLI Program thru Granite State College and worked with NH Foodbank, teaching healthy food choices, and creative alternatives. Sandy's students are the inspiration to continue on her path.

Annalisa Weygandt has a BA in French with Professional Applications. After completing her degree in France she lived there for 2 years. While she lived in France, Annalisa worked as a translator and user guide creator for a start-up company. Her initial French business experience came from an internship as receptionist and switchboard operator for a Parisian touring company. She also had the opportunity of translating the field reports of a reporter writing for Amnesty International. Annalisa worked 6 years as a business representative for Weygandt-Metzler Wine Importing company, in Unionville, PA. She moved to Gorham, NH July 2007 to teach French at Gorham Middle/High School. This past summer she taught the Intermediate French Credit course at Concordia Language Schools located in Hackensack, MN. Currently she works as Interviewer/Job Developer NH Works in Conway, NH.