301.624.2888 ILRatFCC.com 35 Dennis Frye Dennis E. Frye has spent nearly 50 years studying and writing about Antietam. As a native of the battlefield region and an actual “Dunker,” his distant relatives owned much of the ground where the battle occurred. Dennis retired from the National Park Service after more than a threedecade career, including 20 years as Chief Historian at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. Dennis has written ten books and 102 articles, his most recent entitled: Antietam Shadows: Mystery, Myth & Machination. Dennis is a nationally recognized preservationist, as co-founder and past president of both the American Battlefields Trust and the Save Historic Antietam Foundation. In Lincoln’s Footsteps................................................................................................................ 23 Antietam: As Seen from The Antietam.............................................................................. 23 Linda Funsch Linda Pappas Funsch is a career specialist in modern Middle Eastern history and Islamic studies. With an MA in Near Eastern Studies from New York University, she has studied, worked, and traveled extensively throughout the region. A freelance writer, consultant, and author, Ms. Funsch’s latest book, “Oman Reborn: Balancing Tradition and Modernization,”was published 2015 and has been translated into Arabic. She has taught at both Hood College and Mount Saint Mary’s University. She is a frequent speaker at scholarly symposia across the US, including Georgetown University, the University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana, the World Bank, the National Council on US-Arab Relations, the National Defense University, and the Council on Foreign Relations, Santa Fe, NM, as well as the World Affairs Councils of Washington, DC, Albuquerque, NM, and Brookings, SD. Ms. Funsch is a frequent leader of small-group “learning on location” study visits to the Middle East, including Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, and Oman. History of the Modern Middle East - Part I...................................................................... 15 History of the Modern Middle East - Part II..................................................................... 15 Sharon Galloway-Donohue Sharon Galloway-Donohue CHt, is an American Hypnotist Guild certified hypnotherapist. She has experience in past life recall, psychic mediumship, holistic pain management, trance healing, and remote viewing. Self-Hypnosis for Personal Development........................................................................ 12 AngelinaGarcia French Conversation and Basic Communication.......................................................... 28 Basic Conversational Spanish................................................................................................ 28 Continuing Conversational Spanish................................................................................... 28 Marcy Gouge Marcy Gouge is a licensed elder law attorney with 20 years litigation experience. She has a certificate in Gerontology and is the former National Director of National Legal Training Project which provided training to elder advocates on topics which impact older adults such as Elder Abuse, Guardianship and Federal Benefits. She has spent her retirement traveling the world for months at a time. She blogs regularly about traveling as a solo older woman, and contributes articles to online and print magazines about the joys of solo travel for women. The Outer Hebrides: The Wild Atlantic Islands of Northern Scotland.................. 14 Armchair Escape Series: Shakespeare and Company, A Parisian Bookstore..... 32 David Howard David Howard was a member of the National Symphony Orchestra with which he performed until retiring in 2011. During those 41 years he also performed with various chamber groups, including The Foggy Bottom Chamber Ensemble, the Cameron String Quartet, and Eclipse Chamber Orchestra. He holds a Masters in Music Performance from Catholic University and a Masters in Education from George Washington University. Currently residing in Frederick, Maryland, David is a member of the Frederick Symphony Orchestra and teaches cello at Hood College. The Music of the Frederick Symphony Orchestra: Musical Feature by the Winner of the Young Artist Competition..............................................................6 Catherine Howard Cath Howard began her art instruction at a very young age at the Atlas Art Studio in Westfield, NJ, and continued her art studies at Covenant College on Lookout Mt., TN. She studied watercolor with Skip Lawrence in Laurel, MD, with Phyllis Reif in Philadelphia, PA, and locally with Rebecca Pearl. Exploring Watercolor Painting - Beginner/Intermediate..............................................6 Exploring Watercolor Painting - Advanced. .......................................................................7 Logan Isaac Logan Isaac, HoSM, served six years in the US Army as a forward observer in the 82nd Airborne and 25th Infantry (Light) divisions. Upon his discharge, he used the GI Bill to earn degrees from Hawaii Pacific University, Duke University, and the University of St Andrews. He has been a college professor since 2013 and has presented academic research at conferences in the United States, Greece, Italy, Denmark, and Great Britain. God is With Us; War in the Bible........................................................................................... 24 Dora Jaar Born in Haiti from Italian parents, Dora speaks four languages fluently. She worked at the Italian Embassy in Haiti upon her return from studying Naples. She works as an interpreter for the Asian American Center and Frederick County Public Schools and was employed by FCPS in the English as a Learning Language Program for many years. She also teaches French for the Alliance Francaise of Frederick. Introduction to the Italian Language................................................................................. 29
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