Dean Carter:  

I study a great deal, but never went to college. I am not religious, but I am an ordained minister. I travel a great deal, but only by car. I am not fond of heights, but take care of a lighthouse. After carefully manipulating classes (including creating one) in high school to manage to get on honor roll, I worked in a TV repair shop for the summer and attended United Electronics Inststute (now ITT Tech) in Portland for a year and worked various jobs. After a year at Crown Zellerbach and a 9 month strike, I moved to Hawaii and built houses. I started with the phone company in 1980 as a clerk, and retired from making phone books for Dex. I worked with a youth group for many years. I am a trained hypnotist and did a great deal of research work in the late 80's with it. I am a State registered Hypnotherapist.. I became involved in Lighthouses in 1998 after hiking 11 miles to see one. I served on the Board of Directors that takes care of the New Dungeness Light Station near Sequim, Washington. I also belong to, and work with, about a dozen other groups that take care of lighthouses around the country. I have climbed eight out of nine towers in Oregon (three at night) and have visited over 60 so far. In May of 2007 my brother and I drove to the A...Expand for more