Submitted by Jeanette Kutash Sharon Strzalkowski was born in Delaware, where she lived throughout her childhood. She was diagnosed at an early age with retinopathy of prematurity, commonly known as ROP. For her first two years of school, she spent much time in a resource room, learning blindness basic skills. She learned to type in … Read more
Submitted by Mary Haroyan Jonathan Gale has been a member of the Bay State council of the Blind for about 20 years and became a BSCB Life Member in 2023. He and his wife have four grown children, and currently live in Dighton with two of their grandchildren whom they have been raising. As someone … Read more
Submitted by Jeanette Kutash Barbara Black grew up in New York City, and attended college at State university of New York Stony Brook. She completed her Master’s Degree at Bank Street College in New York. Barbara was diagnosed as legally blind with R.P. at the age of 28. Initially she met a group of blind … Read more
Submitted by Jeanette Kutash Myra Ross was born in New York, and lived in the Long Island area where she attended elementary and high school. Before she was five years old she had multiple surgeries on her eyes, as she was born with cataracts and developed Glaucoma in infancy. Though legally blind, she had enough … Read more
Submitted by Sandy Burgess ElizabethAnn Johnson learned about Bay State Council of the Blind from member Rosemary Miller and joined the organization in 2017. She joined because she loves the diversity of the organization and what it brings to people of all backgrounds. As a member of BSCB, ElizabethAnn especially values collaborating/working with others, the … Read more
By DeAnn Elliott During the Bay State Council of the Blind’s annual convention held May 20th, the organization presented its 2023 Community Access Award to Joseph Kolb, an orientation and mobility (O and M) specialist at the Carroll Center for the Blind. Many BSCB members are among the more than 1000 clients who have benefitted … Read more
By Dennis Polselli | From BayLines Express, May, 2023 This may be an unusual column for Bay Lines, but I think the subject is familiar to you all. Lately I’ve been reading a book: Caution Blind Priest Driving The Story of Father Thomas J. Carroll Changing Public Perceptions of Blindness by Rachel Rosenbaum and all … Read more
By Myra Ross | From BayLines Express, November, 2022 Carol Fithian is a woman of boundless curiosity. She has been a researcher, published author, park ranger for the National Park Service on the Boston Harbor Islands, and the Director of Volunteer Recruitment and Training for the Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands. She selected and … Read more
By Martha Steele | Reprinted with permission from Bird Observer October 2022, Volume 50, Number 5:350-352. www.birdobserver.org. Recently, Bob and I birded with Jerry Berrier, who has been totally blind from birth due to retinopathy of prematurity, where the infant receives too much oxygen following birth. Our morning walk along trails in the Middlesex Fells … Read more
Bay State Council of the Blind 57 Grandview Avenue Watertown, MA 02472 Phone: 773-572-6312 www.acbofma.org President: Brian Charlson 617-926-9198 president@acbofma.org Editor: Bob Hachey 781-893-6251 bhachey@verizon.net Assistant Editors: Dianna Leonard, Steve Dresser, Jerry Berrier, and Judy Savageau BayLines is published three times per year in large print, via e-mail, and on the Web. … Read more
