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Columnise Dan Rodricks, NFB Director of Governmental Affairs James Gashel, after-dinner speaker Frank Luntz, Director of Special Projects Betsy Zaboroaski, and honorary chairman for the evening and Governor Parris Glendenning's Chief of staff Major Riddick.

(Left to right) columnist Dan

Rodricks, NFB Director of Governmental Affairs James Gashel, after-dinner speaker FrankLuntz, NFB Director of Special Projects Betsy Zaborowski, and honorary chairman for the evening and Governor Parris Glendening's Chief of Staff Major Riddick.

 

Betsy Zaborowski fastens Dan

Rodricks's Media-Man cape.

 A man stands with his back largely to the camera. Betsy Zaborowski has just put a cape on him and is tying it in front of him. Much of the print and braille can be seen on his back,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEWSLINE® Night in Baltimore this year was September 21, 2000. The festivities began with hors d'oeuvres in the dining room while guests examined the items available for bidding at the evening's silent auction. When dinner was ready on the Skydeck, guests walked back down Black Cabinet Hall to the Skydeck entrance and found their outdoor tables. The theme for the evening was "Reaching for the Stars," and stars could be found everywhere in the evening's decorations. A small band played as diners collected their buffet meals and enjoyed good food and good conversation. Jim Gashel served as master of ceremonies. The featured speaker of the evening was Frank Luntz, President and CEO of Luntz Research and an analyst for MSNBC. Dan Rodricks, a well-known Baltimore TV personality and now a columnist for the Sun newspapers in the city, has been a longtime friend to the organized blind, so on behalf of the NFB Betsy Zaborowski presented him a one-of-a-kind black super-hero type cape with the words "Media Man" emblazoned on the back in print and Braille. All in all, itwas a memorable evening.

    

A m,an stands speaking at the podium against the east wall of the skydeck. Behind him is a large silver star containing a picture of the model of the National Research and Training Institute for the Blind. Star-shaped helium balloons flank the star. In the foreground one of the star tables can be clearly seen.
Frank Luntz, President and CEO of Luntz Research, addresses the gathering from the podium.

  

We can see people walikng toward the camera, programs in hand. A blue and white signwith stars and the words "Help Us Reach for the Stars,"hand across the hallway.

Black Cabinet Hall andthe welcome sign on NEWSLINE night as people make their way to dinner.

 

 

The skydeck filles with diners seated at their tables at the beginning of dinner.

The Skydeck filled with diners seated at

  their tables at the beginning of dinner.

     

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