Harry Saltzgaver

2 weeks ago | presstelegram.com | Harry Saltzgaver

For most of us, graduating high school is expected – attending college is pretty much a foregone conclusion too. That “most of us” started with the Greatest Generation, I believe, and was pretty much a demand for me and my fellow Baby Boomers. So it’s always a shock when I start reading Grand Prix Foundation scholarship applications and see “first in my family to graduate high school” and “first to go to college.”The number of those declarations gets smaller every year.

3 weeks ago | presstelegram.com | Harry Saltzgaver

A Long Beach preschool is moving to a new building this week. That might be worth a note in the business column, right? But this particular preschool is a special case, and one close to my heart. Precious Lamb Preschool was launched in 2002, dedicated to providing free preschool to homeless children in a God-based setting. It started as a single classroom, part of an education annex in a downtown Long Beach church.

1 month ago | presstelegram.com | Harry Saltzgaver

When I was a kid, summer was my favorite time of year. What? Summer is everyone’s favorite season when they are kids, you say? Okay, I’ll accept that. I assume that’s because there’s seldom any school in the summer, right? Sure, it has something to do with what you can do, too. In my Colorado youth, summer meant being able to go outside without a coat. It meant baseball season – usually a total of 15 games or so.

1 month ago | presstelegram.com | Harry Saltzgaver

I am getting a little tired of people leaving my life. At least this time, it’s a retirement, not a death. My friend Jane Conoley is vacating the president’s office at Cal State Long Beach. I’m still not quite sure whether to call her Jane Close Conoley or Jane Conoley or just Madame President. She good-naturedly answers to all three. It has been more than a decade since President Conoley moved into that office – January 2014 to be exact.

1 month ago | presstelegram.com | Harry Saltzgaver

Who says there’s no such thing as a free lunch? Okay, technically it was a free breakfast. It happened last Friday, and it was called the Breakfast of Hope. The breakfast wasn’t the only thing free that morning. How about a free six-month addiction recovery program, including room and board? Explaining that program was what the Breakfast of Hope was all about. Stop me if you’ve heard this before. I’ve written about this program in the past, because I’m passionate about the subject.