Ed Sweeney:
CLASS OF 1974
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Foster High SchoolClass of 1974
Tukwila, WA
Showalter Middle SchoolClass of 1971
Tukwila, WA
Tukwila Elementary SchoolClass of 1968
Tukwila, WA
Ed's Story
Life
Man, it seems like just yesterday...well, maybe the day before yesterday, but "Hello" 1974 Foster Grads! You may remember me as the fat kid with the deep voice, NOW I'm the fat old fart with the deep voice.
I'm married with no kids, but the Mrs. and I are looking into a program called "Foster adopt" (NO- not taking in poor "Foster High School Alumni", but REAL foster kids who need permanant homes) My good buddy Gary Schmaltz (remember the Schmaltzes?) was my best man. Karen and I had put off getting married for almost a decade...she had some very serious heart problems and from an insurance/assistance standpoint it was better that we didn't marry. So we've been together since 1987, but only married in 2002.
I Still love writing music, some may remember Mildstone... a rock n roll band that played the Seattle area professionally for a couple years. I was in it with some other Foster Grads: Glenn, Gary and Mickey Schmaltz, and Randy Brigham (Pam's brother) was also with us for a while.
Back in 1995 I made my peace with the Lord, and although at times I'm still kind of a "punk"....God forgives me because of the sacrifice Jesus Christ made for my (numerous) sins. I'm not a crazy fanatic, but I do love the Lord and don't walk around with my nose in the air declaring myself as a "better than thou" Christian. Chances are..."thou" is better than me, depending on just who "thou is... The point is... my acceptance by God is exclus...Expand for more
ively because of HIS grace, not my own greatness. So please don't stereotype me with THEM.... Heck, I'm even more of a democrat than a republican (except on some of the moral issues)
A couple years ago I completed a Christian CD (the band is UPWORD) entitled "ON THE SPOT". Kind of a "rockin" thing I made with excuse my language, "Tyee" grad, John Human (yes, that's his REAL name). If you'd like a copy, please get ahold of me and let me know. Currently, I play guitar with the worship team at South Shore Fellowship in Des Moines every other week. GREAT church, by the way. If you want to discover more about God's heart toward you, please come visit us some Sunday Morning. Really great sermons from our Pastor Steve, and you GOTTA see that crazy guitar player....
I work at Boeing as a crane operator picking up fuselages of 737s. Other former Fosterites working in my department are Clay Hood (graduating year unknown), and Tony Ullacko (class of 75), and Dennis Bagby (class of 69). Just goes to show what a small world it is.....
This is cool to see your names and walk down memory lane think about the "good old days". I'm thinking about going for the "gold" so I could contact some of you, but as of yet I've been too cheap to do so.
I'm sure we all have many fond memories of growing up in and around the Tukwila area. Those were great times weren't they?
Anyway, I hope to bump into you here and there. Take care.
Ed Sweeney
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