Keith Edwards:  

Life I was born July 5, 1956 at George Air Force Base, CA (next to Victorville--now closed), where my Dad was stationed. The US Air Force sent us to Yokota Air Force Base in Japan, 1961-1964. In 1964, we moved to Santa Maria, where I attended Arellanes School from third through sixth grade. In 1968 we moved into town, near Fesler Junior High, which I attended. I attended SMHS and remember fondly football games; Brian Oye leading our section in cheers; the year we went unbeaten only to lose in the CIF championship game; the plays put on in Ethel Pope Auditorium; buddies in the music department; the excellence of Mrs. Chiado and Ms. Dunn as teachers; and how much I hated P.E. I graduated with the Class of 1974, then went to Allan Hancock College, where I earned my AA in 1976. I went to International Christian University in Japan (near Tokyo). I earned a BA in History at UC Santa Barbara, and continue to be a loyal Gaucho fan, especially of men's and women's basketball and men's soccer (we lost the 2004 College Cup--the NCAA championship--by penalty kicks at Home Deport Center in Carson--a game I will always remember! The men's basketball team was the last to beat UNLV before they won the NCAA championship in 1990!) I went to Princeton theological Seminary in Princeton, NJ (the same town as the famed university), where I earned a Master of Divinity degree. I entered the ministry (Presbyterian Church (US...Expand for more