Charles Mike Heritage:  

I am RETIRED from FORD MOTOR CO, Kansas City Assembly Plant after over 35 years of service. I was a Supervisor/Engineer on the SUV side when I retired.I worked on the line on the truck side when I was hired for 10 years before going into Supervision in 1976. When I went into Supervision I was just a "foreman" working about 20-25 employees. When I retired I was responsible for around 50 employees.I was also responsible for all their engineering support as well as most of the engineering staff was slowly cut as time went on. Life at FORD was like living in crisis mode for at least 10 hours a day every day. I currently am working for the Benton county RIX School District Warsaw,Mo as a Transportation Specialist (bus driver).I have done this for four years. I took this job after being on (vacation) for three yrs after retiring from FORD. I ended up doing this as a result of my middle daughters brilliant idea that I needed "something to do". She is a teacher at the Warsaw North Elementary School. I am single having been married twice and devorced twice. I live about 10 miles northeast of Warsaw in a Lake Community called LAKE HONEY BEAR. I have about 20 acres of prime rocks and trees with a small pond on it.I have two MANX cats and a bunch of dumb birds (chickens) Jan and I had three kids Lezlie 42, Shelly 40, and Carey 37. Lezlie has done quite well with her life. She is head of Human Resources for Milbank Manufacturing Co in KCMO. She works directly for one of the Vice Presidents of the company and is responsible for all the labor issues with the company. They have several plants in several different cities so she tr...Expand for more