Michael Risch:  

I have been in Northern California for the last 30 odd years and have had little or no contact with anyone from Connersville. I did visit Connersville for a few days during the summer of 2007. I hardly recognized some parts of the city. The buildings are just gone. From what I could see, there's not much prosperity left there. It appears that the industries that were once thriving there are all gone. The old Philco-Ford plant was being closed down that fall and there seemed to be a lot of real estate for sale at rediculous prices. Of course, I'm used to a different real estate valuation here in California. I'm married for the second time. My first marriage only lasted 11 years while my current marriage is going strong at almost 28 years. I retired in June 2009 from the information technology industry. I was Director of Information Systems for a large consulting engineering firm in Sacramento. We designed HVAC systems for large commercial projects such as hospitals, prisons, high school and university campuses. Although I ran the firm's information sysytems, my expertise was in computer-aided-design, 3D modeling and setting up architectural building information s...Expand for more