Hal Rice:  

Life Gosh people ! I am amazed of the number of hits to my profile here on Classmates. With the count heading up near the 1200 mark I guess many of my classmates remember me. I hope most were good memories. But there are those I would like to say I'm sorry for the torment and or pain I caused. You know who you are and I'm truly sorry. For those I stood up for and not let others push around, no thanks was ever expected. I just didn't take crap from anyone. If needed I still want to be that same guy who makes the right choice. Fear is not an option ! Soon after HS I worked 8 years for Halmar Electronics on the west side. Halmar sold out to another company and one year to the day later I found myself without a job for the 1st time in my life. This was a tuff time for me, but within a very short time I starting a new job with a company also on the west side. Not only was I back on my feet, but back with a job I quickly came to love with a pay rate that made a big differance quickly. With the job skills aquired from these two jobs would provide the needed skills to get my foot in the door of a Fortune 200 Company and would change my life forever and help me grow as a person and advance into management. Through my work experances I found there are two kinds of boss's. One who uses fear as a tool to get things done and one who leads by example to get the same results. I choose to lead by example and have the respect of my people. I never respected a boss that used the fear tatic leadership. My job with Batesville Casket took us from Ohio to Florida for nearly fourteen years and then to Alabama where I am living at this time. Please Check Back Soon For Bios update Part II Hal Rice Part II Lets jump back to a couple of years after H.S. when life was so much differentback then. By now I was well broken in as a motorcyle dirt racer running the 125cc Class and the 250cc cla...Expand for more