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Staff<br />
Member<br />
Highlight:<br />
Ira Nelson<br />
New Government Building<br />
nears completion<br />
Construction work began on the new Administrative Building back in April 2020, and<br />
progress has been steady since then. The interior is almost at completion and soon the<br />
paving and landscaping will be underway. Lauren Brothers Construction have done an<br />
incredible job and it will be exciting to see any further progression. WLFN is currently looking<br />
at a move in date of August <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
Ira works as the Operations and Maintenance<br />
Assistant at WLFN, alongside volunteering as a<br />
Fire Fighter at the Sugar Cane Fire Hall.<br />
Q: What does a regular workday look like?<br />
A: My workday can be all over the place as we are<br />
always busy here at O&M. Monday, Wednesday,<br />
and Friday mornings we have our routine safety<br />
meetings. Mornings are also my time to review<br />
service requests and plan what I will get done<br />
through out the day.<br />
Q: What is the best part of your job?<br />
A: My favourite part is completing service<br />
requests because I like being helpful to WLFN<br />
employee’s and community members and<br />
makes me feel less stressed when I can complete<br />
them. I like when we can joke around together<br />
and still have fun as a team.<br />
Q: Do you have any stories from your time<br />
working here?<br />
A: When I first started at O&M, the manager at<br />
the time was showing me how to change a hot<br />
water tank. He made it clear to find the main<br />
shut off before starting the removal process. He<br />
ended up forgetting to look for the main shut off<br />
before cutting the pipes and that’s when water<br />
started spraying everywhere. I teased him about<br />
him giving me instructions in the beginning “What<br />
did you say to me about that main shut off again?”<br />
Q: If you didn’t work here, what career do you<br />
think you’d be in?<br />
A: If I didn’t work at WLFN I would apply at a<br />
mechanic shop, because I like learning to fix<br />
things.<br />
Q: If you could be any fictional character, who<br />
would it be?<br />
A: I would choose to be Batman because he’s<br />
human. Even though he doesn’t have any super<br />
powers he can still make a difference in life.<br />
Q: Do you have a message for the community?<br />
A: I have learned that life isn’t easy and it gets<br />
harder as you get older, but I now have the tools<br />
to get through and my family and friends remind<br />
me to use them when I’m having a hard time -<br />
and I also remind them too. Depression is a part<br />
of life, but it is not life. Getting hurt is a feeling<br />
but it is not life. The hardest thing to hold on to is<br />
love. It always helps to look for happiness in every<br />
day and be grateful.<br />
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