Mark James has hauled hay, worked in construction and even spent time as an underwater welder and commercial diver.But for sheer interest as well as benefit to the community, he’ll put his current job up against all of those any day.James, 48, is a sewer maintenance worker in Redmond, Ore. He loves the job for many reasons, but one is because of the good it does for the community.“We’re helping people every day and they don’t know it,” he says. For instance, people never think twice about using the toilet. “They don’t realize there’s a whole team of people on

















