<div dir="auto">In Ijede, when the Iron Man story had been told, the community wanted an Iron Man to put in the middle of the roundabout where the road coming into town ended. So Charles Jago went to a company who made iron bed frames, and persuaded them to make an Iron Man statue. They made it inside a bed frame, so it was a bit short and squat, but it was definitely an Iron Man! <br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>--<br>Jo Nelson, CPF, CTF <<a href="mailto:jo.r.nelson@gmail.com" target="_blank">jo.r.nelson@gmail.com</a>><br></div><div>647 233 6910<br></div><div><br>"Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world.<br>Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead</div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM James Wiegel via Dialogue <<a href="mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net">dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">There was an Iron Man statue in the courtyard of the Kamweleni Training Center — smaller than the original but much larger than the one given to the Religious Houses. I cant find a picture just now<div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13pt">Jim Wiegel</span><br><div>
<p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">“…the long work<br>
of turning their lives<br>
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