Williamston, Mich., residents Kameron Best and Adam Land moved from Ashford, Ala., to pursue a career as electricians. Land and Best have been working in the electrical tunnels by the Plant and Soil Science Building that will power the cyclotron. Georgina de Moya/The State News
—It’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it. For cousins Adam Land and Kameron Best, their so-called “dirty job” became a new family affair in a lifelong relationship.
The cousins work in tunnels across campus and with other electrical systems that will power MSU’s National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory.
The two Williamston, Mich., residents moved from Ashford, Ala., after being laid off from a job at the local nuclear power plant.
“It was just like that, you just pack your bags,” Land said. “You just grab your lunchbox, your tools and a suitcase with your work clothes in it and you just get in your vehicle and go up the road.”
Now the cousins are in the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Apprenticeship Program and taking classes at Lansing Community College.
Before Land and Best began their new career, the two lived in different states growing up, but still spent every summer together. The two would help their grandfather on the farm, but they also liked to hang out together on the side.
“You know the usual stuff kids do, break glass and things like that,” Land said.
Best said the two also enjoyed playing sports and video games as kids, which they still like to do today.
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