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Twyla Hardie and her two kids, Kadin and Rylan, are enjoying their 2005 Ford Focus after the vehicle was given to them by Kicking Horse Ford on Jan. 16. Hardie was chosen as the recipient of the car amongst dozens of nominations. Joel Tansey/Star Photo
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Joel Tansey reporter@thegoldenstar.net Friday Jan. 16 started off like any other work day for Twyla Hardie. She arrived at work in the morning and set up behind the deli counter at Overwaitea, a position she’s held since September when she moved there from the front cash. Then at lunch time she accompanied her manager Dwayne Westland to the bank, and that’s
when her day went from ordinary to extraordinary. “(After the bank) he said that he’s got to run to Ford to pick up a part for his car. So we’re just taking a walk and that’s when they sprung it on me,” Hardie recalled. ‘It’ being a red 2005 Ford Focus that Kicking Horse Ford had decided to give away to a member of the community. “I cried. I was just floored. Everybody was standing there and a lot of the staff from Overwaitea
was there. I was just crying and everybody was hugging me,” she said with a smile spread clear across her face. “It was kind of surreal, I went there and won a car and then went back to work.” Hardie was nominated to receive the car by a dozen individuals in the Ford giveaway. The local dealership received over 80 emails in support of 30 individuals while it was deciding who was going to be its lucky recipient. Continued on page 5
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