'It's kind of fun': Woman clears 10 miles worth of snow from neighborsâ driveways
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Updated: 8:54 AM PST Feb 20, 2021
Julie Dolan
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Updated: 8:54 AM PST Feb 20, 2021
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LOGGED WITH HER SNOW BLOWER. REPORTER: KENDALL HOBBS HAS CLEARED NEARLY TEN MILES WORTH OF SNOW FROM HER NEIGHBORâS DRIVEWAYS THIS WEEK. WHEN KENDALL HOBBâS HUSBAND CAME HOME WITH A $1200 SNOW BLOWER A FEW YEARS AGO. >> I WAS NOT TOO HAPPY BECAUSE WE DO NOT GET A LOT OF SNOW IN LOUISVILLE BUT THAT YEAR WE HAD TWO OR THREE SNOWSTORMS. AFTER I USED IT TWICE I WAS NOT MAD ANYMORE. REPORTER: HOBBS IS WORKING FROM HOME IN LYNDON, AND SAYS EVERY COUPLE OF HOURS, SHE TAKES A BREAK TO PLOW HER NEIGHBORS DRIVEWAYS. >> A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE OLDER AND IT STARTED WITH THE TWO ON EITHER SIDE OF ME WOULD REACH OUT OFTEN WHEN THEY NEEDS THINGS, AND I HAVE ALWAYS MADE IT A HABIT OVER THE YEARS TO DIG THEM OUT AND HELP THEM. REPORTER: AFTER THE FIRST ROUND OF SNOW FELL MONDAY NIGHT, HOBBS LOGGED SIX MILES WITH THE SNOW BLOWER. THEN, AFTER THE SECOND ROUND WEDNESDAY, ANOTHER 4 MILES. NEIGHBORS LIKE TARA PARKER ARE GRATEFUL. >> I FELT SO BLESSED. IT IS JUST WONDERFUL TO HAVE NEIGHBORS WHO ARE SO THOUGHTFUL AND WORRY ABOUT OTHERS BESIDES THEMSELVES. I HAD TRIED TO GET SOMEONE TO CLEAN THE DRIVE AND THE NEXT THING I KNEW I LOOKED OUT AND THERE SHE WAS. REPORTER: HOBBS SAYS SHEâS HEARD FROM A LOT OF GRATEFUL NEIGHBORS THIS WEEK, AND SHEâS JUST HAPPY TO HELP. EVERYBODY WANTS TO PAY ME BUT IT IS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SO I AM NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT IT. MOST OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE OLDER AND CANNOT GET OUT AND DO IT AND YOU CANNOT EVEN SEE OUR DRIVEWAY AND I AM WORRIED THEY WILL MISS TH