Farmington basketball court nears completion

The Farmington basketball court project is nearing completion this week after workers laid asphalt Tuesday.

Specialty Asphalt of Cheney arrived Monday morning for the preparation work.

“They had everything out there but clowns and elephants,” said Mark Hellinger, one of many Farmington volunteers who is part of the effort to revitalize the 1940s court.

The project began last September when the town received a $14,000 grant from the Washington State Community Economic Revitalization Board (CERB).

In the past two months, Farmington citizens have worked in earnest to complete the new court for th...