Farmington volunteers respond to water leak

A water leak in Farmington was taken care of last week by the mayor, ex-mayor, a retired water department employee from Spokane and an owner of an audio equipment company with a backhoe.

Water bubbled up at the corner of First and Lincoln streets the morning of Nov. 28.

Mayor Ron Dugan got on the phone and summoned Frank Triplett, formerly the Director of Water and Hydroelectric Services in Spokane.

Triplett came down and saw the water and soon ex-mayor Royce Johnson arrived to help, along with Mark Hellinger, owner of Audiopile, who had a backhoe.

The waterline was shut down and the group dug...