Playing in the dirt

JUDE AND ARLO Klimek play in the dirt with their heavy equipment toys in front of their house on Strohm Street as the real life machines do the same just down the street. The Town of Haxtun began the long-awaited street project on Thursday, Aug. 4.

The project, passed by voters in previous elections, will include repaving more than 40 blocks worth of streets in Haxtun. Right now, Superintendent Ron Carpenter said the project is in phase one, which includes grinding the old asphalt and working the streets down to grade level to build them back up and prepare them for asphalt. New asphalt, he said, should start coming in this week.

Jude, 6, and Arlo, 2, are the sons of Rio Klimek and Shaylee Salyards, Haxtun.