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Dear Sir:
» In regards to the recent: comments
made by Ron Floritto, manager of Day-

break Farms ~'this man has got to get

some reality in his life.”

I live on Dairy Avenue in front of

the disgusting lagoon of chicken feces
that was to be removed over a year ago.

sue. : 4
‘My husband and [ purchased our

’ home two years ago in early April
when the flies were not a problem yet.

We purchased our home knowing we
were right beside a chicken farm, but
we never expected what was to come.
’T grew up beside a cow farm with a
compost and wood pile in our backyard

and never had an eighth of the fly prob-
- lem there is here on Dairy. ~

We had assumed there may be a
smell every once in a while, once a

_ week or so during cleanup. ;
“The: first summer we were here,
" there was such a foul smell every night

we had to keep our doors and windows
closed during the hottest days of the

summer, which we are doing again.
through this hot spell!

“One morning I tried to stand it and

cool off my home, but after keeping my

windows open 15 minutes I had a split-

-ting headache from the smell and had

to close them.
' [had also just purchased a new patio
furniture set to eat dinner outside. We

tried that once and only stayed ourside “

for about three bites. Then ‘the flies
started to land on our food, and when

The smell and flies ARE a serious is? -

you realize these flies have just been
walking on, chicken feces or carcasses
you lose your appetite.

Needless to say dinner. went in ‘the .
garbage and the furniture has been’ in...

my crawl space ever since!

The flies have been so bad that I have
walked outside to hear so many flies I
can actually hear a loud buzzing, like

car, house and doorways.

I 100 -per cent disagree with Ron
Floritto when he says it is not his farm
that causes all the flies or smell.

When you have a trench running
from the barns to the lagoon to drain
feces into standing water, you have to
expect that flies will breed in it — not
to mention what that might be doing to
the local ground water.

. For aman that worked so hard to
have 300+ dumptruck loads of chicken
waste removed from his farm. just be-
fore the Farm Industry Review Board
came for their inspection, how could he
still fail miserably.

” Now that they have told him what
else he must do to correct the situation

he has done nothing!

To “put things in: perspective for
anyone that does not live in this area, I
just paused from this letter to see how
many flies were in my carport. After
four swings with my fly zapper I killed
13 flies,.not even putting a small dent

_in how many are still there. We are too
worried to get a fly zapping light out-
side for fear that it will overload.

There is no possible way Floritto

* bees, and seen them spotted all over my _

Don’t be fooled by farmer.

can tell anyone he has one of the best
farms in the province, when the FIRB
can say they are one of the WORST
and the only ones not to o comply with
their demands.

That I can not have a family barbe-

“cue or air out my home after a scorch-

ing hot day, and I can not leave any-
thing such as kids toys or lawn furniture
outside due to the to flies, fly feces, the

“smell, or the headache I will get from

the smell, shows he is not following
proper farming procedures.

Even with all these problems, no
one I have talked to on our street really

wants Daybreak Farms shut down. We

just want them to deal with the issues
and correct their farming practices so
the local residents don’t have to suffer

_ through the smell,’ flies: and possible

health risks!

For any Terrace residents that do not
live near the farm just think of how you - -
“would feel to never get to let in “fresh”.

air into your home on.a°hot summers

day, or to never invite people to your ©
home due to the flies and smell sur-

rounding your home.
.. You would rarely be able to relax
outside just-because you can’t stand to.

-And don’t ever leave a drink or food
outside unless you like to eat flies!

Next time you have a family barbe-

cue remember we DON’T get to do that ©

due to Daybreak farming practices.
What they are doing there is not
right. Please don’t let him fool you. .
Jason and Brandy Pike,

Terrace, B. C. :

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