The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 1 4, 2006 - A9 . Flies at heart of farm flap — $3¥6:4 635.TIPS By SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN, A na. A RESIDENT near the Terrace egg farm at the Co, Ry | ee - = . ) ; centre ofa controversy over a ; J ay: 5 . its farming practices, says Xx. ~~ LY life EDD a € gle HM, RELA AND claims by its manager that [gee MH Ed: fie an epidemic fly problems in | t , 1 . ae. the area don’t stem from the ’ farm are absurd. . neighbours of Daybreak [ERR YON ae jf ii ma | | i RENT T MOVIE OR DVD Farms located on Dairy Ave. - [RSs " ! ie at , |. i AT REGULAR PRICE / on the bench. He lodged a ie RR RAR : rf i |. * complaint with the citysoon’ FRAN ou i ‘i fa fh ; : \f ' RENT Qn. MOVIE after purchasing land near [PQ mail df yt of fia ii) “he eer cee efe EB the farm in 2002 and began N é building his new home. Ritter says when the hot weather. comes the fly situ- ation at his home is out of © “ ~ ; A 7 tap Rill etawedd errors to oe we)’ A, ; i Pe Po ae “ / ee recs, He wield recap peep) “He deals with legions of RY ASE AT OTE CA LT\ gO " , mee ge une Sl, 06 flies on the’ exterior of his. | ON — } Se { milF ii Cm oir NERS CHEN home that leave brown drop- |. me NS nee OPT \ a o a iis: pings behind. His family has . |: - ir: . a can iat ae ; - ot ; a house-rule to enter through a ; a= “ae ; J! ug are be Nein Snacks Available “the garage to prevent flies ; wa er . iy Including Old-Fashioned Candy Sticks...Mmmm Good! getting into the house. Sum- mertime barbecues are al- ‘most impossible because of. the number of flies: . “At any given time’I can _ go around my house and kill STEPHANIE RITTER reacts to flies stuck to sticky strip. at her house i near ‘Daybreak’ ° 10 flies,” Ritter says. - _ Farms. She and: others say the farm i is responsible for the flies and they make life. He. is not satisfied with unbearable. . 2 “SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN PHOTO . the response .farm.manager. — —— ee - _ Ron Floritto ‘gave recently to visit the farm. © any fly infestation and if this Austin says. as to why he is not comply- “They’lldoanassessment is due to any poor farm prac- He’§. confident a resolu- ; ing with orders set forth ina to determine the source of © tices by Daybreak Farms,”. tion can be found. decision made by the Farm . . a . - Industry Review Board more than one year ago. That decision ' included several orders to’ change a . how the farm manages ma- : + } nure resulting from: the . \& : : . When a fnend After the cops give 30,000 laying hens on the , ‘ . oe my wrestles your keys you a 24-hour your licence could cost - property. And though board dt ; . vee a oy DEETARS EE away? suspension? you your job? - -- officials concede Floritto. . has taken some steps to rem- «. edy the situation at the farm, any changes have been very , > Slow.in coming. - ‘One of the contentious issues is Floritto’s refusal | to provide the board with a . timeline indicating when he - - plans to make. major chang- es such as putting a cement floor into one of the laying barns to prevent mianure “ from seeping out of the barn says cB , ae 7 Jim Collins. oo “3 (EN eee emesis tain ll Floritto argues the work FRR © oe cog —_ oe incu: €-| Grand Opening Specials - One Day Only! _. mean he’d have to take half ; ' ' . inte ; ; ; . . . e . e . his flock off line while the - ° 15% Off All Clothing © 25% Off Antiques ; , When will you stop drinking and driving? ‘work was done. The May 2005 order is ~% *20% Off Jewelry °30% Off Persian Rugs Police road checks on now: not the first time the farm has been ordered to clean up . A " 4 its practices. a Ae . 5 Yead forthe (le The farm was in consid- a) ai ; erably worse shape in 1992 , co a ya 2237 KALUI STREET when it was purchased by the : “a ——— 9:30am-6pm ». current owner, Ian Christi-. 7% : > son. And though some of the ~ farm’s problems were inher-- .* Pi . oo, . ited from its previous owner, © (/4 ; — — «| DRINKING DRIVING it’s now been 14 years since — y —_ a ; COUNTERATTACK the existing owners have been running the farm and. ‘Ritter says that’s plenty of time to address issues. “This is not the first time that there has been recom- mendations made to deal . with this problem. nor is it the first time they have been ignored,” says Ritter, who was involved in the Septem- ~ ber 2004 hearing which re- sulted in.last year’s order. “It's time to deal with this Terrace health hazard " _ . ye: _ : : once and forall.” ow —_— CLASSIC - s a : ALL BIKES. ON in (4 ” THORNHILL JR. . _ Rite says since he sat. HOT DOGS Mmm aa | |(> DISPLAY TO TRY... a> SECONDARY BAND ed building his home on. _ »~ po ie a ' : ) -_ Munsee Stand Dairy Ave. f . a? | y BIKE DEMOS! ~ € fo y PERFORMING AT 12 NOON in 2002 his family has en- _ , Qos “Gh _dured numerous problems stemming from the flies and the smell from the farm. “The minimal thing that ‘vome son ot monieees | / OO a _— a aS Sté«