A few notes from the Doe Run Farm hearing:
1. A man in the back row stood up to ask a question about how chemicals were stored in the creamery, and his cell phone promptly went off, playing Lynryd Skynryd's anthem "Free Bird" as the ring tone.
The board suggested that he shut it off because it was distracting.
"But it's `Free Bird'!" protested another audience member, in mock outrage.
2. Even Mr. Hayne's controversial corn crib came up for discussion. The corn crib is built too close to Hicks Road, as well as in the flood plain, and after residents complained back in November, the township pointed this out to Mr. Hayne's reps. Al Giannantonio took the opportunity Thursday to press Mr. Ziel directly about when exactly it was going to be moved; Ziel replied by saying that he considers it to be only "a temporary structure."
3. On several occasions the court reporter had to ask speakers to slow the heck down -- once when the cheesemaker was explaining in detail the cheese-making process, and another time when Mr. Hayne's attorney was rattling off language from the township's zoning ordinance like one of those rapid-fire car-financing ads on the radio.
4. In case you wondered: Mr. Hayne, who heads an empire of clothing stores, wore loose jeans, a blue and white button-down shirt with a brown glasses case in the pocket, work shoes, and a dark green ball cap (facing forward, not backward). And he has a good firm handshake.
5. Mr. Hayne withdrew his vegetable-processing application. His lawyer agree that if the use of the greenhouses escalates to anything other than for personal use, he will re-file an application.
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