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1 <br />T.C. Morphis: How many times a week do you hear this? 2 <br /> 3 <br />John Gallagher: There have been times I hear this two or three times a week and go on for more than three hours. 4 <br /> 5 <br />T.C. Morphis: For how many years did this go on, sir? 6 <br /> 7 <br />John Gallagher: On and off for the time we have been there, 10 or 12 years. 8 <br /> 9 <br />T.C. Morphis: Does the noise bother you? 10 <br /> 11 <br />John Gallagher: Yes. 12 <br /> 13 <br />T.C. Morphis: This is relevant to standing Mr. Taibi. How badly does it bother you? Can you do activities outside? 14 <br /> 15 <br />John Gallagher: It bothers me enough that my wife and I know what are called shooting days and not shooting days. 16 <br />On shooting days, my wife will brave the easement going past the shooting range to get away from the property so 17 <br />she can have activities away from home because she can’t stay there. You go inside your house and you turn up 18 <br />your music, you have to turn it up to a very distracting level to drown this out. We can’t walk on our property, can’t 19 <br />fish in my pond, can’t garden, and can’t take care of the chickens. You can’t be out of the house with that stuff going 20 <br />on hour after hour. 21 <br /> 22 <br />T.C. Morphis: Do you worry about the safety of your grandchild that lives nearby? 23 <br /> 24 <br />John Gallagher: Darn right I am. We have an agreement that if there is shooting going on my granddaughter doesn’t 25 <br />get transported to and from our house. If there is shooting going on my wife won’t take her outside. 26 <br /> 27 <br />T.C. Morphis: Do you believe this has affected the value of your property? 28 <br /> 29 <br />John Gallagher: There is no question about it. 30 <br /> 31 <br />Larry Wright: That is irrelevant. He is not an appraiser. 32 <br /> 33 <br />T.C. Morphis: We have an appraiser here tonight and we will talk about our appraisal testimony. 34 <br /> 35 <br />Larry Wright: Mr. Bryan, how does this relate to what we have here today? 36 <br /> 37 <br />T.C. Morphis: We have been told that we have to prove standing Mr. Chairman. 38 <br /> 39 <br />Larry Wright: Maybe we already have that. 40 <br /> 41 <br />T.C. Morphis: If you want to declare we have standing, I can make the testimony short. I am happy to do that. 42 <br /> 43 <br />Larry Wright: Do you have any other questions of Mr. Gallagher? 44 <br /> 45 <br />T.C. Morphis: I do. Mr. Gallagher, will you please turn to Exhibit 5. There are three photographs. I will represent to 46 <br />the board, I took these last week and I want Mr. Gallagher to explain to the board what they are looking at. 47 <br /> 48 <br />25