| Show Tf1 lirryr Standard-Examine- 6B Friday December 12000 Couple pleads no contest to child abuse charge The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY - A couple who chained their adopted seSerely mentally disabled son to a bookshelf have pleaded no contest to- a misdemeanor charge of child abuse Gary and Robyn Sanks adopted the boy two years ago After the boy began to eat constantly and wander away from the house at night the West Jordan couple started chaining him to a bookshelf re - ld leasing him every couple of hours to go to the bathroom according to court documents The Sankses entered their nocontest pleas Wednesday and will be sentenced early next year by 3rd District Judge William Barrett The offense is punishable by up to one year in jail and a $2500 fine Defense attorney Ken Brown said Gary Sanks 44 and Robyn Sanks 40 struggled to deal with the child and only resorted to chaining him up when nothing else stopped his misbehavior “They desperately wanted this to work” Brown said “But they were to deal with child ” this Brown has said details about the boy’s past were kept from the Sankses The Utah Division of Child and Family Services denies it withheld information The boy who is now in the custody of the state may also suffer from Tourette’s syndrome Dead starlings litter church The Associated Press - More than 100 dead starlings were found around the LDS Church’s East Stake Center Wednesday following a government poisoning effort that was supposed to have been canceled ST GEORGE the poison was However neurological condition that commonly causes involuntary movement and strong urges to shout Prosecutors allege the Sankses chained the boy to the bookshelf whenever he was home between Dec 20 1999 and Feb 3 2000 Under police questioning Robyn Sanks admitted she and her husband “did chain (the boy) for prolonged periods of time as discipline” the charges alleged All the benefits of assisted living with the advantage ofprivate apartments I I Independent Or Assisted Living MY ROMANCE GOT YOURS TODAY! spread on Tuesday “We were asked to poison the birds by local dairy and cattle Y- Ji 'I P ' ! e The movie that men and feed lot operators” took Hollywood by storm will be this season's best family video Bodenchuk said Cattle and dairy farmers are concerned about droppings left in feed bins Bacteria in the droppings can cause cattle to abort got dropped and who was going their offspring said Bodenchuk to pickup the dead birds but we Richard Cosby a groundskeespecifically discussed the cleanup per at the hospital said it has to keep this from happening beer keeping the birds away by again” said Mike Bodenchuk using a sound device that imistate director of Wildlife Services tates birds in distress for the US Department of AgriHe said the droppings have culture been cut down dramatically and there were no birds perching on Last year dead birds mostly starlings were found around the the hospital stake center and Dixie Regional Cosby found other environMedical Center after areas in mentally friendly means to rid Washington Fields were poi- the hospital of birds He uses a soned to kill the starlings silicone solution along the winBodenchuk said that at a dows and eaves to discourage pigeons from perching meeting last week his agency dis“The pigeons don’t like the cussed what a mess the dead birds created last year and decidsticky substance” Cosby said “So it helps to keep them away” ed not to poison the migrating birds this vear Bodenchuk said nothing but "We really didn’t want this poisoning works for any length of time to keep starlings away mess so we talked about not dohe Bodenchuk estimates that over last said “Unless it week” ing we had teams prepared to clean 100000 starlings will be killed this winter statewide up we were not going to do it” “1 according to Ken Patterson DCFS director Tourette’s is a r don't know where the ball Available NOW published price $2495 VHS $2995 DVD Composer performer and recording artist Jim Bnckman shares his music in a unique concert event SALS PRICE s Tonight at 19 95 VHS 23 99 DVD 7pm HELMUT LOTTI MICHAEL JUNIOR 8 30pm Tonight at Rook and Gilt 1885 W 5075 S Roy Shop Phone 825-908- 9 30pm kbyu Since 1961 825-825- 3 Tonight at TELEVISION 9 a serv ce of bngbam young university OTALLY r EE iei AD THE HOLIDAY FROM EAR TO EAR Go anywhere call anyone for free this weekend Includes free digital roaming and long distance across the US and Canada 600 plus Western Mountain Anytime Minutes 500 $39?? 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