David and Jane Szabo of the Bear Valley neighborhood face a hefty charge if they do not meet the latest deadline, the Anchorage Daily News reported. Officials have told the couple they will get a break on fines if they clear the yard by next Tuesday, but if they don't they could be stuck with the full amount, $226,000, plus thousands more for the cleanup.

The yard holds at least 10 vehicles, the newspaper said, along with cement-mixing machinery, gym lockers, pallets and stashes of glass, plywood and wire. A dog was chained to a sport utility vehicle.

Officials said the city has been trying since 2002 to get the Szabos to remove the junk.

Leonard Stanley, who lives across the street, said he tried to talk to David Szabo years ago to let him know neighbors did not like the mess.

"He says 'This is my property. I can do anything I want.' And I didn't bother from then on," Stanley told the newspaper. "And he's a nice guy. Believe it or not, I like him. But I don't have to like that."

Florida city has contest for sign removals HOLLYWOOD, Fla., June 19 (UPI) -- The mayor of Hollywood, Fla., says it was a deft move to have his fellow city residents compete to see who can collect the most illegal roadway signs.

Hollywood Mayor Peter Bober said the city's recent contest, which resulted in a $500 check for the top sign gatherer, has made a significant difference to the surrounding landscape, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.

"I think it was a smashing success," Bober said of the contest, which resulted in nearly 2,300 signs being collected. "Just drive around and you'll see an incredible difference."

The contest initially targeted illegal advertising signs along the city's roadways, but contest participants routinely took signs for lost pets and area rummage sales.

Susan Pluta, who earned the contest's top prize by collecting 484 signs, said even though the contest is over she plans to maintain her clean-up of illegal signs to discourage littering in Hollywood.

"That's if the sign people don't come looking for me," she told the Sun-Sentinel.

Police: Bunny-hoarding woman busted again TIGARD, Ore., June 19 (UPI) -- Police in Oregon said a woman arrested in 2006 for keeping more than 200 rabbits has again been arrested for hoarding 13 bunnies in her hotel room.

Jim Wolf, a spokesman for Tigard Police, said Miriam Elaine Sakewitz, 47, had 13 live animals and one dead rabbit in her Homestead Studio Suites Hotel room when police arrived Tuesday, and officers had to break into the room to seize the bunnies and arrest Sakewitz, The (Portland) Oregonian reported.

Sakewitz was convicted in 2006 of animal neglect charges for keeping 250 rabbits, including 88 dead ones, in her home. She was banned from keeping pets and ordered to stay 100 yards away from rabbits as terms of her 10-year probation.

She was arraigned Wednesday on charges of violating the terms of her probation. She was ordered held without bail in the Washington County Jail. She is due back in court June 26.

Sakewitz was previously charged with violating her probation in 2008 when she was found to have a rabbit and a dog in her home. She was also accused of contacting two of her former attorneys against the orders of the court.

Man warned about rooster wake-ups MARCHWOOD, England, June 19 (UPI) -- Residents of an English town have complained to officials a neighbor's rooster has been waking them up daily at 4 a.m.

Edward Vandyck, environmental health officer for the New Forest District Council, said Marchwood resident Paul Wilton, 51, has been warned he could face a fine of $8,000 if he does not quiet Rocky the rooster's early morning calls, The Daily Telegraph reported.

"He has been advised to leave his birds in their darkened shed until later in the morning to stop Rocky's 4 a.m. morning call," Vandyck said of Wilton, who also owns about 45 chickens.

"Diary forms have been sent to complainants and if the alleged disturbance continues, officers will take further action," Vandyck said. "Should the council assess the noise disturbance as one causing statutory noise nuisance, then the council has a duty to serve an abatement notice.

"Contravention of such a notice could then result in prosecution in the magistrates' court," he said.

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