The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa • Page 15

www www TT1. 1 yr''V i 4M1HK 1)KS MOINKS Kl CIS I KK Widnisduy, May 31, 1W) KGAN news anchors shuffled Flags, cemetery vases stolen; 5 are arrested By DAVE RHEIN Knitter TV Editor KGAN-TV in Cedar Rapids shook the foundations of its 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts Tuesday, moving veteran anchors Dave Shay, Maggie Jensen and Chuck Shaleen to new assignments. Two new anchor teams made their debut Tuesday night.

Pete Seyfer was moved from sports director to become the principal anchor of KGAN's 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts. He was joined at 6 p.m. by Kristin Dodd and at 10 p.m.

by Lori Stephens. Nobody was fired and all the anchor changes involved people working at KGAN. I you iott HAVE TO RIDE TO EMM RAGBRAI ML DAVB SHAY PSTI SEYFIR By NICK LAMBERTO Rtolstar Staff Wrttar Instead of honoring the dead over the Memorial Day holiday, thieves stole $34,655 worth of bronze vases and 19 American flags from three cemeteries in the Fort Madison area, Lee County Sheriff David Ireland said Tuesday. An estimated 239 vases, each worth $145, were taken in recent days from Hill Crest Memorial Park and the Gethsemane Catholic Cemetery just north of Fort Madison, Ireland said. In addition, flags marking graves of veterans were snatched at "I don't know what all the titles mean," laughed Shay, "but I will be appearing on a regular basis on the 6 o'clock news and doing perspective pieces." Shay will continue to anchor the noon newscast.

He also will produce prime-time news specials. Jensen and Shaleen were reassigned to the reporting staff. Jensen has been with KGAN 15 years, most of it as a reporter-anchor. Like Shay, Jensen was the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.

anchor from 1982 until about 2Vk years ago, when she began anchoring only at 6. "I don't feel that bummed out about it," said Jensen. "I've got two years to go on my contract and they are honoring my contract. In the meantime, I get to do what I really like to do be a reporter." "I know it's not personal. It's strict ly business.

I'm not that broken up by it," Jensen said of the changes. "Who knows, two years from now they might want me to be the 6 and 10 anchor." Seyfer has been sports director at KGAN since 1983. Altenbern said he has begun a search for a new sports director. the Denmark cemetery, he said. Five people have been arrested, in Tuesday night also was the debut of Mark Strehl as KGAN's No.

1 meteorologist. He replaces Dave Towne, who was released by the station several weeks ago and now works at crosstown rival KCRG. Tuesday marked the first time in 30 years that Shay was not anchoring a KGAN evening newscast. Until 2V years ago, he anchored both the evening newscasts. In November 1986, Shaleen took over the 10 p.m.

anchor slot. Shay's new titles are senior anchor, news analyst and public affairs director. He said he welcomed the change. "As far as I'm concerned, it's a step toward retirement," said Shay, who is 60 and has a contract to work at KGAN until he is 65. cluding a man accused of grabbing the vases and reducing them to YOU CAN CELEBRATE RAGBRAI AT HOME WITH A COLORFUL MUG, POSTER AND A SPECIAL RAGBRAI VIDEO! "This kind of prepares us for the future," said News Director John Alten-bern.

"We wanted to get in place a team of people who can take us in the 1990s." KGAN is the No. 2-rated station in the Waterloo-Cedar Rapids television market. KWWL-TV in Waterloo holds a solid lead, while KCRG has been nipping at KGAN's heels in the last few ratings surveys. "You are always mindful of the ratings, but this is not a reaction" to that, said Altenbern. "We are not doing this out of panic.

We are doing it out of preparation." chunks of metal for sale as scrap at 75 cents a pound, Ireland said. Carl Wayne Beach, 19, of rural Wever, was arrested in Fort Madison in connection with the missing vases and appeared in court Saturday on charges of first-degree theft, a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison Ireland said. Arrested Monday and Tuesday in connection with the theft of flags Investors reserve names for casino boats were Charlene D. Schneider, 24; Mark H. Traman 26; and his wife, Donna L.

Traman, 20; and a boy, 14, all of Fort Madison, the sheriff said. Each of the adults faces an aggra FALLS DTERSVIUi 1ELUVUE V. vated misdemeanor charge, punish Bv Th Associated Press Investors hoping to cash in on riverboat gambling in Iowa are hedging their bets when it comes to picking names for the floating casinos. Potential casino operators have reserved the rights to able by two years in jail, and a charge of trespassing, a 30-day jail offense This sturdy, ceramic mug features an exclusive RAGBRAI XVII design. At only $5 each, you'll want to order one for "Some witnesses spotted flags more than 50 boat names with state officials, said Allen Welsh, director of the corporations division of the Iowa being taken at Denmark and noted a each member of the family.

secretary of state's office. license number and described the people in the car," Ireland said, Lee The bill legalizing casinos was signed by Gov. Terry County deputies and Iowa State Pa Branstad only last month, and it prohibits casinos from operating until June 1991. But Welsh said the scramble to secure casino names is on. 'It started even before the bill was signed into law," he Also, the company reserved such names as Okoboji Belle, Davenport Belle and Belle of Okoboji.

The legal procedure for creating a corporation starts with a telephone call to the secretary of state's office to determine if a particular corporate name is available. If available, a name can be reserved for 90 days by paying a $10 fee. The reservation can be renewed. Later, a company can file articles of incorporation under the new name. The Delta Queen Steamboat Co.

has reserved the legal right to christen a gambling boat the Iowa Queen, even though a potential rival was touting a scale model of its Iowa Queen casino boat last February. Fried-Schegan and Associates toured the state with its Iowa Queen model, at times having entertainer-investor Harry Belafonte appear with the boat to generate publicity. Fried-Schegan is headed by Frank Fried, a former president of Delta Queen. Richard Thornton, a Des Moines lawyer, said that when he found that the Iowa Queen was not reserved, he claimed it for Delta Queen Steamboat Co. "I'm just trying to protect the interests of my client," Thornton said.

He said he might be willing to let Fried-Schegan have the name. said. On Feb. 14, lawyers for the Delta Queen Steamboat Co. of New Orleans reserved the rights to 40 names.

"It was one of the unusual days," Welsh said. trol troopers helped make the arrests. "We don't have an exact number of vases missing because many people may not have visited the cemetery after they were taken," Ireland said. "We started getting complaints from people who noticed vases were gone and started checking junk dealers." William Brace, property manager for Hill Crest Cemetery, said he has received 30 reports so far from people whose vases were stolen. "Normally they are attached with a chain, which can be broken with wire cutters," Brace said.

Some of the names reserved by Delta Queen attorneys are the Iowa Queen, Queen of the Quad Cities, Queen of Muscatine, Queen of Keokuk, Queen of Dubuque, Queen of Bettendorf, Queen of Davenport, Quad Cities Queen, Mis sissippi Queen II, Keokuk Queen, Lansing Queen, Fort Madison Queen, Burlington Queen, Saylorville Queen, Red Rock Queen and Rathbun Queen. T. Tratak WIneel i- i it to Steering Wheels if TT Il'lat lst r'c'e XV11S a memorjb'e lesson JuL in the importance of having a helping hand. Getting started sometimes just takes a little help. It only took a few tries, a few extra hands and a few skinned knees.

Soon vou mastered two wheel transportation; your legs and aspirations of travel and independence grew. They gjew well beyond the capability of Register artist Bob Zimmerman created the commemorative RAGBRAI XVII poster using a map of the route shown in unique perspective. Done in bright, contemporary colors, this poster makes a great start or addition to your RAGBRAI poster collection. Each poster is just $8. 'f your bike.

And when you were old enoudi to start dream- ing about that first new car. it didn't take long to Vi'- figure out that would take a helping hand too. At Mid u.p'vy" nut mvinli behind the wheel since 1982. Now a lot of miles later our car loans are still keeping folks independent and on the move. So it doesn't matter.

If a new i steering wheel or even a set of training wheels are in YOUR American dream, we can move 0 iillicklv to heln vnn vnnr n.irt i VI saving 1 a i ajf 1.11 a It'; 1 If you're not going on this year's ride, bring RAGBRAI XVII into your living room with a special videotape. Cameras will roll as RAGBRAI rolls through Iowa, capturing all the excitement so you can enjoy it later at home. The video is only $29.95 and makes a pat gift. Just clip the coupon below, fill it out and mail it in. Enjoy RAGBRAI right at home.

i A 3334 Westown Parkway, West Des Moines OH EZ3 EZZ3 Handy Mail Order Coupon Please send me: RAGBRAI XVII mug(s) at $5 each for a total of II RAGBRAI XVII poster(s) at $8 each for a total of RAGBRAI XVII video(s) at $29.95 each for a total of Price includes tax, postage and handling. ASfv. (, ')' and posters The (MOAN wo -4 31 Picae make checks luyrfWe to Dts Moines Register To RAGBRAI Merchandise. P.O. Box 10333, Des Moines, Iowa 50306 (Pease print this is your ma.

irj laM Name 0 a 0 0 0 fl i. -r I 0 Add'ess. A Stdie -up. i i lhfca4MMMTa4UlflLJ4nailfli.