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Page 2B Wednesday, October 1 8, 2006 The Des Moines Register GC METRO COMMUNITIES Dallas voters to choose new sheriff The story so far MARCH 15: Dallas County police seize bundles of cash during a traffic stop on Interstate Highway 80. One packet is later determined to be missing. MARCH 30: State investigators search the home of Dallas County Sheriff Brian Gilbert for an estimated $120,000. Gilbert denies taking the money. JULY 28: Gilbert is charged with first-degree theft.

SEPT. 1: Gilbert begins working from home after a court order bars him from most county buildings until the conclusion of his criminal trial. OCT. 9: Gilbert resigns. OCT.

10: Kevin Frederick, chief deputy since 2005, is sworn in as sheriff and says he will run for sheriff. NEXT: A special election on Jan. 23 to fill out Gilbert's term. holly McQueenregister file photo Dallas County Sheriff Kevin Frederick, who took his job last week, has said he will run for sheriff. The county's supervisors favor a special election over an appointment to replace Brian Gilbert.

By MELISSA WALKER REGISTER STAFF WRITER Three Dallas County residents have thrown their hats in the ring for a special election Jan. 23 to replace former Sheriff Brian Gilbert. County supervisors voted 2-1 on Tuesday to conduct an election to fill the remaining two years of Gilbert's four-year term. Gilbert Gilbert resigned last week amid allegations that he stole $120,000 recovered in a March traffic stop and after a formal petition from the Iowa attorney general's office to have him removed from office. Republican Kevin Frederick, 45, who was sworn in as sheriff last week, said at the time he would run for the job.

Perry Police Chief Dan Brick-ner, 47, a Democrat who ran against Gilbert in 2004, also is expected to run. Chad Leonard, a Republican and Dallas Center police chief, said Tuesday he will run. Leonard, 34, is a former county deputy. The other three candidates Jilll appointment. Residents would have had 14 days to gather 2,630 signatures.

Mark Hanson, the chairman of the supervisors, said that he is "a believer in referendum government" and that he would not change his position. "It is an important position, and I do understand there is a cost for holding a special election," he said, adding that "even if we had the best individual in the world to fill the office, a petition would still come forward." Chapman responded: "It may be, but you'll never know if you don't go forward with the process of an appointment." The earliest a special elec- Investigator: Gosch not shown By LEE ROOD REGISTER STAFF WRITER A Florida investigator told tion could have been held, according to Iowa law, is Dec. 5. Krumm asked that supervisors give him more time because the general election is only a few weeks away. Supervisors also said that they want to ensure that political parties have time to have conventions and select candidates and that those candidates have adequate time to campaign.

Reporter Melissa Walker can be reached at (515) 284-8451 or mewalkerdmreg.com in photos that the photos of him and the two other youths fj man in their Tairroa neieh- borhood. dmJm- fc "He said the Gosch guy tied him up as an escape contest. He gave them fireworks in return," Zalva said, adding that such gifts are not unusual from pedophiles seeking to groom potential victims. The man who took the photos was never charged, because Zalva could not prove anything criminally improper took place. Zalva said the now-40-year-old man said he did not want to be identified publicly.

Zalva said he believes both letters were written by the man who originally took the pictures. He said he is trying to locate the other two youths who were identified in the second anonymous letter. However, Gosch said, she talked to the parents of the two other youths in the photos, and she knows about the circumstances of how they were taken. She said the parents contacted her after she posted the photos on her Web site, and they asked her to take them down. Gosch said she has at least one more new photo of her son that she has not given to police, because she doesn't trust their ability to investigate.

She said she expects to receive more photos soon as she continues with her own investigation into Johnny's disappearance. METRO RECORD From Register staff and news services DES MOINES Utility work changes plan for Keo project The westbound lanes of Keosauqua Way will remain closed until late November because other nearby construction has affected a route that was to be used as a temporary outbound lane, a Des Moines official said Tuesday. Mike Ring, Des Moines' principal traffic engineer, said the city is installing new storm sewer lines, sanitary sewer lines and a water main under portions of the Keo reconstruction area. When contractors began to dig, they found that parts of the temporary outbound lane began to give way. For motorists' safety, the city closed the temporary lane, and a detour at Ninth and Crocker streets will stay open.

The eastbound lanes of Keo have not been affected. Whew! Lottery winner retrieves tossed ticket A Des Moines woman nearly lost out on cashing in a $30,000 scratch game lottery ticket. Linda Knapp, 52, took her ticket to a retailer to be verified. The store clerk confirmed Knapp had a winning ticket, and the lottery machine printed out a claim receipt for Knapp to take to the lottery office with her ticket to claim her prize. The ticket was torn in half and thrown into the trash.

However, lottery officials told Knapp she needed the ticket to claim the prize. Clerks at the store retrieved the ticket and taped it back together. Knapp said she would use her prize money to pay off her car. School officials look into ruckus on bus Des Moines school officials are investigating an altercation that occurred on a bus last week. According to a police report, a driver was taking about 30 Hoyt Middle School students home after school when a few students started picking on another student.

The situation "escalated with profanities and some threats being made," the report reads. The driver said he never threatened anyone, as has been alleged, and was spat upon by one of the students involved. The driver has been suspended with pay while school officials investigate what happened. ANKENY Lutheran relief group seeks donated goods Lutheran World Relief will hold a donation drop-off from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at Resurrection Lutheran Church, 9 14 N.W.

Ash Drive. Donations may include quilts, blankets, sheets, still-wrapped bars of soap (in plastic bags), children's clothing to size 14, men's work clothing, health kits, school kits, sewing kits, layettes, and pieces of fabric large enough to make a dress. No women's clothing will be accepted except for sweaters. No heavy winter clothing will be accepted, including gloves, scarves, shoes or hats. The weight of each box should be no more than 40 pounds.

Boxes should be sturdy and tied with cord or taped closed. Items in plastic bags only will not be accepted. Pack similar items together, and put a description of the contents, the weight in pounds and "LWR" on a label on each box. JOHNSTON Council OKs fireworks for shooing geese The Johnston City Council this week gave Wyatt Madsen of Madsen Waterfowl Control a fireworks permit to set off explosives in hopes of scaring Canada geese away from Pioneer Hi-Bred International corporate campus, 7200 N.W 62nd Ave. In a memo to council members, city staff members said that "the most appropriate process is for Mr.

Madsen to obtain a fireworks permit, which has certain insurance requirements and must be approved by the fire chief and City Council." Madsen has a certificate of insurance, the memo said. Madsen said he has tried chasing the geese away with dogs, but that hasn't been effective. The explosives Madsen will use, most likely in the spring and fall, will make sounds similar to those made by M-80 fireworks. The charges are shot from a gun. ALT00NA Shriners medical team to hold clinic for kids To locate and help Iowa children who may need orthopedic medical care, a special team of physicians and nurse therapists from the Twin Cities Shriners Hospital in Minnesota will conduct a free four-hour evaluation clinic Friday at the Za-Ga-Zig Shrine Center in Altoona.

The clinic for children who may have problems with bones, muscles or joints will run from noon to 4 p.m. Parents, grandparents or legal guardians can bring youngsters to the Shrine Center, where staff members of the Shriners Hospital will provide checkups, physical or occupational therapy, social care advice, and suggestions for prosthetic or orthotic services. All of the services will be provided free. Children who need more treatment may then be admitted to the Shriners Hospital for free care. For more information or to make an appointment, call the Shrine Center at 967-3000.

WAUKEE City applies for road project funds 1 The Waukee City Council this week unanimously approved applying for about $6 million from the Federal Surface Transportation Program through the Des Moines Metropolitan Planning Organization. Officials should know by the end of November whether the city will be asked to present its plans to the MPO. Officials should know by the end of the year whether they will receive any of the federal money. The money would be given to the city during the 20 1 0-1 1 fiscal year. It would be used to help pay for four city projects: Widening University Avenue from Alice's Road west to L.A.

Grant Parkway; $2 million has been requested for the $7.6 million project. Widening Alice's Road from U.S. Highway 6 to University Avenue; $1.2 million has been requested for the $3.7 million project. Constructing Alice's Road from University Avenue to Ashworth Road; $2.6 million has been requested for the $6.2 million project. Building a multipurpose trail to connect Centennial Park, Warrior Park and the Sugar Creek Golf Course; $2 10,000 has Information: (515) 245-8838 www.greatiowapetexpo.com who ran for sheriff in 2004 Dallas County deputies Chris Hinds and Shelley Reese, and Des Moines Police Lt.

Mike Hofmann all said they are not interested in the job. The special election is expected to cost taxpayers $30,000. Auditor Gene Krumm said about seven people have expressed interest or taken out a petition to run. Supervisor Kim Chapman voted against the special election. He said supervisors had a responsibility to appoint someone and save taxpayer money.

He argued that residents could still file a petition for a special election if they disagreed with the supervisors' police this week that he interviewed one of the now-grown youths in decades-old photos Ciat Iowa 21 22 6pm; Sun. 11am-4pm rmtntkmpwtii Ul Weekend! by IMmg PnxJuctm DMREG rm the MHirni urn. Csrn Johnny Duncan, 1 from the 1949 movie ft Batman Robin JrTHI Saturday, Oct. 21 1 'pteeFound List Show! i ne noma snow pa Antique Roadshow that surfaced recently, and the man disproved theories that one of the youths pictured was Johnny Gosch. "He said they were all from the same neighborhood in north Hillsborough County," said Nelson Zalva, an investigator for the Florida state attorney's office.

However, Noreen Gosch said the investigator was lying and that she has another photo of her son that prpves it. "I didn't give it to police because I can see what's going on. And there are more where that came from," said Gosch, whose son disappeared from his West Des Moines neighborhood in 1982. Noreen Gosch told The Des Moines Register in late August that several photos had been placed at her doorstep, and that she "absolutely" believed the photos contained images of her son shortly after he vanished. Zalva, a former sheriff's detective in Tampa, later told West Des Moines police he remembered the photos from a suspected pedophilia case he investigated in 1978 or 1979.

An anonymous letter sent to West Des Moines police from Tampa originally led authorities to Zalva. A second one sent more recently tipped them to the identities of the three boys. West Des Moines police sent the second letter to Zalva, who said he tracked down one of the people identified in the second letter. Zalva said he talked to the man on Monday, who recalled Oct. 20 Fri.

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Carlene Coleman, 45, submitted her resignation Monday, two days after the alleged incident, the district's superintendent, Randy McCaulley, said. Coleman could not be reached for comment Tuesday. Perry's assistant police chief, Eric Vaughn, said the student reported the incident. He would not say if the student was a member of the dance team. McCaulley would not provide details but said: "The school district fully cooperated with the police department regarding this matter." The charge is a serious misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in prison and a $1,500 fine.

Tom Lipovac, the high school's athletic director, said the alleged incident did not happen on school grounds. Despite Coleman's resignation, he said, the dance team plans to stay intact and compete in the state competition Dec. 1, with or without a coach. "We are still registered for the state competition, and it is our intention to compete," Lipovac said. McCaulley added that "we hope to get some applicants and expect to be able to fill the position." Coleman was hired before the 2004-05 school year.

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