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Million dollars each year. The levy would have increased property taxes about 23 dollars a year for the owner of a home with an assessed value of 150 thousand dollars. Kcrgtv9s Sarah Mccarthy has been following the story and joins us live outside the library. Sarah, has the library made any decisions for next steps . 0 beth, not yet. Library Officials Say theyre looking at what services to cut. But wont make any concrete decisions for at least a few months. 20 45 38 were helping people at square one. But square one may soon be a little smaller. For Library Worker erin horst, a failed library levy means fewer opportunities to help people who rely on this space for research, technology access, even job hunting. In who have never used a computer some people. So they have to learn to use a mouse, they have to make an email account for themselves. They have to write a resume for the first time in their lives. Right now, the library operates on a 6 point 3 Million Dollar budget each year. That money is locked in through june of 2016 thanks to the help of 1 point 5 Million Dollars from the city. And onetime emergency funding. The levy wouldve replaced that emergency money allowing the library to maintain current services. Now, officials will look at scaling back in several areas. 20 40 22 looking, forward, thats what we know has to change. We cant keep the same hours, we cant keep the same staffing, and we cant keep the same outreach because we have to make those cuts. Again, its getting to the new normal. A normal thatll include closing both the ladd and downown Library Locations one day a week. A closure workers say many people will feel once the cuts kick in. 20 46 56 for some people, were the only interaction they have with the outside world or with other people. So having us close one day a week means theyre cut off from the outside world. Scale back operations. New financial plans need to be in place by july first. Live in cedar rapids, Sarah Mccarthy, kcrgtv9. Turning now to the weather and meteorologis t joe winters. Joe, we have a chance of showers moving in . After a quiet night with lows in the 50s, clouds build through the morning. We wont have any fog worries, but we will be on the lookout for rain. Showers and isolated thunderstorms develop in the afternoon and continue into the night. Friday looks dry but cooler as highs fall a more typical november weekend is ahead with highs in the 50s and lows near or below freezing. Tonight partly cloudy low 5258 winds sw 1015tomorrow pm showers likely high 6268 winds s 1020 back to you. A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against governor branstad for closing two state Mental Health institutes this year. The head of the states largest Public Employees union and 20 democratic lawmakers had filed the lawsuit. They claimed that branstad didnt have authority under state law to close the Mental Health centers in Mount Pleasant and clarinda. But a judge ruled that the governor can turn down Financial Support for the centers. Branstad said the facilities were not suited for modern Mental Health care. A former university of iowa athletic official has filed a gender and sexual lawsuit against the school. Former Senior Associate Athletic director jane meyer says Athletic Director gary barta attempted to derail her career by demoting her last year. Attorneys say the school reassigned her after she. Complained about the firing of the field hockey coach who is also her longtime partner, tracey griesbaum. The university fired her after players accused her of verbal abuse and pressure to play while injured. Its tough to remember all the president ial candidates this year. Two republicans and two democrats have already dropped out, leaving at least 18 major candidates still in the race. But thats really just a small, small fraction of the number of people whove filed with the federal Election Commission as 2016 president ial candidates. Its a long list with more than 13 hundred names. Some are a little funny. Like buddy the cat, and very odd dog, and even the iowa teenager who filed as deez nuts. But most are serious. The list contains plenty of republicans and democrats, but the vast majority are independents or third parties coming from every direction of the political spectrum. One of them, representing the constitution party, lives right here in eastern iowa. Theres a lot of candidates out there , left, right, republican, democrat, all sorts of parties, but they dont seem to be talking about the constitution. And thats whats most important. Its not left or right. Its what our soldiers took an oath to. Witter knows he has no chance of becoming president. But his candidacy does have a purpose. Id like to at least start a conversation about the constitution and how far weve strayed from it. Third Party Candidates have a huge disadvantage when it comes to mounting their campaigns. They just dont see crowds like this. But they can still make a difference. That are often coopted by the major parties. And holly harris from the Iowa Green Party agrees. I think a lot of people see the third party vehicle, even if its not a hundred per cent successful at the top ticket, as a way of exerting pressure and influence. And in fact throughout history that is what has happened. The two party system is entrenched in american politics. But what those parties offer doesnt always satisfy a lot of voters. Youve got two parties that offer a wide range of ideological positions. However, within those parties its become increasingly difficult to gain support for all voices. So instead of candidates a or b from the major parties, many voters might prefer candidate c from a third party. But they just dont want to waste their votes. Voters are being strategic in who theyre voting for rather than being sincere. They may really have a strong preference for c, for candidate c, but they say that persons not going to win, so lets ditch c for the moment and pick someone thats viable. Through the years, no matter who a third Party President ial candidate has been, a big hurdle has always been funding. Most donors, like voters, dont want to support someone who has no chance of winning. And another obstacle can be just getting onto the ballot. Ballot access in many, many states is prohibitive. And, in fact, its deliberately so. There have been many steps along the way that have been intended to exclude third parties and those voices. So, if running for the white house is such a difficult process, why do so many people decide to do it . This is an opportunity for me to do something that might be enjoyable. Heck, theyre not going to win, but its not about winning. Its about the value that they get from running and being part of the process, which can be very exciting. Wont win, the basic reason most of these people file as president ial ideology. Basic beliefs that differ from and democratic platforms. There was an old saying that if you find yourself off the beaten path and youre kinda lost, go back to the path you were on. Our Founding Fathers were there. They put us in the right direction, and we need to get back on that path. By the way, no Third Party Candidate has ever won a president ial election. The republicans were a third party in 1856, but by the time Abraham Lincoln won as a republican in 1860, the republicans and democrats were essentially the two top parties. Some Homeless People in cedar rapids are taking a stand over where they can stay in the city. They moved their camp to outside Cedar Rapids City Hall today, hoping city leaders some Homeless People in cedar rapids say they are frustrated with the city. It all started about ten days ago when police started getting calls about a homeless camp near the river. Cedar Rapids Police say they found about a dozen People Living in a wooded area on cityowned property. Police say officers asked them to leave because they were breaking the law. Kcrg tv nines Jill Kasparie joins us live in the studio. Jill, now those Homeless People are taking a stand . Thats right. The Homeless People and their supporters arent giving up their home quietly. They say they dont want to make war but they want to make a point. 11 15 05 it gets pretty rough. It gets pretty cold, gets pretty rough. This camp doesnt look much like a home. But it is for tony goodwin. 11 13 50 i have been here roughly four months. There was a lot of drugs last year down here. Thats not down here anymore. Its not allowed. We quietly say hey, please leave. Even though they say they tried to keep it quiet, police told them monday that they needed to pack up and leave by wednesday night. 10 53 35 theres a lot of trash. Theres a lot of debris. Theres feces around, its not safe, its not sanitary. Its not a good place to be. Lt. Mcgarvey says he offered help giving them packets of information. 10 51 50 resources for emergency homeless shelters, its medical resources, its counseling, its therapy. But the homeless and their friends didnt want to go. Theyre left with one big question. 11 01 30 where do you want us to go now . 11 15 34 thats why we are going to city hall. We dont know. We are not trying to leave a footprint. We are not trying to hurt anybody. We are keeping live. The Group Brought its concerns to the center of town writing makeshift signs on pizza boxes to draw attention. Nats . They hope this encourages the city to take action to provide more shelter beds and to let them live in peace. I spoke with waypoint this afternoon. Thats the organization that coordinates who gets open beds at area homeless shelters. The group says shelters have been mostly full lately. But Officials Say while thats a need, theyre focusing a lot of their efforts on finding long term housing for those people. Bruce and beth . Thanks, jill. An english teacher in fairfield is receiving recognition as iowas top educator. Coming up, hear where he draws his inspiration from so he can help his students succeed. After a quiet night with lows build through the morning. We wont have any fog worries, but we will be on the lookout for rain. Showers and isolated thunderstorms develop in the afternoon and continue into the night. Friday looks dry but cooler as highs fall a more typical november weekend is ahead with highs in the 50s and lows near or below freezing. Tonight partly cloudy low 5258 winds sw 1015tomorrow pm showers likely high 6268 winds s 1020tomorrow night showers likely low 4046 winds nw 1015friday turning partly cloudy high 53 low 43 saturday partly cloudy high 50 low 36 sunday mostly sunny high 55 low 30 monday partly cloudy high 57 low 33 tuesday partly cloudy chance of iowas top teacher is from fairfield high school. Today, governor branstad surprised Scott Slechta with the 2016 iowa teacher of the year award. Slechta has taught english and Language Arts at the high school since 1984. He has also served in many district and state Education Leadership roles during his time at the school. Slechta credits other teachers for all hes learned about how to be a good teacher but says his students are the biggest influence. I try and do my best and to have this acknowledged i guess is a responsibility that i have to have and i carry that responsibility off to the students and to the community and other teachers. Slechta has also received fairfields citizen of the year award for volunteering in the community. A Linnmar High School senior will play in the annual macys thanksgiving day parade in new york city Melanie Sullivan is paying the flute with the Great American marching band that plays every year on thanksgiving. The band consists of more than 250 students selected from 14 thousand high schools across the nation. Today, marion investors got a sneak peek at some new manufacturing businesses in town. The locations arent even open and operating yet. Its part of the Marion Economic Development corporations annual tour. Stops included hupp electric motors, legacy manufacturin g, and elplast america. One organizer said the Event Highlights Economic Growth in the area especially in the citys Industrial Park area. 20 54 26 we feel like this is just the beginning. Were standing in an Industrial Park that was designed to make locating here an easy decision, and were showing the fruits of our labor right here. More than 40 people attended the manufacturin g tour. Coming up next in sports. Scott will go one on one with iowa coach kirk ferentz. And he will also have regional volleyball championship highlights from classes onea and saturday in bloomington against the top offense in the big 10. Heres more with coach ferentz. Michigan state linebacker said indianas offense was better than oregons. He it was simple but it was so fast paced and they had so much team speed. Have you seen that on film. I agree with that to your point coach wilson has always been an up tempo guy and they do it very well. Quarterback knows how to make players at every position. The offensive line doesnt a great job qb and rb are very good players they are a big threat. Is this the best tackling team you have had since you have been here . It would rank right up thier that to me is where defense all starts if you tackle you are going to have a hard time eliminating big plays and just playing good defense they have really done a great job playing team defense and this going to be a real test for us. You beleive the big 10 in turnover margin is that something you can teach and coach . We teach it every year but it really gets down to the players i think the better you play as unit just creates a few more opportunities and the more film study you do desmond king is a great example all of suden he than he did a year ago. He is really the same guy it is just his experience and him making it work for him. The publicity for iowa has been crazy. Facebook every where you go their is videos you have herky chasing Kirk Herbstreit on national tv that can only be good for iowa right . I guess i am only laughing because i dont know how to get to facebook. I can spell it. When you are winning that helps. Our guys are playing well and our guys play hard and that is hard not to appreciate that. I can tell you as a coach i am really enjoying it. It is a great group of guys and hopefully we can finish strong looking forward to the challenges. Lets play some volleyball. A trip to state was on the line tonight in class 1a and 2a. 5th ranked springville in the far court played Bellevue Marquette in a 1a regional championship. The orioles can throw mean stuff at you. How about the kill by kortney kirby. But Bellevue Marquette had an answer this time. Hallie corum and Alyssa Jaeger combine for the block. The mohawks at one time led it 133. But springville scored the last five points. Chrissy hoogland places it perfectly. They rally for the 2523 win. Game two Megan Wagaman takes care of business. The orioles win it three games to two. Class 2a wapsie valley and north cedar faced off in center point. And Madison Hawtrey finds the open spot for the knights. And that had the surfing crowd on their feet. Checkout the hopps from wapsies kierra saulsberry for the kill. And the black and gold going was going bonkers. North cedar responds at the net with the double block this time. And the beach boys didnt have an jump out of the gym and wapsie valley is headed to state with the 30 sweep. More bad news for former linnmar mister basketball marcus paige. He fractured a finger in his nonshooting hand in practice yesterday and will be out 34 weeks. And that means he will most likely miss his homecoming game at uni november 21st. North carolina set up that game just for marcus. Thanks scott. Joe. After a quiet night with lows in the 50s, clouds build through the morning. We wont have any fog lookout for rain. Showers and isolated thunderstorms develop in the night. Friday looks dry but cooler as highs fall into the lower 50s. A more typical november weekend is ahead with highs in the 50s and lows near or below freezing. Tonight partly cloudy low 5258 winds sw 1015tomorrow pm showers likely high 6268 winds s 1020 thanks joe. Kcrgtv9 news at 10. We hope youll be with us again tomorrow. Until then, have a good night. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now,