Operations. The Health Center is now operating a satellite clinic in South Sioux City. Siouxland Community Health of nebraska will serve northeast nebrbrka from its facility on highway 77. Health cenenr ofofcials hope e new facility lieves some of the workload on its current sioux city clinic. 3 we have walkin slots for our walkin urgent care patients available as well but we have scheduled patients. Were just really excited to have a presence here in South Sioux City. We have large percentage of patients that are from the South Sioux City area, dakota county, and so to have a sight here just makes sense for us. Faldmo says they hope to add dental rvices at the new clinic, sometime in the next year. Appointments are now being taken by calling the Siouxland CommunityHealth Center of nebraska. We have that number in this story on our website siouxland news dot com 3 captain lewis i give you absolute authority to carry out this military mission of exploring the west. 3 thats president Thomas Woodbury county supervisor mark monson. Part of a new exhibit at the lewis clark interpretive center. That exhibit focuses on the inspiration for lewis clarks corps of discovery. And the man who sent them on their journey through the west. Including parts of siouxland. 3 it took about 8 months of know collected materials, planning the descriptions, the facial expressions of thomas jefferson. And really president jefferson is the starting point the lewis and clark expedition. The free exhibit cost 52 thousand dollars, and features animatronics of jefferson, lewis, clark and their dog seaman. It is open now. And will be offifially dedicated in january. 3 3 a Morningside College students idea to make farming safer. Has earned him a 5 thousand dollar prize. Josh doering is a junior from hubbard, iowa. He invented seedslide. A product designed to help farmers open industrialsize boxes of seed without climbing ladders and took part in au pitch competition cosponsored by capital one. And he took home the top prize. 3 my dad is a seed dealer and so twenty to maybe even fifty times a day he would be having to climb up on top of wagons and do this himself and so it was really his problem of experiencing that in day to day operations that was the inspiration for making this happen. Making this possible. Josh has already sold 30 seedslides. Each model costs 850 dollars. And is available on his website. Weve got a link in this story on our website at siouxland news dot com. 3 3 a teacher and cocoh at a des moines higigschool is accused of trying to force a 16 year old female student to have sex. 3 46 year old Jerald Johnson is a special Education Teacher at roosevelt high school. He led to the Girls Basketball team to a state championship in 2006. Johnson is accused of Sexual Exploitation by a School Employee and assault with intent to commit sexual alleges johnson called her to come to his personal classroom. Locked the or. Groped, grabbed and kissed her. 3 3 3 weve had a string of great days in siouxland. But a slight change in the weather is on its way. Right chad . 3 3 3 defense secretary Ash Carter Says the us is Building Momentum against isis. While some skeptical lawmakers say progress is too slow to keep up with the terrorists. Emily schmidt has more from washington on changes that could be coming in the fight abroad. And at home. 3 we welcome our witnesses. In the a month and a half since defense secretary Ashton Carter last appeared before the Senate Armed Services committeesenator john mccain says isis has caused or inspired hundreds of deaths a Russian Airliner downed over egypt. A bombing in beirut. The paris attacks, and the San Bernadino shootings. sen. John Mccain R Arizona in short, the threat is growing and evolving faster than the administrations efforts to counter it. ash carter defense secretary the reality is, were at war. Even though isis isnt contained, he thinks president obamas strategy is workinin and expanding. He opened the possibility that us military advisers could accompany iraqi forces on the ground as they look to retake ramadi from isiswith apache helicopters helping from the air. ash carter defense secretary the us is prepared to assist iraqi army with additional unique capabilities to help them finish the job. Republican senators on the panel challenged us policythey say its drifting. And they want faster action. senator kelly ayotte r New Hampshire are we going to be more aggressive going after these assets Going Forward . ash carter defense secretary yes well be more aggressive. What makes it possible is intelligence. Carter says it will take assistance asking lawmakers to free up 116 Million Dollars to help us backed forcesand emphasizing that other countries need to contribute more special forces, aircraft, training, and weapons. ash carter defense secretary the International Community including allies and the coalitionhas to step up paris. His message isis is doing more. So the world must do more. In washington, im emily schmidt. 3 the latest developments in the war on terror here at home are the subject of our next National Online town hall. Your voice, your future the new normal, security versus freedom will feature a roundtable discussion between Security Experts and Civil Liberties groups. It will get underway tonight at 6 p. M. And well be streaming it online at siouxland news dot com. This town hall will not be televised on our decades channel. Only streamed online. Again, thats tonight at 6 p. M. On siouxland news dot com. 3 3 big changes are on the way for education. The us senate voted 8512 today in favor of the every Student Succeeds act. Which will replace the heavily criticized no child left behind. Annual standardized testing will remain, but states will now have more control over standards and it also bans the federal government from mandating curriculum programs like common core. 3 no child left behind was one of the most unpopular laws in modern American History and the fact that it has failed to meet many of its basic goals cries out for replacement. This puts in place some long needed reforms, its something to build upon. Its good reform, it hasnt gone as far as i think it should, but i am looking forward to continuing on this issue. The house already passed the bill, so it now heads to the white house. Where president obama says he will sign it. 3 in other education news. The Supreme Court heard arguments today in an affirmative action case that could affect College Admissions nationwide. 3 as paula reid reports. The case involves a woman who says she was denied admission to the university of texas in favor of lesserqualified minorities. 3 Abigail Fisher says affirmative action kept her university of texas at austin in 2008. sot Abigail Fisher plaintiff i dont believe that students should be treated differently based on their race. Fishers case was heard by the Supreme Court for the second time in three years wednesday. At issue, whether the school can use race as a factor in admitting freshmen. The university guarantees admission to texans who graduate in the top ten percent of their class regardless of race. The remaining 25 percent of applicants face scrutiny over a number of factors, including ethnicity. standup bridge the Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled in favor of using race as a factor in College Admissions. But todays court is a more conservative one. A skeptical chief Justice John Roberts asked, what unique perspective does a minority student bring to a physics class . Fishers legal team argued eliminating race as a factor would create more diversity. sot edward blum fishers Legal Adviser the suggestion that African American and hispanic enrollment would plummet at ut if the Court Strikes down this outside the court, 3 protesters sided with the university. In a statement, the schools president said, we are hopeful the Supreme Court will reach the same conclusion as the lower courts and enable all of our students to receive the full educational benefits of diversity, paula reid, cbs news, the Supreme Court. 3 Justice Elena kagan sat out wednesday arguments, because she had worked on the case for the Justice Department before joining the Supreme Court. A 44 tie would result in a legal victory for the defendant, the university of texas. 3 3 millions of americans suffer from dry eyes. And it seems like theres nearly a million different treatment options. 3 coming up after the break in tonights healthwatch. Were investigating a Clinical Trial investigating Fish Oil Supplements as a possible new treatment. 3 youre watching siouxland news at five on kmeg 14, with larry wentz, diana castillo, siouxlands chief and sports director chris 3 3 dry eye is one of the most common reasons people go to the eye doctor. But there may be help for the itchy, irritating condition. 3 as dr. Max gomez reports. A large, new study is under way to determine if a common food supplement can provide real relief. 3 Erlinda Soriano has had dry eyes for much of her life. sot Erlinda Soriano dry eye patient really really dry and gritty and especially in the mornings when you wake up shes tried all sorts of remedies. sot erlinda artificial tears and then some ointments. track while dry eyes are mostly a quality of life issue, they can lead dr penny asbell mt sinai hospital it can be associated with infection of the surface of they eye and things that can be permanent loss of vision. track so now erlinda is volunteering for a clinical dietary supplement might actually ease her dry eyes. Its fish oil sot dr penny asbell mt sinai hospital it is an oil thing, of course but really its anti inflammatory activities is what makes it of interest. Track dr penny asbell says previous studies looking at fish oil for dry eyes were inconclusive. This large study is meant to really determine its effectiveness and also to learn much more about dry eyes. sot dr penny asbell mt sinai hospital a lot of new ideas about the best way to diagnose and treat patients Going Forward. Track erlinda has been taking 5 capsules a day that might contain fish oil or might just be olive oil. sot Erlinda Soriano patient i think i felt a bit of difference with my dry eyes. Im hoping i really am taking the fish oil supplement, but ill find out towards the end of the study. track theres little downside to taking fish Oil Every Day other than the cost, which can run into a thousand dollars a year or more. Dr. Max gomez, for cbs news, new york. 3 study volunteers get regular eye exams and are followed for an entire year. 3 skies. Highs today again reached the mid 50s, with even the 60s across parts of nebraska. Tonight look for partly cloudy skies with south winds becoming a little stronger, do not expect temperatures to cool off much. Overnight lows will settle 3 first alert siouxlands chief meteorologist chad sandwell. 3 3 3 3 chad, diana and larry talk about todays weather and the upcoming forecast. 3 temperatures to cool off much. Overnight lows will settle around 40 degrees. For thursday we should see more of the same. We will see partly cloudy skies, but our winds are going to be much stronger as a trough swings through. It wont have much effect on temperatures with highs expected to stay in the mid 50s. We will see increasing clouds for friday and then a little bit of winter returns for the weekend. Highs will be in the lower 50s on friday, then look for a rain and snow mix saturday with a few snow showers lingering into 3 each month. Siouxland news and Siouxland Federal Credit Union team up to present a local volunteer with a jefferson award. A way to recognize those dedicated to public service. Tonight Jetske Wauran introduces us to siouxlands latest award recipient. A woman passionate about 3 we have 3 gotten a large number of calls. Dogs put out without shelter. And it takes time to investigate all of those. She helps nurse them back to Health Giving them a new lease on life. As a rescue, we rescue between five and six hundred dogs a year. So you multiply that by the years ive been doing this and it adds up quickly. Jarvis says rescuing these dogs is her calling. Whats more, jarvis also volunteers at the noahs hope thrift store on 2601 myrtle street. Shes in charge of processing adoption applications, managing their social media and paperwork. She networks with other rescue. She takes in dog that have a lot of special needs the foster, to 3 the customers. Over her long and dedicated involvement with noahs hope, jarvis discovered how crucial it is for these canines to have a forever home. For every dog that we save you know it just gives you that little feel good feeling, that literally no one could save, you saved a life. In sioux city, im Jetske Wauran. Siouxland news. 3 each month on siouxland news well bring you the story of a local jefferson award winner. Who will have a chance to be recognized at the National Jefferson awards banquet in washington, dc. To nominate someone. Visit the jefferson awards section on our website, siouxland news dot com. 3 3 3 a lot of us are sending out Christmas Cards to friends and family this time of year. But one michigan student went over the top for his greeting. Coming up after the break. What lengths he went to in his card. Just to 3 the holidays are a time when some families mail out Christmas Cards to friends and family across the country. But one card in particular here in michigan is gaining National Attention going viral. 3 reporter drew moore caught up with a student at Saginaw Valley State University in michigan. Who took sending christmas cheer to a awhole new level by hiring a fake family to take fake pictures and sending the cards to his entire family. 3 joshua brassow, sent family fake Christmas Card. It really blew up. Joshua brassow is a junior at Saginaw Valley State University and this is his wife patty bone crusher johnson and two kids thor he wanted his family to think. My family is pretty socially conservative. So i knew they would look at that and wonder what i got myself into. In what could be the greatest Christmas Card prank in history josh mailed out these fake Christmas Card to everyone in his family. Im probably going to have to print off a couple hundred more. It started with josh asking for a simple favor. Wanted random family for me to take a Christmas Card picture with. And these are the pictures that joshs real family are receiving for christmas. This woman who is twice my age, with kids almost my age. Shes not as scary as she looks in the picture, we had to try really hard to make her look rough. Once the picture got out it went viral shared hundreds of thousand of times on line. But its the look on his grandmas face that he wishes he could see when she gets the card in the mail. Shes got a very fiery personality and i figured shed have more than a few words to say to me. Drew moore, reporter, his next step the morning talk show circuit. The story itself shared more than a million times on line. Whats his next prank . Well he says well have 3 brassow says the entire prprk cost him a total of forty five dollars. 3 3 3 3