Claire bam everyone has a good luck charm. Rabbits foot, gameday rituals, whatever it may be. But for one hawkeye, hers is the 1957 rose bowl medal she earned as a drummer in a university of iowa band. She wore that medal proudly for every hawkeye game. This thanksgiving, it went missing, but the good luck it provided her was never lost. Anyone who knows me knows about my rose bowl medal take one look around dorothy carpenters home were certainly a family of hawkeye fans theres no doubt. Shes a hawkeye. And has been since 1956 when she joined the famous scottish highlanders, an all female bagpipe and drumming band. Oh im right here, third snare as fate has it, her first year at iowa, the hawks made it to pasedena. Was of course that magical football season for the hawkeyes to get to go to the rose bowl for the very first time the band played on their train ride out, in the parade, at halftime and on the rides back. And after it all, they got this medal. Nearly every day since. I consider it a good luck charm too. I wear it to all teh games that was until the monday before this thanksgiving. Nearly 60 years later. She went to the on. The link was on the is gone. I could not imagine, what on earth, how i couldve lost it paper and crossed her lost and found, reward if found and my undying gratitude and my phone number as she was figuring it was in a pawn shop somewhere, her phone rang. This womans voice. Please call, i have something important to tell you. That was all. Could it possibly be. That shes calling about my rose bowl medal. Fate struck again. She was absolutely excited about finding me as i was about her finding my medal,. I had really lost all hope looking back makes her laugh too much stuff. Even though shes not making another trip to pasedena, she thinks the medals return a sign. Good luck is on its way. Just like 1957. I have a good claire bam carpenter said she considered going to pasedena again for memories sake. But said shell stay here instead so she can catch all the games. Of course including the hawks. Reporting live Claire Powell local 5 news we are iowa jack the 102nd rose bowl game gets underway new years day between iowa and stanford. The game kicks off at 4 pm on espn. Watch local 5 news news tomorrow as Jon Schaeffer brings us the latest from california. Jack and join local 5 tonight right after the six oclock news for our rose bowl special the dream season. That starts tonight at 630. Jack and while youre rooting for the hawkyes share your pictures with us just head to our website and click on the share it tab. Jack 1shot for new years eve. 3 2 1 happy new year crowd cheers jack nearly 2 thousand people packed the Science Center for noon years eve. The event lets kids ring in the new year a little early with face bainting, balloon animals and a magician. Organizers say its a great alternative event for families. By having noon years eve we allow the families to come down celebrate together its something they can do together during the day before the parents have their own thing at night and still get to have that excitment of celebrating the new year having the countdown seeing the baloons drop all of that fun stuff. Jack the event was included in the cost of admission today to the Science Center. Jack theres still time to catch another Family Friendly event imagine eve at hyvee hall. It kicked off at 4. Theres inflatables, carnival games and more. Drop is planned for 8 pm, with a Fireworks Show at 815. And a little later the adults can head out to the downtown countdown at embassy suites. Theres a dinner and live music with a Champagne Toast and balloon drop. Festivities start at 7. Jack be sure to check out our website for a list of other new years happenings in the metro. Thats we are iowa dot com. Jack lam for the white and theres some for gop candidate dr. Ben hes dealing with some highlevel staff resignations. And the only candidate on the trail on this last day of 2015 Bernie Sanders has good news for his campaign. Abcs bazi kanani is in washington with the latest. Just days after announcing impressive fundraising numbers at the years end, a shakeup in the ben carson campaign. Three top aides are resigning. Frustrated by the actions of carsons powerful business manager. Nowformer Campaign ManagerBarry Bennett tells abc news he Still Believes in the candidate, but says quote i can play amateur politics at home with my 9year old. I dont need to do it at the professional level. Blunder for jeb bush, after last nights rally in south carolina. A reporter asked him about the Police Shooting of 12 yearold tamir rice. sot bush bush i think that chicago has a lot of work to do to rebuild trust. The level of violence is abhorrent. Abc q that happened in cleveland. Bush oh im sorry. My bad. nats sanders rally the only president ial candidate on the trail on this new years eve Bernie Sanders is in iowa. Announcing a new Campaign Fundraising record more than 2point3 million donations. sot sanders that is more individual contributions that any campaign in the history of the United States of america. Sanders is still trailing Hillary Clinton in the polls. But staying competitive in the early voting state of new hampshire. On the republican side, donald trump remains dominant in National Polls with just four weeks to go until the first. Votes are cast. But in the firstup weeks to go until the first. Votes are cast. But in the firstup state of iowa, ted cruz is gaining steam inching ahead of trump in some polls and raising nearly 20 and dont count marco rubio or Chris Christie fourth quarter. Rubio or Chris Christie ground in new as the year ends, christie are both gaining ground in new hampshire. And the state department is releasing of another batch of Hillary Clintons emails. Jack lam meanwhile three democrats will be on the ohio primary ballot. But not former Maryland Governor martin omalley. Instead, voters will choose between Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and roque rocky de la fuente a developer from san diego who actually just recently moved to West Des Moines to campaign. Omalley fell 228 signatures shy of the thousand he needed from verified voters. He is already on the ballot in 18 other states jack in national headlines. Jack ots a new executive order on gun control expected by white house sources say the goal is to close the socalled gun show loophole. It allows certain gun sellers to skip buyer background checks. The measure is also expected to provide funding for local law officers to enforce existing gun laws. Gun control advocates expect the president will reveal the plan at the state of the union address, set for january 12th. Jack the Mississippi River is still rising, and it wont crest until sometime later today. Right now flood levels are breaking records and swallowing towns. Earlier today governor branstad announced plans to send Iowa National guard members to help out in missouri. Jack lam in your world headlines, a massive fire breaks out at the highend address hotel in downtown dubai. Video shows flames around the highrise Hotels Middle floors. More than a dozen people have minor injuries. The fire broke out on the 20th floor from the outside of the but it didnt spread to inside the hotel due to the internal fire extinguishers. The cause of the fire is still unknown. Jack coming up on local 5 news at five. Before you head out to your new years parties, brad has a look at your forecast. He says you might want to bring your big winter coat. Jack but next. Hawkeye fans commandeering a battleship sports director Jon Schaeffer is on the uss iowa where all things black and gold is taking over. Youre watching local 5 news at 5 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowas most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad news at 5, we are iowa. Its the trophy coveted by hawkeye fans who are gearing up for the rose bowl. And today they took over the uss iowa to keep the excitement going. Jack bam with thousands of iowans making the trip across the us to watch the game and many more gearing up here at home tomorrows game is kind of a big deal. Schaeffer made the trip out west earlier this week. We join him now live aboard uss iowa in california for the latest. Jon . Jon im outside the battleship uss iowa in sunny california. Its official hawkeye nation has taken over Southern California as thousands upon thousands of iowa fans ascended upon the battleship today for the rose bowl pep rally. Jon the record attendance at the battleship was 7,500 but its safe to say black and gold nation shattered that record here today. The uss iowa staff say they were expecting about 15,000 people which would shatter the record. We found out first hand today that bleeding black and gold runs in families across iowa and the bond of father and son sharing this experience may be once in a life time. Thats the biggest things, to be here with my dad. I never went to the university of iowa, but he did, and i was born into black and gold. Its just an awesome experience to be down here with my dad for the rose bowl. That we might not be here together again i was a 17 year old freshman in 1986, and ive been black and gold ever since. Absolutely the greatest. This is an awesome family experience. Weve gone to so many hawk games, but this one is ranked at the top. Jon its been 25 years since the last rose bowl for iowa and it looks like missing the chance to see this one wasnt something fans were willing to risk. Reporting from the u. S. S iowa im Jon Schaeffer. Jack wxhang ad libs rose bowl wrap up chief ad libs rose bowl wrap up chief meteorologist brad edwards joins us now. Brad wxhang now, we are iowas most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards. Certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts jack skating sounds well. It might be cold out. But it sure was good skating weather today at good skating weather today at brenton skating plaza downtown des moines. The skating rink is open until midnight tonight to celebrate the new year. Admission and skate rental will cost you around ten dollars. Jack chief meteorologist brad edwards joins us now with central iowas most accurate forecast. Brad . Brad adlib brad adlib brad it was a cold day, but it was actually a little milder than expected, so hopefully that trend continues into the new year. Make sure you bundle up well tonight as it will be one of our coldest nights this winter so far that is . Look for clear to partly cloudy skies with dry roads, which is definitely a good thing. Temps will the teens for the metro while some areas in Northern Iowa will be in the 0s. Wind chill temps will be in the 0s and even 0s overnight. After a very cold start, new years day will be mainly sunny with slightly milder afternoon temps reaching close to 30 in the metro. The wind will still be Strong Enough to keep wind chills in the 0s most of the morning as they blow from the west at 1020 mph. It will be a little milder sunday with sunny skies, lighter winds and highs in the low to mid 30s. Next week will start off quiet and dry, but it is looking pretty active by thursday and friday. That is when another weather system looks to be coming out of the sw with a wintry mix of precipitation for us. It is too early to tell exactly what we will see, but it doesnt look pretty, so stay tuned to local 5 on this one brad wxhang adlib jack thanks, brad sure you bundle up well tonight as it will be one of our coldest nights this winter so far that is . Look for clear to partly cloudy skies with dry roads, which is definitely a good thing. Temps will be falling back into the teens for the metro while some areas in Northern Iowa will be in the 0s. Wind overnight. After a very cold start, new years day will be mainly sunny with slightly milder afternoon temps reaching close to 30 in the metro. The wind will still be Strong Enough to keep wind chills in the 0s most of the morning as they blow from the west at 1020 mph. It will be a little milder sunday with sunny skies, lighter winds and highs in the low to mid 30s. Next week will start off quiet and dry, but it is looking pretty active by thursday and friday. That is when another weather system looks to be coming out of the sw with a wintry mix of precipitation for us. It is too early to tell exactly what we will see, but it doesnt look pretty, so stay tuned to local 5 on this one brad wxhang adlib sure you bundle up well tonight as it will be one of our coldest nights this winter so far that is . Look for clear to partly cloudy skies with dry roads, which is definitely a good thing. Temps will be falling back into the teens for the metro while some areas in Northern Iowa will be in the 0s. Wind chill temps will be in the 0s and even 0s overnight. After a very cold start, new years day will be mainly sunny with slightly milder afternoon temps reaching close to 30 will still be Strong Enough to keep wind chills in the 0s most of the morning as they blow from the west at 1020 mph. It will be a little milder sunday with sunny skies, lighter winds and highs in the low to mid 30s. Next week will start off quiet and dry, but it is looking pretty active by thursday and friday. That is when another weather system looks to be coming out of the sw with a wintry mix of precipitation for us. It is too early to tell exactly what we will see, but it doesnt look pretty, so stay tuned to local 5 on this one brad wxhang adlib jack thanks, brad Jack Jack Jack photos if you capture any good pictures make sure to post them at we are iowa dot com. Just click on the share it tab jack coming up on local 5 news at five. Do you remember your first taste of bacon . This guy has gone viral were talking about whats trending next. Are iowa jack welcome back to a look at whats trending. Jack the internet is heaping criticism on old navy for a series of t shirts that some say discourages artists. And a des moines business has joined in. The shirts read young aspiring artist, except that the artist is crossed out and replaced with president or well raygun here in des moines has a response. Take a look at their latest shirt design. Their tweet saying quote how could we not make this the shirt crosses out the word president and replaces it with artist. Theyre available right now online and in des moines. Jack do you remember your first taste of bacon . Well the latest viral video has made one boys first taste an internet sensation. baby tastes bacon for the first time bacon. Bacon. Bacon jack this video is from youtubeer tyler beach. He gave his son bacon for the tyler beach. He gave his son bacon for the first time on christmas day. Since then, the videos had more than three million views on youtube alone. Jack block donald trump out of your life Google Chrome is here to help. A new addon lets users block all images and references to donald trump. The app has three settings mild, aggressive, and vindictive. On mild, trumps whole twitter page goes blank. The vindictive setting blocks out entire websites, like c nn and even google news. Jack 1couch weather time for another quick break. Chief meteorologist brad edwards our brad wxhang it was a cold day, but it was actually a little milder than expected, so hopefully that sure you bundle up well tonight as it will be one of our coldest nights this winter so far that is . Look for clear to partly cloudy skies with dry roads, which is definitely a good thing. Temps will be falling back into the teens for the metro while some areas in Northern Iowa will be in the 0s. Wind chill temps will be in the 0s and even 0s overnight. After a very cold start, new breaking news tonight. The skyscraper inferno on new years ev the 63story luxury hotel, engulfed in flames near the and one of the most famouss