Sabrina plus christmas is almost here but, if youre like me, you havent even wrapped up your shopping. We have some tips that could save you time and money. Local 5 news midday in hd starts now. We are iowa sabrina good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im Sabrina Ahmed. Sabrina new at midday and some sad news out of madrid. Sabrina head football and track coach randy hinkel has died from a heart attack this sunday. Hinkel led the tigers to a class a football championship in 1991. Hes been the head coach with the tigers for 29 years. Join us on local 5 news at six tonight as sports director jon shaeffer brings us some highlights of hinkels carrer. Sabrina meanwhile a missing West Des Moines woman has been found. Sabrina police say 20 yearold Erica Johnson went missing from the 46hundred block of coachlight drive early this morning. She was found a few hours later just before 6 30 and is safe. Sabrina West Des Moines School Officials prepare to make some big budget cuts. Than a hundred students means the district will have less money for its programs. They need to cut out eight hundred thousand dollars total by next year. An Advisory Committee submitted 16 costcutting measures, which included dropping some language and music classes. One of those up for cuts. Japanese. Lilah fidler, sophomore people should have other options, in case they want translation jobs, or anything that would involve Economic Growth or globalization. Dan carolin, japanese teacher theres a misperception of japan not being an important business player any more, but japan is an established commodity in the world economy. Sabrina the school board is expected to make its final decision at its meeting tonight. Thats at 7 in the learning resource center. Sabrina a developing story this morning out of northwestern iowa. Sabrina during a Championship Wrestling match saturday, a Spencer High School student collapsed. And then died at the hospital. Austin roberts had been fighting for a championship title during the spencer invitational wrestling tournament. The teen died but theres still now word on what caused him to collapse. The death has been tough on his family and fellow classmates. terry hemann superintenden t Spencer Community schools there were a lot of tears, a lot of hugs and those types of things, but there were also some laughs, talking about stories about austin. Austin was a student that was bigger than life in many ways, a large young man, 220 pounder student, with a laugh as big as any room you can put him in. Good kid sabrina a crisis team has been providing grief counseling at Spencer High School. A gofund me account has been set up to help the roberts family. Sabrina lights are off in rain and weekend. Jolly holiday lights was the season. Its a first in its 20 year history. The beloved christmas tradition put on by make a wish iowa takes around 14hundred volunteers and three weeks to set up. Make a wish says the cancellation may cost it more thousand donations. That up to 40 wishes sabrina to this story. Last week Mercy Hospital stepped raise money for make a wish. Helped donate to the make a Wish Campaign by rounding up their purcahses at the starbucks in the hospital and making donations at the gift shop. Those who donated were recognized around the hospital with these lightup christmas pins they were given. Weve seen spirits lifted by going through Jolly Holiday lights and its something that we enjoy we want to continue and we want our patients and children to enjoy that as well. Sabrina and at the iowa clinic this afternoon, all the money raised by mercys efforts will be officially donated to Jolly Holiday lights. Look for just how much was raised later today on local 5. Sabrina meteorologist sam schrier joins us again with a look at your forecast. Sam the forecast is about to become very active this week meaning were in for a lot of rain chances and even a few snow chances. We are starting out monday with rain and Morning Hours in central iowa and more into the early afternoon for eastern iowa. It is going to be cloudy and breezy so highs today will only be able to climb into the upper 30s. Tonight well see dry conditions with a chilly overnight low near 30 degrees. Tuesday should be warm and windy again like sunday with highs climbing into the mid to upper 40s. Rain returns tuesday night through wednesday, and we may even see some snow in northwest iowa. Thursday there is a chance for a few light snow showers with low accumulation, so we will watch that day carefully. The rest of weekend looks to be in the 40s with rain into next week. The Holiday Season can be a families dealing with the loss of a loved one. Theres one to make things a little easier for through a tough time. Local fives nikki helped one to know. laughter enjoying each others this season. Family theres more eye. everybody has a story, you wont know my story walking down the season is far from easy for them. Their family has been broken theyre dealing with heartbreaking loss. And left with just pictures and memories of what the holidays used to be. 16 30 48 its hard figuring it out, its just different. Everything is different, never the same. 14 year old nailea was everything a teen could be. Very involved in school. Well loved by her classmates, and someone people just liked being around. For hours, she was funny, caring. Her unexpected death 13 months ago shocked everyone. 16 28 10 many assume a 14 year old who completed sucidie that it was bullying, and she had so many friends, she was loved anxiety and since she was 5. Has made it their goal to keep her memory story in hopes it will help someone else before its too late. 16 29 47 a week before she died was one of the best weeks she had in months. She was happy, joking. We thought wow its going good but she hit a down cycle. 16 30 17 i dont think any of us think a child will be able to do that, but being more aware of it helps. But while working to help others staying true to what they are. A family hasnt always been easy. 16 32 20 when she died it felt like we werent a family anymore, and amanda the panda has and for the Holiday Season. That reminder comes in bright wrapping paper. this book is awesome a cheer box. Filled this is almost like a and activities to bring the remaining family members closer together. 16 38 57 we havent gotten together often its something we can do. Amanda the Panda Program thats thanks volunteers. Hug, a way to tell all of the families theyre not forgetten this time of year. So while this christmas might not be all jolly and bright for the marquez. They know one thing, theyre not alone. 16 40 25 people are going out of their way to make you feel better, when youre going through a rough time. Its amazing. Sabrina amanda the panda is non profit which helps familes dealing with grief. But need funding to keep providing their programs for free. For more information about how you can get involved or help with amanda the panda. Visit our website we are iowa dot com. Sabrina coming up on its drizzly and gloomy out there today but hows it looking for your christmas forecast . Sam has those details. Sabrina but next. Are you still working on your Christmas Shopping . You arent the hear some tips to catch up your wathcing local 5 news midday in hd with Sabrina Ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast. This is local 5 midday. We are iowa sabrina on your money now Sabrina Christmas came early at the gas pump this year. The nationwide average is dropping to two dollars a gallon, according to triple a. It hasnt been that low since 2009, and more than twothirds of gas stations are selling gas for less than 2 dollars a gallon, Oil Price Information one industry analyst says he expects low prices to last january. Prices, now at a are the main factor driving down gas prices. Sabrina chocolate lover recall you about. Mars says its recalling 67 of dove chocolate assortment snowflakes. Could be mixed in milkey way or twix pieces a people with food allergies. The chocolates Walmart Stores in 24ounce bags. Anyone with concerns should return full refund. Sabrina and now some lastminute most of us have not quite all our gifts the good news there are still some great deals out there Rebecca Jarvis tells us all about some of those best buys its a christmas procrastination in the final countdown to christmas the 75 havent finished until christmas eve. While last minute shoppers may not have time on their side they do have this going for them extremely motivated retailers. Mark ellwood, author bargain fever 14;34;05;36 the sales this year are looking better than ever. While online sales are up nearly 14 13. 6 , source channeladvisor from last year . Sales inside physical stores are down almost 6 5. 8 source retailnext . Making this final push crucial to retailers bottom lines 14;34;23;24 the best look for a stackable an item is already discounted but you see a big sign saying 20 percent, 30 percent off anything thats already reduced. Go straight to those stack discounts thanksgiving sales, right now. Its better [gfx] at best buy . This apple watch sport . 50 off on black friday . Now even more off the regular price and launching tuesday just for lastminute shoppers. Microsoft offering 50 off the xbox one plus two free games with purchase. nats something warm Winter Weather related that feels a lot more like spring . [gfx] no deep freeze, means the deepest discounts on cold accessories [gfx info] sweaters, cardigans and jackets up to 40 percent off at boots starting at 26. 99 and kids fleece apparel starting at 4. 99 at jcpenney; and 25 percent markdowns on under armour hoodies and fleece pants. Many retailers trying to clear outwear, boots, and knitwear marking them on sale now for 60, even 70 off. Sabrina sam is back now. Sam us aouerwh y bino peen hri ls,t n on. R. Obn mr. Ana bs a ie eneang paedin a 2soi alysryg t w arg dsndewecoly lpg u ar aouerheinu aras e we a mt noti vis r e arg imir. Nd hsowi uce u unghe tos. Ndhel treo lpoun uroueyo arg tt. Co itoelng hr d lko. Nd taynow, we are iowas most accurate meteorologist sam weatherrate the experts sam the forecast is about to become very active this week meaning were in for a lot of rain chances and even a few snow chances. We are starting out monday with rain and drizzle lasting throughout the Morning Hours in central iowa and more into the early afternoon for eastern iowa. It is going to be cloudy and breezy so highs today will only be able to climb into the upper 30s. Tonight well see dry conditions with a chilly overnight low near 30 degrees. Tuesday should be warm and windy again like sunday with highs climbing into the mid to upper 40s. Rain and we may even see some snow in northwest iowa. Thursday there is a chance for a few light snow showers with low accumulation, so we will watch that day carefully. The rest of the week through the weekend looks to be in the 40s with rain chances lasting will into next week. Sam sabrina check this out Mother Nature put up a show in the sky near spokane, washington. Sam Mother Nature put up a spectacular show in the sky near spokane, washington. Sabrina these are images of the Northern Lights just east of the city. Those lights are created when particles from the sun collide with gas particles in the earths atmosphere. That usually makes the sky light up in green or pink, even though other colors are also possible the best time to see the lights is winter. From northwestern alaska. But the Northern Lights can sometimes be seen as far south as new orleans. reax sabrina still to come on local five news midday. Are you looking for somewhere to go this christmas . We have a guest in studio to tell you how you can get involved in a holiday potluck. The winner is. Not miss columbia. See whats being called one of awkward moments in pageant history. Stick with us. Sabrina sabrina Ankeny First United Methodist Church at 206 s. W. Walnut street in ankeny will offer a christmas potluck lunch on friday, december 25 with the gathering starting in Fellowship Hall at 11 30 a. M. With food served from 12 00 to 1 00 p. M. Fellowship hall is located on the north side of the church building. The meal is free no cost and everyone from ankeny and surrounding communities is welcome to attend. Ankeny First United Methodist Church will provide meat dishes and attendees are asked to bring a side dish of their choosing. Rev. Scott hibben, lead pastor at Ankeny First United Methodist Church elaborates, several people have and attendees are choosing. There has with such a variety of items available. If people are unable to bring food, they are still welcomed. The Christmas Day potluck relies on a few volunteers to and serve beverages. Casual potluck, the needed is limited because we all pitch in together to make it happen. We do need a few hosts to help get the coffee on and set up a few things, said rev. Hibben. The tradition of a Christmas Day lunch potluck goes back a few years at Ankeny First United Methodist Church. I understand that the potluck began several years ago when Christmas Day fell on a sunday. All our sunday Worship Services were combined into one service, and then this potluck was offered. Since then it has been provided each year, alternating between opportunity for people from all of our sites, as well as others within the ankeny area, to share a good meal and good fellowship. Some of our folks may be on their own for christmas. Some may have families with them. However they come, its a great combination of people enjoying time together, comments rev. Hibben. Ankeny First United Methodist Church was the first church established in the town of ankeny. The first Church Structure was constructed in 1886 and was called ankeny methodist episcopal church. Today, Ankeny First United Methodist Church has three ankeny locations, the uptown location at 206 s. W. Walnut; faith chapel located at 7384 n. W. 16th street; and the Christian Life center at 710 n. E. 36th street. There are styles offered at each site including contemporary, new casual, the road of recovery, youre watching local 5 news midday in hd. We are iowa sabrina welcome back lets talk whats trending now. And that wild ending to the Miss Universe pagaent. The winner sunday nightthe only problem she didnt actually win. Turns out host steve harvey Just Announced the wrong name. Abcs tj holmes here with that quick nat Miss Universe 2015 miss columbia reigned supreme as Miss Universe for approximentaly two and a half glorious minutes. Nats her walking down the aisle and then this happened. 2 52 i have to apologize. The first runner up is 3 29 Miss Universe 2015 is phillipinnes. Host steve harvey correcting himself. Annoucing the winner is really miss phillipinnes. Harvey take your first walk as Miss Universe. Creating one of the most awkward moments in pageant history. awkward pause 4 08 4 20 a chorus of boos fill the hall. put all of steves bite in 4 39 listen folks let me. This is exactly what is on the card. I will take responsibility for this. All the way to. Its been a great night. And with that steve is off. Leaving the ladies to sort it out. Miss columbias crown gently removed. Bestowed on the rightful winner. Afterwards the 21 presenter and sofia viagara look alike. Graceful in sot miss colombia backstage everything happens for a reason so im happy. Im happy for all that i did, for becoming this dream. Im so happy. source miss colombia reax backstage. Mp4 her fellow contestants in her corner. Nats backstage we love you colombia ladies cheering source miss colombia reax backstage. Mp4 miss philippines struggling to find the words to describe her awkward crowning moment. Sot miss philippines backstage its a very umm. Nontraditional crowning moment, isnt it . Its very, its very sabrina lam following whats fans felt a disturbance in the force over the weekend. No no no no no sabrina a theater full of fans pitched a fit when the projector failed right in the middle of star wars the force opening night. Posted this video face book. The movie did jumped ahead 15 minutes. Confusi ng the crowd. Luckily, they were given a full voucher to come back. Sabrina midday. Started right here in iowa spreads. Hear why doznes getting in on the investigation. Sabrina plus. Jelly lady. Hear how she name. And how hands on her awardwinning local 5 news midday in hd. We are iowa good morning joining us for local 5 news Sabrina Ahmed. Sabrina a computer convicted of stealing one big under dozens of states. With the first starting right here in iowa. Abcs linzie janis has the details in headlines. 5 secs hes the lottery already convicted of rigging one iowa drawing . Edward tipton guilty 13 secs 52yearold eddie tipton a former Security Director association . May have made his own luck more than once essentially stealing jackpots from the millions of hopeful players around the gfx 14 secs investigators say the machines that randomly generate winning lotto numbers so he would know those winning digits in advance. They say tipton may have had access to lottery games in as many as 37 states. Dave jobes assistant director, Iowa Division of criminal investigation were looking into any jackpots that could be associated with eddie tipton across the country. Gfx 6 secs tipton allegedly asking people he knew, to help collect jackpots in colorado, wisconsin and oklahoma. Dave jobes assistant director, Iowa Division of criminal investigation those 3 together totaled about 8 million dollars. Gfx 10 secs but tiptons Attorney Says there has been no evidence that mr. Tipton did anything to tamper with any of the computers. That assertion is based upon pure speculation and fanciful theories. 10 secs prosecutors say this Surveillance Video shows tipton back in 2010 making his first big mistake purchasing a Winning Ticket himself . Worth 16. 5 million dollars. 10 secs when someone else tried to collect it. Investigators uncovered the scam . This year a jury convicting and sentencing tipton to 10 years in prison. Hes currently out on bail pending an appeal. Sabrina as for the latest allegations sabrina as for the latest allegations tipton is due back in court in january. The Multistate Lottery Association who employed tipton tells abc news they have examined their internal processes and are now confident that the games are safe and secure Going Forward the latest on a car hitting pedestrians in las vegas. Authorities say a female driver car hitting pedestrians in las vegas. Authorities say a female driver intentionally drove up onto a sidewalk and into more than 35 people along the vegas strip. So far one person has died, but several others are in critical condition. The driver has been taken into custody. Police say a toddler riding in the car with her was not hurt. At this point, police dont know why the woman drove down the sidewalk. Overnight, they were checking to see if she had any alcohol or drugs in her system. Sabrina and starting today, anyone who owns a drone, or is expecting to get christmas will with the faa. New guidlines go into effect as the agency tries to monitor the of drones in the the flying machines have become a headache for law enforcement. All drones will be given a tracking number that will help the faa keep tabs in a database. Sabrina and another president ial contender drops out of the white house race. Sabrina this time its carolina told c bolduan in his wall here. R South Carolina going to suspend my to suspend my desire to help the country. To iraq and another update. Thirty me. But the one thing i feel really good about is i did it with a smile on my face. I talked about things that are important to me and somebody better fix one day. Sabrina graham made the official announcement in an email to supporters and a Youtube Video posted this morning. The decision comes just days after the cnn republican president ial debate in las vegas. Graham was widely viewed as dominating the undercard debate. Sabrina they may be a great decoration, but the National Fire Protection Association says on average, Christmas Trees are the source of about 200 structure fires each year. Causing millions of dollars in damage and deaths. Students in maryland are studying how to prevent those fires. So we have this wonderful surface area to volume ratio, so we have all these nice little bristles that could ignite sabrina the students put together some tips for you and your family this christmas. If you have a real tree, keep it hydrated. And while artificial ones mays be harder to ignite, they also produce toxic gases. Keep them away from drapes or furniture, and be sure they dont block exits. Flames, smoke and hot air and all that rises, so if you have it in the basement, all the floors above it are going to be affected if you have it ignite, once a tree fire nothing can be they demonstrated in one experiment that even sprinklers wont put out a tree they can help slow the spread of flames. Meteorologist joins us again your forecast. Sam to become very active were in for a lot of a few snow chances. We are starting out monday with rain and drizzle lasting Morning Hours in into the early going to be cloudy and breezy so highs today 30s. Tonight well see dry conditions with a chilly overnight low near 30 degrees. Tuesday should be warm and windy again like sunday with highs upper 40s. Rain returns tuesday night through wednesday, and we may even see some snow in northwest iowa. Thursday there is a chance for a few light snow showers with low accumulation, so we will watch that day carefully. The rest of the week through the weekend looks to be in the 40s with rain chances lasting will into next week. Whats in a name . For one central iowa woman, her sabrina whats in a name . For one central iowa woman, her entire business is summed up in her name. So what does she make . Local 5s Claire Powell shows us in this weeks farm to family. Before the sun is up never in my wildest dreams did i think wed be doing this. I kind of hated to cook when i was kid Terri Sinclair is in the kitchen. Tying her robe, getting ready for the day ahead at market. We moved out to the country, planted all kidns of trees but no fruit trees. There was nothing intentional about doing this at all sinclair, who is a dedicated grandma, also goes by another name. apron the jelly lady. I dont know here comes the jelly lady, my kids started calling me the jelly lady, it kind of turned into that 10 years ago, with an abundance of cucumbers, she made her first preserves. Then she got more adventourous put these three fruits together, turned out cantelope and banana, who wouldve you know. When she entred her jellys in contests. She won. Big time. Sweet pickle relish, and apple butter, guess it was the same here pears, apples, peppers, aronias. Those are pretty heavy and every weekend during the summer and twice in the winter, they pack up headed to the Farmers Market with their family. Thats why we stuck with it so long. Arent you going to retired . Well we are retired but its what we do and its fun because we spend time together as a family and will do it for a ong time if were able to and what better way to spread the christmas joy. Habenero in peach inferno, yep than jelly. All berries of iowa grown here, wild in cultivated bye, thanks for stopping for farm to family, thank you and Merry Christmas Claire Powell local 5 news we are iowa. Sabrina want to hear more about the jelly lady . Be sure to click on this story on our website. Thats we are jelly lady . Be sure to click on this story on our website. Thats we are iowa dot com. Sabrina still to come on local 5 news midday. weather sam has the details in central iowas forecast next. Now, we are iowas forecast with meteorologist sam weatherrate the independent weather experts sam the forecast is about to become very active this week meaning were in for a lot of rain chances and even a few snow chances. We are starting out monday with rain and drizzle lasting throughout the Morning Hours in central iowa and more into the early afternoon for eastern iowa. It is going to be cloudy and breezy so highs today will only be able to climb into the upper 30s. Tonight well see dry conditions with a chilly overnight low near 30 degrees. Tuesday should be warm and windy again climbing into the mid to returns tuesday night and we may even see some snow in northwest iowa. Thursday there is a chance for a few light snow showers with low accumulation, so we will watch that day carefully. The rest of the week through the into next week. Sam Sabrina Sabrina youre watching sabrina midday. Well be back after this. Sabrina about the arl about sabrina the Animal Rescue league of iowa arl is iowas largest shelter, caring for pets each year. The arl serves people and pets from across the state of iowa through its programs, which include pet adoption, Humane Education, pet behavior training, spay neuter, animal cruelty intervention and much more. History the arl has grown dramatically since its founding in 1926 expanding its programs that serve both people and Homeless Animals across iowa. The most obvious growth is the number of animals the arl provides shelter and care for each thousand animals a decade ago to more than 15,000 animals in 2013. Through our Proactive Community outreach and spay neuter programs, in the past few years we have begun to see a decrease in the number of animals we care for, but our work is far from over. Other areas of growth include the arls programs designed specifically to address the reasons animals end up in shelters, including spay neuter, behavior training, and Humane Education programs. The arls positive reinforcement Training Program has expanded to offer yearround classes, as well as free behavior advice for dogs, cats, rabbits and other pets. The shelter continues to spay and neuter all dogs, cats, rabbits, ferrets and pigs that are adopted from our shelter. In addition to the animals that come through the arls doors, the arl also serves the people of iowa through its many services. Welfare, strengthen the humananimal bond, and prevent the overpopulation of pets. Sam sam the forecast is about this week meaning were in for a lot of rain chances and even a few snow chances. We are starting out monday with rain and drizzle lasting throughout the Morning Hours in central iowa and more into the early afternoon for eastern iowa. It is going to be cloudy and breezy so highs today will only be able to climb into the upper 30s. Tonight well see dry conditions with a chilly overnight low near 30 degrees. Tuesday should be warm and windy again like sunday with highs climbing into the mid to upper 40s. Rain returns tuesday night through wednesday, and we may even see some snow in northwest iowa. Thursday there is a chance for a few light snow showers with low accumulation, so we will watch that day carefully. The rest of weekend looks to be in the 40s with rain
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