Teaching Elementary School children and playing piano. She could play the piano by ear. You could just tell her can you play the yellow rose of texas, well how does it go . And shed play itbut after 30 years of marriage, Palmer Holden knenesomething wasnt quite right. Shed get lost or she couldnt remember. Shed ask the same question three times, not realizing that she already asked it. Doctors diagnosed sheryl with alzheimers in 2005. And just two years ago, palmer decided it was best for her health and his peace of mind if she went into assisted living. You had to watch her all the time and it finally got to the stage where i just didnt feel safe taking care of her. Iowa city police say its common to search for family members who might be wandering or confused because of conditions like alzheimers or autism. Theyre hoping their new program called lost loved ones safe and together will make the sisiation easier fofoveryone. Essentially its a Program Designed to give us as first responders, Law Enforcement agency a little more information to find a loved database to o include a photo, personal information and the best way for officers to interact with that person. Some people may respond to us differently so it kind of gives us a little bit of a pre knowledge of what we can expect when make contact t with the individual and quite frankly how to get them back to a safe environment. Palmer says he belongs to a support group at the Senior Center and plans on sharing the new lo program with them. If they havent heard about the lost program,m, think w wll get a lot of people signed up for it. Right now a right now a marion man is facing charges aftererpolole say he broke into a pharmacy. Police say Nicholas Hostak broke in to reutzelpharmacy earlier this week by crashing a van through a rear garage door. Door. Officers arrived to find the van still running and hostak inside the store. Hostak was arrested but first had to go to the hospital to be treated for a k9 bite wound. Hes now charged with three there is a phrase we dont get t to use often these days when it comes to washington politics bipartisan support. But thats whats advancing an effort to reform the nations criminal Justice System. System. Believe it or not, it even has the support of president obama and the conservative billionares, the koch brothers. But now, fox 28 News National correspondent is at the capitol to explain why its not a done deal yet. Yet. You could call it a washington anomaly democrats and republicans working together. I have a level of gratitude for the republicans that are behindethe legislation focuses on reducing the mandatory minimum m ison terms for soso nonviolent offenders. It prohibits solitary confinement for juveniles in most cases, and alsocreates new minimum terms for Domestic Violence that results in murder and for those who support terrori think sometimes we tend to treat our criminal Justice System as an assembly line. 5 seconds sakira cook is with the Leadership Conference on civil and human rights, is the majority of people in prison are there for low level nonviolent offenses. She and others also point to the high costs courtesy of the us taxpayer, and the negative impact incarceration has on young people. A lot of young people make mistakes with drugs and then by the time theyre 25 or so they grow up and they quit doing those things but i dont think they should have a permanent blemish on their ability to get a job or to vote. Despite the widespread support a a the president s promise to sign the legislation, some republicans now say they want to prevent it from reaching his desk, creating a divide in the pay which could stop it from even being brought to the floor for a vote. This legislation is based on a myth the myth of mass incarceration of nonviolent low level drug offenders in federal prison. Senator tom cotton says the plan would endanger society and is picking up support from some lawmakers,s,adopting a tough on crime stance,including president ial candidate ted cruz who once favored it. Some interesting ideas s om folks a cause that brought both sides together for now its tracks. Washington im kf reporting. Also at the capitol, leaders will soso hear expert testimonon the zika virus. Virus. Dozens of cases have been reported across the country. The largely mosquito borne virus is normally not dangerous, but is now linked to a spike in birth defectct among mothers who were infected during pregnancy. Lawmakers who spoke to fox 28 news today say the federal government needs to take swift action. I would hope that there were some Lessons Learned from ebola and from other similar issues, that weve got to be proactive when these diseases and these viruses occur, and not catch up. You know, what Congress Needs to do is continue to robustly fund, frankly, the natitial institutes of health and the cdc so they can respond to these kind of crises. The centers for disease warning expecting mothers to avoid areas of centraand south amica where the most cases of zika virus have been reported. Since tuesdays storm, the snow has stayed away from eastern iowa. Iowa. But could that change this weekend . Weekend . Chief meteorologist terry swails joins us now with your weather first f fecast, terry . While many get ready for super bowl sunday this weekend, another party is in full swing right now that has nothing to do with football. Football. But this annual celebration is truly a life saver for many families facing a difficult struggle. Fox News Reporter dora miller while many get ready for super bowl sunday this weekend, another party is in full swing right now that has nothing to do with football. Football. But this annual celebration is truly a life saver for many families facing a difficult struggle. Fox 28 News Reporter dora miller milleris at the university of iowa with more. More. Im supposed to be dancing right . I ipromise im nono cheating. When people arent dancing they can keep moving on these treadmills. But every step, every dance move is to benefit kids like joseph. At five years old, joseph was diagnosed with a arain tumor. In 2011, the university of iowa introduced josephs say the organization helped with hospital bills, over the counter dication and moral support. Without the e dancers and volunteers here today, josephs family says it would have been a hard journey to take. Seeing him happy and seeing him making frids with all these college kids and seeing the college kids model what it means to serve has got wanting to serve. Hes been well into shaving his head to raise money for childrens cancer, going on telethons to raise money for childrens cancer. Josephs such h an awesome kid. Hes 9 now and his rumor has shrunk, which his family says is a miracle. In a half hour, well l ing you another family whos been impacted by this eveve. Thanks dora. For months now, the city of flint michigan has been in a state of criris after it was revealed residents had been drinking lead. And the fight over how to fix such a massive problem rages on tonight. Tonight. New tests show the level of lead in the water is lower, but the city still wont delcare the water safe to drink. A state of emergency remains in effect as they try to find a permanent solution to the problem. In the meanti, many residents are using filters and donations of bottled water to get by. One county here in the corridor is stepping up its game on water management. Management. The Johnson County board of supervisors voted to expand their sensitive areas orornance and Stormwater Management ordinance across the entire county. Fox 28 News ReporterMarissa Scott scottjoins us live to talk about what has and what has not changed in regards to the ordinance. Marissa . Board members have been talking about a solution for the last yearwell before the flint, michigan water crisis but one supervisor says this decision benefits the entire county and state. State. Our numbmb one resource we of it is just flowing away down to the gulf of mexico. The Johnson County board of supervisors is not changing two ordinances. The regulations are staying the same, but theyre expanding the importance of maintaining sensitive areas and Stormwater Management. Management. In most of iowa last summ, you couldnt swim in any body of ter whether it was a lake, stream, a river. They were all contaminated to the point you werent suppose to swim in them. Thats a pretty scary thought. Thought. Wetlands help treat water. Everybody wants to make sure our steep slopes are maintained to prevent erosion. The county says the ordinance will apply to all developmentsincluding sub divisions of three lots or less. Its going to ensure that sensitive areas are left undisturbed or if they are disturbed, they will be mitigated. Mitigated. In some cases you may have to build a retaining wall, or plant certain types of vegetation. Experts will survey the land to see what kind of Flood Control to put in place, but they guarantee this solution will help prevent flooding and prepare the county if another flood like theverybody enjoys our streams and rivers here in Johnson County. We want to maintain those. Any developers who already submitted an application and its in process will not have to comply to the ordinance. Marissa scott, fox 28 news. Still to come on the foxox8 news at nine. Nine. A grououonce aided by strangers now comes to the aid of others. Well show you how they plan to help the people of flint. Flint. And a teen uses the power of social media for good. How shes managing a massive monday on fox28 morning live. Were getting ready for the Chinese New Year year well celebrate by learning how to make a themed dish that won the supermarket chef showdown were helping you get your week started right, monday at 7 on fox28, just a few moments ago, we told you how residents of flint, mimiigan are getting g donations of bottled water from communities near and far. Some of that water is coming from right here in the corridor. Corridor. Fox 28 News Reporter steffi lee spoke to the group behind the donation in cedar rapids, where some know exactly what iis like to deal with disaster. Disaster. You need help, you need help. Cases of bottled water stack up like mountains inside mount it started from just phone cacas. Pastor damieiemiguel epps says a fellow pastor in fort wayne, indiana wanted midwest churches to help flints leadtainted water crisis. Mouou zion reached out to others and thanks to the help of surrounding churches and residents, the cases continue to pile up. I get a lot of calls about are you still collecting water . Are you still collecting donations . And i say yes were still collececng and to bring it. Seeing the rooms at his church fill up makes pastor epps think back. Most of my family experienced the catastrophe of kakaina, so i know what its like to feel displaced and not have anything that you grew up with. Now outside volunteers s are pitching in to drive the cases to flint later this month. They need help and a someone smile and be very vy helpful. We want to make a a major impact at least for the couple days that were there. Sitting tall at seventeen thousand bottles the goal is to collect at least one hundred thousand before they journey to flint. I know they will be appreciative, and i just pray that they just hold on. And just trust that things rapids, steffi lee, fox 28 news donate cases of bottled water before they leave on february 15th. A message to all the parents out there sharing stories is important important thats the push libraries across the country are makininand in iowa city staff want you to know about the 1thousand books before kindergarten program. Studies show reading to children builds their vocgbulary and language skills. Tt iowa city public libibry recently recieved a 10thousand dollar grant to help parents encourage their children to the more words that they hear through books or through talking, the better they wilil have once they get into kindergarten so they will be able to read and be able to write, so this Early Literacy initiative is very important to us. Us. If yosign up for the program youll be given aa bookmark to track your progress. For each 250 books february is huge for us. All lur handcrafted classic footlongs are just 6 each. The e dia is going a litttt crazy. Submmeddon with an incredible amount of accumulation inside. That now seems. Enjoy all our classic footlongs still to come on the fox 28 news at nine. Nine. We launch a new series on at a young age. Why organized sports can be a benefit and a burden. Also. Also. Youre about to meet a teenager whos become a beauty expert to thousands of people. Im sheila gray. Its ahead in so often, we hear about the negative impacts social media can have on teens. Teens. But thats not always the case. Case. In fact, one teen has built quite the following by showing off a more beautiful side. And its all thanks to an instagram account. Fox 28 news repopoer sheila gray shows us how she did it. The colors are so pretty. They dry matte in 20 seconds. I really like this product a lot. I definitely recommend. Meet rylie. A 13 year o o girl with an eye for makeup. But one thing sets her apart. She has more than 45thousand followers on instagram. At first it was kind of slow but then i used an actual camera like a professional camera rather than my phone and i got more followerslike most people in the social media spotlight, riley sometimes gets negative comments on her pagegebut she doesnt let it get to her. Its easier said than done but people shouldnt worry about it. I dont think the internet really dogngrades my self esteem. Puts me down. More just builds me up. Instead of giving up, rylie has only thrown herself more passionately into her page production skills. Rileys learned to stand up for herself online too. She receives help from good role models like her mom and big sisters, and other families involved. I watched her grow in confidence. And she has become more bold and more creative i think learning how to deal with the internet. Beinin cautious and how to word things. Being kind to people and have different opinions. Shes just grown as a person. As a 12 year old today she is being ecountered by things that are more than i have ever had to experience. And so watching her on social media have to grow and handle those things with grace its been really cl. Sometimes its scary, but sometimes its great to see her develop as a person. And part of growing up for riley has been learning to focus on the positive. People will tell you like you stop, your videos are amazing so its really encouraging. In fact the page has gotten such d big response, riley now has cocoanies ssding her prorocts asking her to post reviews. And shes always experimenting so who knows where it all might lead. I think doing makeup for movies would be co and fun. If you want to follow rileys journey on instagram. Her handle is buty dotones. And dont forget to follow us on instagram, as well. You can see all of our behind the scenes content by following cbs two iowa on instagram. Still to come on the fox 28 news at nine. Nine. Captain kirk transforms from coach to proud father this weekend. Hear what he has to say aboututwatching his son play in the super bowl. Bowl. And well take you back to the ui dance marathon happening right now in iowa city. Hear more from the the party is just getting going at the university of iowa. But this isnt your average night out on campus, this is the 24 hour dance marathon. For decades now, students have raised millions for those i i neededthrough a lot of dancing and absolutely no sleep. Sleep. And this year is no different. Different. Fox 28 News Reporter dora miller is at the university of iowa for tonights big party. Party. This is too fun i could do this all night but i have to take a break to tell you about this incredible girl we met. Shes 11 and her name is sophie. She was diagnosed with leukemia at only 3 1 2 years old. She says she was at her realized something was wrong. Sadly, her grandma had just passed away from the same cancer. But with the help of dance marathon, sophie was able to get treatment for more than 2 years. But heres the exciting news, shes been out of treatment for six years. Sophie lowe 01 08 56 its really been a lot of inspiration and just joy because really what this is is showing how wonderful life can really be and you really want to live up to this because this is something great. Im sure sophies still in here dancing so im going back in see you guys a little bit later. Thanks dora. Instead of dancing g it was soup dishes s bebefiting a Corridor Group tonight. Tonight. The marion American Legion hosted this soup supper for the Iowa Humane Alliance. Organizers handing out bowls of warm soup say their hearts were warmed by all this generosity. Embraced our clinic and what we are doing at Iowa Humane Alliance. We fe their love every single day. People come and thank us for what we are doing. Doing. The Iowa Humane Alliance says all proceeds from tonights event will allow them to continue offering low cost, high quality spay and Neuter Services here in iowa. Tonight, fox 28 news launches a unique partnership with youth sports of the americas. americas. the goal is to help your family build a strong foundatien for a lifetime of fitness and health. Health. Only on fox 28 news tonight, reporter Cynthia Gould has tonights your winning ways. ways. done right. Sports can y off in huge dividends building teamwork, character, and maybe a few College Scholarships along the way. Done wrong. We see injuries going up, burnout, its unsustainable psychologically, the demands bergerona cochaired the International Olympic committee consensus, on youth athletic development. Outgrowth of that w