gary barta of discrimination. former senior associate athletic director jane meyer says she was moved to a less important position a week after telling barta about an alleged pattern of wage, sexual orientation, and gender discrimination.the school says it moved meyer because at the time, her partner, tracey griesbaum intended to sue the school for discrimination after being fired from her role as the head coach of the field hockey team.the u-i says griesbaum was fired over allegations of bullying players.the school says it did the dust has now cleared in university heights heightsafter elections in the small johnson county town required a recount.the town of just over 1-thousand people will now be led by a mayor who wasn't even on the ballot. write in candidate wally heitman defeated incumbant louise from by just 10 votes. university heights had the largest voter turnout by far than 56 percent of registered voters casting ballots.. a corridor hot spot is hoping to attract more customers by sprucing up its store fronts. fronts.it's a partnership between the city of iowa city and the downtown district.cbs 2 news reporter mellaney moore is live at city hall right now nowwith the latest information about the plans. mellaney? the drafted guidelines are a how to for downtown business owners on their store fronts. there is a open house here tonight to discuss them. them. 10:16 we wanted something that would really popdiscerning eye in downtown iowa city updated their store front sign about a year ago.25:02 at night it just really is a gorgeous sign. owner joni schrup wanted even more visibility after that. 35:20 that's when we decided to get the blade sign.schrup says she loves the eye-catching sign, but it took some careful looking through city code.2:10 it's confusing, i think (laughs) i think any city code is a little bit complicated.leaders hope new guidelines from the city and downtown district will bring it all in focus.nancy bird, iowa city downtown district executive director2:21:16 it will provide a lot of guidance and education and best management practices for store fronts so it will encourage businesses to think a little bit differentlythe guidelines will impact new businesses and owners who want to give their store a face lift.the downtown district says they want to encourage a vibrant street scene appropriate for pedestrian traffic.2:47 i think the other element that design guidelines can bring downtown is to provide some predictability to the kind of effort or process that they'll have to go through with the city around permitting.the city and downtown district started working on this with a retail architect from st. louis this summer.5:53 we're really taking a step back and looking at ways that we can work better together to express an intent and encouragement of creativity, how you really think about your really think about your signage and store front and then back that out and see what code changes may need to apply.the downtown district says they want to help their 335 businesses thrive.22:55:19 just to have something a little different for each retail store you know that shows their personality and their branding, it will be nice. the downtown district hopes to have a final draft by thanksgiving and implement it next year.covering the corridor in iowa city mellaney moore cbs 2 news. a new report out today from the march of dimes says iowa has more work to be done to reduce premature births. the state received a "c" on the report card, but one board member cbs 2 news spoke with today says, there's a lot of progress being made, and she's very pleased with one new addition to this year's report. report. cbs 2 news reporter joy howe is here to explain. premature birth is the number one killer of babies.every year the march of dimes releases a report to try and bring those numbers down. one woman who knows first-hand about this says, there are great strides being made - and even more to come. come. we really need to find the problems of premature births so that all babies are born healthy 22.39.02.18 christy scimeca is a woman with a mission - you might say - she's been on her whole life. 22.32.22.20 i was born normally at 35 weeks, just a month early. fast forward 5 years and then my brother was born and he was born at 26 weeks while christy's birth didn't have lasting effects, her brother stevehe spent 125 days in the nicu fought hard. he had a shunt put in his brain, because he had brain bleedinga&..he was one pound, 13 oz. 22.33.11.25 but he survived, and to christy, is the perfect little brother. people look at me and they go 'oh how do you do that, how do you live with that? the different medical things, the needs that he needs.' to me, it's all normal. 22.37.14.16 when christy decided to compete in the miss america system, her platform was easy - the march of dimes was a chapter to a story she lives out every day.the march of dimes works to research *why babies are born prematurely. in iowa alone, more than 3 million dollars is put into research grants to look at how cholesterol and even a woman's height can trigger premature birth.now, as a march of dimes board member, christy actively works to educate- she says thursday's report card that lists iowa with a "c" grade shows work still needs to be done, but she's encouraged that the report is digging deeper. for the first time, the state numbers are broken down into counties. and we can work specifically on these different counties. while the research is exciting and the strength of numbers is improving, christy reminds us remember that nothing beats the strength of the human spirit. 22.37.22.05 when he was born, we were told he'd never walk, talk or be normal...so just because the prognosis that they tell you when you're borna&it doesn't matter. you can break through it and you can live. 22.37.45 a spokesperson for the march of dimes says, they believe part of iowa's "c" grade is because much of the state is rural - and women may not have as much access to healthcare, and knowing how each county's doing, will help them educate physicians there. you can read the full report on our website. joy howe, cbs 2 news. right now, iowa secretary of agriculture bill northey is touring some ag facilities in the corridor. his visit is part of the leadership iowa program. folks from all over the state and from all walks of life are spending today and tomorrow in washington county focusing on iowa's agriculture economy. the group has all ready toured a brewery in kalona , had breakfast at a hog farm and will have a john deere cook out tonight! it's really important for people to get out of their own environment sometimes and really open their eyes and see the different opportunities and amazing things that are happening in our state. the tour continues tomorrow with a visit to another iowa farm to discuss the importance of renewable energy and the role it plays in iowa's expanding agriculture sector. parking spots in downtown cedar rapids are at a premium, but soon you'll be paying more of a premium too. still to come at 6. 6.when you can expect parking downtown to get more expensive and how big the increases will do you think when you are president you'll be paid as much as if you were a man-male... this is one of the jobs where they have to pay you the same. but there are so many examples where that doesn't happen. i'm going to do everything i can to make sure every woman in every job gets paid the same... ...as the men who are doing that job. i'm hillary clinton tomorrow on cbs 2 this morning. it's a medical emergency you might think can only happen to adults. adults. why it can happen in kids too, and what parents need to look out for.that's tomorrow on cbs 2 this morning. time now for this week's c-b-j report reportand joining us live from the corridor business journal is reporter chase castle. chase, there's a big startup event happening right now in cedar rapids. as we speak, one of iowa's largest events for up- and-coming businesses is just getting underway.launch day in cedar rapids has businesses from throughout the u.s. delivering short "pitches." some of the local businesses there are goquets, the online flower delivery company, swineguard, which is targeting hog farmers, and caredrop, a health technology startup.the event is the culmination of 3 months of teams refining their business models with help from the event's organizer, cedar rapids' iowa startup accelerator.the event at the hilton doubletree in downtown cedar rapids is expected to draw close to 1,000 attendees. those who park in downtown cedar rapids are going to be paying more for the privilege. privilege.regular users of city parking in cedar rapids may soon be paying more to keep their cars downtown. that's because monthly parking rates, and fees for violations, will increase january 1st. park cedar rapids, which manages city parking, said the increases will affect parking fourth ramp and lot 44 off 8th avenue. they'll also be hiking up the fees for violations at metered spots.park cedar rapids said all net revenues will pay for costs like facility maintenance and planned improvements at the five seasons parking ramp. the old science station building in cedar rapids will soon become a commercial and office space. that's thanks in part to tax assistance to be provided to the project's developer, which the cedar rapids city council ok'd on tuesday.the conversion two properties on the 400 block of first street se is estimated to cost $2.5 million.once completed, the properties should annually generate about $160,000 in city property tax revenue.but about 40 percent of that revenue will go back to the developer, station on first llc.property records list the buildings' owner as bruce lehrman, who is also ceo of involta, the cedar rapids- based data center company.the council didn't discuss the deal at the meeting tuesday. tuesday. for more in-depth coverage of these stories and more, be sure to check out monday's edition of the corridor business journal. after unseasonably warm weather - it looks like we're in for a cooldown and a bumpy few hours. hours.chief meteorologist terry swails is here now with your cbs 2 'weather first' coming up in sports -- the hawkeye wrestlers are back on the mats -- what tom brands wants from his new leaders and the rest of his team -- next on cbs 2. 2. "cbs 2 news connects with you. us at news at cbs 2 "you know nothing has changed, we are after winning national titles and individual titles and those guys have been good in the past and the same usual suspects are good this year as well." the stakes are always high with the iowa wrestling program -- this year -- as tom brands just said -- is no different -- it's championship or bust for the hawks -- who are ranked 4th in the preseason poll -- now this team is a lot different than last years -- iowa lost 9 letterwinners including 2 all-americans in mike evans and bobby telford - - their leadership will be missed, but 4 all-americans return and brands belives they're the guys to lead -- they just have to do it "they have to develope a platform for leadership. people don't tend to listen to somebody who has a goose egg in the "w" column, they listen to the people that have a lot of notches on their belt, so to speak." speak.""benjiman franklin always said take care of everyone else by taking care of yourself first. and that's kind of how i veiw leadership. i'm going to take care of myself, i'm going to do what i need to do and if i'm doing what i need to do these guys are going to see it nand they are going to come along." the don bosco football team is the total package -- they score at will and they play great defense -- but more importantly this group has fun -- and that starts with their head coach -- colby yoder -- who pat moroney found out -- is all about the wins -- but more about the fun -- colby yoder -- our ed thomas coach of the week. week. at don bosco... they like to keep it loose... we've got a lot of goofballs... but it makes practice a lot of fun and.... ///.... if you can't have fun playing sports... then you shouldn't play 'em at all... coach colby yoder is the dons' goofball in charge... and his players he's in charge of are... cheeseballs, yeah... he calls us cheesballs... he likes cheeseballs... he always calls us cheeseballs and stuff like that... i do call 'em cheeseballs every once in awhile... those type of things... i have a lot of nicknames for the kids... and that positive energy has don bosco's won 20 of their last 21 games... when you see guys celebrating on the field and hugging each other after a big score... that's all coach yoder... but there are some things yoder... doesn't take lightly... he really takes it into his hands to make sure we're doing good in school... he doesn't let us slack off in the classroom either... that's my main goal is to get kids graduated and get them on in life... ///... football and sports in general it's not all about winning... his dons are getting the message... and winning a few games along the way... coach yoder's just the type of coach that you always want to play for... it's hard to explain... he's just a hell of a coach... and the biggest goofball on the team... in gilbertville... pat moroney... c-b-s two sports... and don't forget to nominate your coach to be our ed thomas coach of the week -- just head to our website -- cbs - 2 iowa - dot com -- and fill out a nomination form on our sports page -- remember it can be any we will be right back to take one last look at your forecast thanks for watching your cbs 2 news at six. 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