kcrgv9's forrest saunders joins us live this morning frooiowa city. forrest, how short is the salvation army on volunteers for the season? red kettles are being left unmanned thisisear. officials say that's unfortunate because kettles with a bell ringer perform significantly better. the johohon county salvation army reports its goal this year is 350,000 dollars. so far it's collected st under half of that about 153,000. these holiday donations make up 60% of johnson county salvation army's annual budget. and this isn't just a johnson county problem. linn county has reported a similar shortage. if yoyowant to help out, we'll the carnegie- stout public library in dubuque is developing detection procedures to try to prevent bed bugs. in october, the library got rid of two couches, hundreds of newspapers, and closed a section for a week after staff found bed bugs. the library will now carefully check all items people return and will also check furniture weekly. for all of the people who get parking tickets in cedar rapids, the city is offering a way out..