12 Gifts of Christmas SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 30 is CANCELLED

The 12 Gifts of Christmas show originally scheduled for Friday, November 30 has been cancelled.

Here is what TicketMaster and the I Wireless Center is directing you to do to get refunds on your tickets:

Refunds are available to ticketholders at their original point of purchase.

Patrons who purchased their tickets via Ticketmaster charge-by-phone or online via www.tickemaster.com will automatically receive a refund.

Tickets sold at the I Wireless Center box office need to be refunded at the box office.

Tickets bought at TicketMaster outlets, such as stores, need to be refunded at those same points of sale.

Please note:

Prior to tickets being made available at the I Wireless Center box office or through TicketMaster, tickets were sold through iTickets.com from the 12 Gifts of Christmas event website.

Those of you who purchased tickets through iTickets.com, (not TicketMaster,) here's what you need to know:

If you call iTickets.com at 800-965-9324 for refund information, they will tell you that you need to contact Birchfalls, the show owners, directly in order to arrange a refund. iTickets.com says that they cannot refund your tickets, but that you have to go to the show owners, Birchfalls, who now have your ticket money.

Birchfalls is 866-440-7880 Monday -Thursday from 9:00 - 5:00 pm CST. Right now, you can only leave a voice mail. Obviously, they are having a busy day.

So your contact will still be 866-440-7880 to get your refunds if you bought through the show website/www.iTickets.com

New Anthem will send out any additional information to help you as we find out more.

(DES MOINES) - Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds will host the National Lieutenant Governors Association Executive Committee Meeting in Iowa Dec. 3-Dec. 5.

"It is a privilege to host the NLGA meeting in Des Moines to showcase all of the innovative and leading edge initiatives in Iowa. The meeting is designed to share best practices on critical issues facing our states today - economic development, energy, STEM education, agriculture and healthcare," said Lt. Gov. Reynolds.

The following events are open to the media.  Press are encouraged to bring credentials and a photo ID.

Monday Dec. 3, 2012

9:45 a.m. NLGA's opening ceremonies and welcome remarks by Lt. Gov. Reynolds

Des Moines Marriott - Salon D

700 Grand Ave.

Des Moines, IA

10:15 a.m. NLGA Panel: "Stewarding Economic Development"

Des Moines Marriott - Salon D

700 Grand Ave.

Des Moines, IA

Note: Lt. Gov. Reynolds will serve as the moderator.

11 a.m. NLGA Panel: "Energy Policy Forecast"

Des Moines Marriott - Salon D

700 Grand Ave.

Des Moines, IA

3:45 p.m. Lt. Gov. Reynolds, Lt. Gov. Murray (D-MA)  and Lt. Gov. Lamb (R-OK) hold NLGA press availability

Des Moines Marriott - Salon D

700 Grand Ave.

Des Moines, IA

Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012

9:30 a.m. NLGA Panel: "The Century's Biggest Innovation Challenge: Agriculture"

DuPont Pioneer

7000 NW 62^nd Ave.

Johnston, IA

10:15 a.m. NLGA Panel: "A 21^st Century Economy Rooted in STEM" (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)

DuPont Pioneer

7000 NW 62^nd Ave.

Johnston, IA

Note: Lt. Gov. Reynolds will serve as the moderator.

11 a.m. Lt. Governors tour DuPont-Pioneer's Beaver Creek facility and extract DNA from corn

DuPont Pioneer - Beaver Creek Facility

7000 NW 62^nd Ave.

Johnston, IA

Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012

9:45 a.m. NLGA Panel: "Blue Zones Project and the Healthiest State Initiative"

Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield

1331 Grand Ave.

Des Moines, IA

(DES MOINES) - Gov. Branstad is ordering all flags in the state to be flown at half-staff from 5 p.m. Friday, November 30, to 8 a.m. on Monday, December 3, to honor Sgt. Joseph A. Richardson, 23, of Algona, who died while on patrol with the U.S. Army in Paktika province, Afghanistan, on November 16, 2012.

Sgt. Richardson's funeral will be held Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Algona. Maj. Gen. Timothy Orr, adjutant general of the Iowa National Guard, will be in attendance to represent the Branstad/Reynolds administration.

The governor's directive applies to all U.S. and state flags under the control of the state. H.R. 692, signed in 2007, requires federal government agencies in the state to comply with the governor's executive order that the U.S. flag be flown at half-staff in the event of the death of a member of the Armed Forces.

Flags will be at half-staff on the state Capitol building and on flag displays in the Capitol complex, and upon all public buildings, grounds, and facilities throughout the state. Individuals, businesses, schools, municipalities, counties and other government subdivisions are encouraged to fly the flag at half-staff for the same length of time as a sign of respect.