Showing posts with label Grant Rodgers. Show all posts
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Thursday, February 16, 2017

The State Post-Conviction Relief Case, Part II


Yup, yup, it's that time again...time for yet ANOTHER fun document filed in the post-conviction relief case, due to air April 27th, in none other than good ol' IOWAY...right where I wish I was 1000 miles away.  AND I WILL be...well, to start, anyway...then it's weave back over time, so I can kick some ass.  Better yet, I really hope I lose...more fuel for my fed case, that way.  So go ahead ya crooks...cream me.  Ram it up me kiester...I DARE YOU...Wouldn't I just love to amend that defendant's list...AGAIN.

Annnnnnnyways...here's legal doc #...oh, I've lost count.  THE MINUTES OF TESTIMONY...filed today by who else?  Yours truly...should be a wing-dingy!  So enjoy Linda Lane...enjoy Judgees.  Enjoy John P.  Can't weasel off the stand EVERY case...I'll catch yer little Italian behind somewhere, sometime, m'friend.  :D

WITNESS LIST

1. Judge Robert Blink, District 5C Judge, Polk County, Iowa
2. Judge William Kelly, District 5C Judge, Polk County, Iowa
3. Judge Carol S. Egly, District 5C Judge, Polk County, Iowa
4. Clerk of Court, Randy Osborn, Polk County, Iowa
5. Linda Lane, Asst. Polk Cty. Atty., Polk County Attorney’s Office, Polk County, Iowa
6. John P. Sarcone, Polk County Attorney’s Office, Polk County, Iowa
7. Grant Rogers, Reporter, The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa
8. Lucas Taylor, Mark R. Hinshaw Law Firm, West Des Moines, Iowa

If called by the plaintiff at trial, each witness listed above will testify as follows:  On or around January 26th, a warrant was issued for the plaintiff, christopher (bruce) the living man for the charge of Harassment in the 1st Degree, an aggravated misdemeanor, based on police reports taken by the Altoona Police Department on September 8th, 2015, and another on January 14th, 2014, and the charge of 1st Degree Harassment was then approved 12 days later by the Polk County Attorney, John P. Sarcone on January 26th, 2016.  On the same date, while the plaintiff was en route to the Polk County Jail, two more police reports were filed against the plaintiff at the Altoona Police Department, and immediately approved on the same date for Stalking, an aggravated misdemeanor, and for Threats, a class D felony.

On the date of January 26th, 2016, plaintiff Bruce was arrested by the Carroll City Police Department and held for transport.  By the time plaintiff Bruce arrived at the Polk County Jail, two more charges, Stalking and Threats had been added.  Plaintiff Bruce was held in the Polk County Jail from January 26th, 2016, until April 11th, when a trial by jury was held to determine his guilt or innocence.  Plaintiff Bruce was found guilty of the charges of Harassment in the 1st Degree, and Stalking by a jury of his peers.  The charge of Threats, a Class D felony, was discharged.  The Plaintiff, Bruce, was then allowed to bond out, pre-sentence, on a $4,000 bond ($2,000 for each of two aggravated misdemeanors).  Plaintiff Bruce then re-appeared on May 4th for sentencing.  He was given a 1 year suspended sentence, to serve two concurrent 30 day sentences for a total of 60 days, then was to report for probation for a period of two years.

Upon his release, plaintiff Bruce, before signing up for probation, decided on serving the remainder of his sentence instead, and immediately asked Judge Blink for a reconsideration.  Judge Blink then set a court date, a few days later, for the date of August 18th, to reconsider, revoke his probation, and allow plaintiff Bruce to serve the rest of his time.  Later, on or around July 25th, 2016, Judge Blink would then order a warrant be issued for plaintiff Bruce for probation violation, and plaintiff Bruce, as a result, wrote to Judge Blink, reminding him that he had not signed up for probation, and had asked to be reconsidered, and to not issue the warrant.  Judge Blink still issued the warrant, and the plaintiff, Bruce, was then arrested on that warrant and 3 more simple misdemeanors 2 days before the reconsideration hearing would take place, on August 16th, 2016.  Plaintiff Bruce did then serve the rest of his sentence, and was released on December 30th, 2016.

The witnesses noticed herein will testify to all matters contained in or referred to in the resulting criminal cases, FECR292141 and FECR292312.

Each witness will describe their relevant personal or professional background including their
education, training, experience and responsibilities. In general terms, each will testify about the
events of January 26th, 2016, throughout to the date of August 18th, 2016, including their
observations of the people, places and things relevant to the crime charged, and all events that occurred thereafter.  Each witness will testify about their impressions, conclusions and opinions reached as a result of their observations. They will explain the pertinent relationships among the people, places and things at issue. To the extent they encountered the plaintiff, each witness will describe the plaintiff’s actions, the plaintiff's statements and the plaintiff's filed paperwork. To the extent each witness recognizes the plaintiff, they will identify the plaintiff. Each witness will testify about their own actions and the reasons for those actions. They will testify about the relevant statements and actions of others. The witnesses will testify about any matters relevant to authentication, chain of custody and venue (that the events they observed took place in Polk County, Iowa).

The witnesses noticed herein will testify to all matters contained in or referred to in the resulting criminal cases, FECR292141 and FECR292312.

On or around January 26th, a warrant was issued for the plaintiff, christopher (bruce) the living man
for the charge of Harassment in the 1st Degree, an aggravated misdemeanor, based on police reports taken by the Altoona Police Department on September 8th, 2015, and another on January 14th, 2014, and the charge of 1st Degree Harassment was then approved 12 days later by the Polk County Attorney, John P. Sarcone on January 26th, 2016; even though the life of the alleged victim, Jeanne Munson, had been threatened by the plaintiff 12 days earlier.  Plaintiff Bruce called his bondsman that afternoon, and gathered that the price of the bond was $2,000 ($200 bail, as it should have been).  After the date of this alleged "crime", the plaintiff, Bruce, had no more contact with the alleged victim.  On the same date of his arrest, while the plaintiff was en route to the Polk County Jail, two more police reports were filed against the plaintiff at the Altoona Police Department, and immediately approved on the same date for Stalking, an aggravated misdemeanor, and for Threats, a class D felony.  After his arrival in Polk County, and after another call to his bondsman, Plaintiff Bruce then found that his bond was $70,000, when it should have been around $9000.

In the first month of Plaintiff Bruce’s incarceration, he opted to not have a court appointed attorney, and immediately challenged the jurisdiction of the court.  Judge Carol S. Egly will testify that plaintiff Bruce did so on the very first day of his incarceration, but denied plaintiff Bruce his right to do so on the day of his initial appearance by not answering the challenge, even after being prompted by the associate judge to do so.  Judge Egly will also be asked to testify that several cases for plaintiff Bruce were open at this time, and that later, at the request of Asst. Polk County Attorney Linda Lane, these cases were all closed and consolidated, and that a request for a jury trial in the case SMAC359086 was discarded, and that a new motion, typed up by the courts, was substituted, and that the cases that had been listed were then consolidated into just 2 cases, FECR292312, and FECR292141.  Judge Egly will then be asked to testify that this motion was NOT the defendant’s motion, but that this was substituted by the courts to show that he had NOT asked for a jury trial in the SMAC case, then altered the record of the court to show that Plaintiff Bruce has specifically asked for a NON-jury trial in that case.  Judge Carol Egly will also be asked to testify as to why she denied an initial challenge of jurisdiction, and did not address that challenge until nearly 3 weeks later.  Judge Egly will also be asked to testify as to why she ruled that the jurisdiction of the court was a “State” jurisdiction, when later Judge Blink would belie that ruling, stating the jurisdiction held over the defendant was a “Subject Matter” jurisdiction.

Witness Randy Osborn, Clerk of Polk County court, will be asked to testify concerning the motion that was designed by the court, and filed on behalf of the plaintiff, and the change in the record of the court, showing that plaintiff Bruce had “specifically asked for a NON-jury trial,”, even though the recorded record of the court will prove that defendant Bruce asked for a jury trial SEVERAL TIMES.

Later, on or around February 4th, 2016, Plaintiff Bruce submitted a demand for Pro Se rights in case FECR292312.  On or around February 29th, 2016, Judge William Kelly would issue an order denying Plaintiff Bruce his right to defend himself in his own person, and stated that he would need to obtain, at state expense, a “Stand-By Attorney,” if he wanted to file documents and do everything that he should have had a right to do on his own, such as depose witnesses, investigate his online/computer related crime, listen to prosecution’s DVD testimony, and properly prepare his defense.  Judge Kelly will be asked to testify as to why he chose to violate the plaintiff’s Constitutional right to defend himself in his own person while incarcerated.

On or around February 29th, 2016, Plaintiff Bruce was then assigned Lucas Taylor, to be a “Stand-by attorney.”  Mr. Taylor will be asked to testify as to why he did not file an appeal in case 292312, why he did not ask for a new trial due to an obvious tainting of the jury just prior to a conviction (reason for a mistrial),  and why he chose to not show up for a hearing involving the dismissal of 199 pieces of filed evidence of plaintiff Bruce’s in this case, and the quashing of the subpoenas of 29 elected officials, all asked to testify on the behalf of plaintiff Bruce, just 3 days before trial began.

On the date of April 11th, Monday, trial for the defendant, Bruce, commenced.  In attendance in the trial was Des Moines Register reporter Grant Rogers, who sat through one day of the trial, the first day.  Mr. Rogers will be asked to testify as to why he chose to only speak to the prosecution about the trial and plaintiff Bruce, and will be asked to testify as to why he never approached either the plaintiff, Bruce, or the plaintiff’s stand-by council for their part of the story.  Mr. Rogers will also be asked to testify as to the story fed him by John P. Sarcone, the County Attorney, and by Linda Lane, the Asst. County Attorney, and the FBI.

John P. Sarcone, County Attorney, and Linda Lane, Assistant County attorney, will be asked to testify as to why he fed a libelous story, with no factual basis, to Grant Rogers, two days before the jury was to deliberate, that lumped Plaintiff Bruce in with an alleged group of possibly murderous, lawless domestic terrorists, knowing that the story was likely to run the next day, before jury deliberations.

Linda Lane, Assistant County Attorney, will be asked as to testify as to why she has personally prosecuted against plaintiff Bruce in 3 subsequent criminal cases, assisted in denying the plaintiff, Bruce his right to defend himself in his own person while incarcerated, and as to why she ignored all attempts by plaintiff Bruce to settle his “Debt to Society”, prior to sentencing, and why she refused to answer several attempts at communication concerning this matter.  Witness Lane will also be asked to testify to why she motioned, in limine, that the defendant not use his rightful name, that he not testify to any matters concerning his juvenile cases (all relevant to the case), or refused to investigate whether he was a U.S. Citizen as he continuously claimed, a fact that has not been addressed by the district court, but has been avoided at all turns.

Also prior to conviction, the witnesses that remained from plaintiff Bruce's witness list (around 11 out of 40) all showed up to testify on the first day of trial, and were asked to leave by Lucas Taylor and by Linda Lane, because it would be another day before they could testify.  The next day, they re-appeared again, and once more, were asked to leave.  Wednesday, when the turn for the defense finally came, no witnesses for the defense returned.  The defendant, plaintiff Bruce, with little choice, rested his defense, since there was little evidence to prove his innocence remaining, and no witnesses to testify on his behalf.

Witness Judge Robert Blink will be asked to testify as to why he deemed 199 pieces of filed evidence by the plaintiff, Bruce, to be irrelevant to this case.  Plaintiff Bruce submitted a notice of why the evidence was relevant, and why the witnesses (29 elected officials) were being called to testify, but no discussion of that motion was addressed or considered.  Reasons given by plaintiff Bruce in the hearing on the relevance of 199 pieces of evidence was over-ruled, without discussion.  Witness Blink will also be asked to testify as to why he went out of his way to ensure that even MORE prominent elected/civil servant witnesses subpoenas were quashed, even though neither them nor their attorneys were present.  Witness Blink will also be asked to testify as to why he threatened plaintiff Bruce and his friend, Brent Swallers, with harassment of Linda Lane, the Assistant County Attorney prosecuting the case, because they attempted to politely contact and communicate to Linda Lane, the settlement of plaintiff Bruce's offer to pay off his “Debt to society" without unneeded incarceration.  Mostly, Judge Blink will be asked to testify as to why he allowed the quashing of the subpoenas of 29 elected officials, the Friday before the Monday of trial,  and why he chose not to address the matter a lot sooner, in order to give Plaintiff Bruce time to recover his position, and properly defend himself.  Witness Blink will also be asked to testify as to why he issued a warrant for the plaintiff’s arrest for probation violation, even though the plaintiff had clearly asked to be revoked, for probation he never completely signed up for, and had, later, asked him, in a timely manner following the request of him NOT to issue a warrant with sufficient cause, since he was scheduled to appear in court on that matter.  Witness Blink will also be asked to testify as to why he chose not to give a new trial to plaintiff Bruce, because of the obvious taint of the jury by the Des Moines Register’s libelous article, printed 1 day before the jury’s deliberation.  Judge Blink will also be asked to testify as to why the plaintiff’s bail was set so high, in an un-Consitutional manner, and was never reduced, prior to conviction.

The plaintiff hereby gives notice and reserves the right to call and/or present any testimony or information provided to the defense throughout the course of these proceedings.


/S/christopher (Bruce) the living man
christopher (Bruce) the living man
Sui Juris, All Rights Reserved
UCC1-308, formerly UCC1-207
Without Prejudice

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Christopher Bruce, "Domestic Terrorist"



In an online video titled “The End of America and the World,” Christopher Bruce shouts a warning to the American people to stock up on food, water and cigarettes.
He says President Barack Obama is purposefully engineering a worldwide financial collapse meant to plunge America into despair and bring the rise of a new world order.
Bruce rails against state child protection workers tasked with investigating abuse, comparing them to agents of Nazi Germany.
"CPS, or child protective services, I guarantee you is the new German Gestapo reborn on a worldwide scale," he said in the video uploaded to YouTube in July. "… Mark my words people, these evil social workers are following the commands and answering to only one faction: the New World Order, and they're elitists. Their job is to destroy the family unit and tear us into little bitty bits."
Beginning in February of last year, prosecutors claim the Carroll resident's anger grew more sinister, morphing into illegal threats likely influenced by a growing strain of extreme anti-government ideology, one expert said.

Allegations of harassment

In March 2015, Bruce, 55, pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor harassment charges after he repeatedly phoned Des Moines-based employees of the Iowa Department of Human Services he met through a child custody case. He called the two women "sluts" and other slurs and continued calling after a detective warned him to stop, according to criminal complaints.
Bruce told one of the women in a voice mail, "I really hope you are enjoying your life, because it is about done with," according to another complaint. He was angry at the DHS employee because he believed she spurred a state effort to remove his child
On Monday, Altoona resident Jeanne Munson sometimes cried on the witness stand as she recounted the violent intimidation she said she received from Bruce. The testimony came at the outset of a felony trial against Bruce at the Polk County Courthouse, in which he is charged with threat-explosive or incendiary device and aggravated misdemeanor counts of stalking and harassment.
The two met once in person, brought together at a protest in August by their shared interest in speaking out against the DHS' child removal policies, she testified. But that encounter led to months of discord that boiled over Jan. 13, when prosecutors claim a screaming Bruce phoned Munson 27 times, threatening to burn down her house and shoot her.
"I was afraid more than anything that he would burn my house," Munson said after a string of loud voice mail messages were played for the jury. She said she feared family members or her grandchildren would be inside.
Bruce was angry because he believed Munson and other activists left the protest early, she testified. In one voice mail, he shouted, "The (expletive) police can't (expletive) touch me."
In court documents, Bruce identifies himself as Christopher The Living Man.
blog authored under his name suggests that the United Nations moved tanks onto U.S. soil under the cover of Jade Helm, a military exercise that drew a rash of conspiracy theories.
Bruce labels himself a "sovereign national" — a follower of a loosely organized movement of extremists also known as "sovereign citizens" who believe they are free to disobey U.S. laws, like getting driver's licenses and vehicle registrations. Bruce wrote in one filing that Iowa courts have no jurisdiction over him "unless God's laws are broken."
Polk County Attorney John Sarcone said it's rare for his office to encounter sovereign citizens, particularly in criminal cases.
But the Southern Poverty Law Center, a group that tracks hate and extremists groups, estimates the number of "hard-core" sovereign citizens at approximately 100,000 nationwide, with another 200,000 "dabbling" in the ideology, said senior fellow Mark Potok.





In 2011 the FBI's counter-terrorism analysis section issued a bulletin to law enforcement warning that the Internet and an economic downturn were fueling growth in the movement's numbers.
The FBI considers sovereign citizens a domestic terrorist movement whose members are capable of reacting violently when challenged by law enforcement. Since 2000, lone-acting sovereign citizens have killed six law enforcement officers across the U.S., according to the bureau.
"The vast majority of people who have these beliefs don’t go to prison, don’t commit major crimes," Potok said. "But still, a major portion of them do. … There have been quite a  number of cases of sovereign citizens murdering law enforcement officials."
Potok said Bruce fits into a pattern seen in other sovereign citizens the Southern Poverty Law Center has tracked. People often come to the movement after losing a home or a experience that puts them at odds with the government, such as a property zoning dispute.
"It's fairly common to see someone personalize a difficult confrontation with government agencies into a plot to do in the entire American people," he said. "That really is classic."

Bruce denies wrongdoing

Bruce chose to represent himself on the opening day of his trial Monday. He did not deny making threats toward Munson in his opening statements, but suggested he had no means or intention to actually burn down a home.
Bruce said he had no "vehicle, no weapons, no ammunition, no guns, no bombs, no gas cans or incendiary devices."
But the case hinges on what the Altoona woman feared he was capable of, said Thomas Tolbert, a law student and intern in the county attorney's office who gave the opening statement.
"There's a difference between what someone does, and what Ms. Munson believed the defendant would do," Tolbert said. "Ms. Munson believed that the defendant would burn down her house with her inside."
- Source, The Des Moines Register, Grant Rodgers, Libelous Reporter

Now, boys and girls, my response to this article, written quite recently to Mr. Rodgers:

'Twould seem that you haven't exactly shown or been a prime example of what we little people like to call 'Journalistic Integrity.'

First and foremost, my new and interesting Judeo-Christian friend, it's not 'Sovereign Citizen', it's "Sovereign National"...which, in case you were not aware, is a lot more than 300,000, as you so blithely relate; it would be more like 15,300,000, if anything.  Just about anyone that lived btwn. 1789 and 1864 was a sovereign national.  All of Native America are also sovereign nationals, as are any one of your forefathers who existed during the days of the pre-14th Amendment pretender Constitution, the one entitled Constitution FOR the United States of America.  The Constitution in place at this time is called the Constitution OF the United States of America.  There is, of course, a reason for this.  (Please see http://themightyswordamericasdeadlysins.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-whole-ball-o-wax-continued-post.html, There is a letter from Anna Von Reitz, Alaska Supreme Court Justice, filed on November of 2015 there, under 'The United States of America' section).  These people are hardly 'Domestic Terrorists', except to the agents of Government that would rather these people were all dead, i.e., the FBI, etc., the people that purport to be your source on the subject.  Anna Von Reitz filed a 279 trillion dollar lawsuit against the criminals that currently claim to be our 'representatives' in Washington, and they would, of course, like nothing less than to see us all extinct, so that they can continue to fleece the American people in what is, to date, the largest mafia con game to ever hit the planet.

2nd, you are taking, as fact, I imagine because they are allegedly honest, forthcoming elected officials and prosecutors, everything you have heard from just one side of this story, their side.  Had you done any research whatsoever, you would have noticed some disturbing inconsistencies.  I was, in fact, brought up on harassment charges in February of 2015...2-3rd Degree and 1-1st Degree.  I did, as you report, plead guilty to those charges, but only to get my bond reduced so I could get back to proving that these charges were falsely brought, and in order to continue to fight the RICO actions that were in place against me.  The 1st degree charge had to be dropped a month and a half later, just a few days before my trial on the matter (not because I plead to the lesser charges, as they claimed, but because they had no viable proof of this).

This is only a very small part of a very large story that you took almost no time to investigate.  You had ample opportunity to question me in a confidential visit at the Polk County Jail, but you chose, instead, to take the word of the lying County Attorney's office, and an alleged "victim" of my threats and harassment.

Had you looked into the current case further (it is all on record, though I'm sure that they have taken massive steps to hide it, it has to still be there for any possible appeal to the Appellate court), you may have noticed that there were over 210 pieces of evidence filed in it (of which 185 were dismissed due to their relevance, they say), and over 40 witnesses called (28 or so were elected officials and governmental employees, who were all allowed to quash their subpeonaes...not because they would have been subjected to "undue oppression" as they claimed, but because they would have had to testify to matters they wished to not be known, as well as be implicated in collusion and conspiracy against me).  What you do not know is that this is because the crimes these people committed against me and my family over the last year and a half are hidden safely away on the Confidential records of Juvenile Courts; and are quite unjust and heinous.

The video you looked up on Youtube is only one of 4 that rest there.  I imagine that you only chose the first one, because it put me in a light of someone rather mentally unstable and paranoid.  I would strongly suggest that you take things a little further, and peruse the listed links, proffered further down in this letter, so that you can get a better feel for what's really going on here.  That you chose to look at only the blog post entitled 'The End of the (free) United States' from September of last year and none of the other 290 posts there shows your lack of Journalistic ability and research.

That you put extra effort to lump me in with allegedly murderous "Sovereign Citizens" (an oxymoron, by the way...Sovereigns and citizens are two completely opposite groups of people) is not only a move of complete ignorance, it's nothing short of libelous.  Prior to the state stealing my wife's only daughter, 2 years ago, I had absolutely no record of any violent criminal behaviors.  DHS's own director, Charles Palmer (one of the witnesses called to testify at my trial, who also weaseled out of testifying in it) himself, cleared my family of all allegations brought against us to remove our child, and she has yet, after a year, to be returned to our care.  The appeal to our termination of parental rights has been sitting like a dead duck in the Supreme Court for over a year now; so many big-named elected officials and officers of Iowa's courts are involved, they don't dare address it.

The purpose of this letter is two-fold.  First, i would like a retraction of this story, and a publicly written apology to not giving this matter ample research.  Two, it is to show you once and for all that this is not the case of Jeanne Munson, AKA THE STATE OF IOWA against Christopher Bruce, this is the case of Polk County against Christopher, the Living Man.

I present these links to stories given in my blog, so you can better understand the REAL story here, a horrendous and unjust story that has been totally bypassed by those of Iowa's media, to the point of utter ridiculousness, and has caused me to be brought up on charges of harassment by them as well, because they offered to do the story, then backed out; I imagine at the behest of people in power putting the brakes on those stories, when approached.

If you do not choose to indulge yourself in further research, or retract that story, I will opt to A.  contact your superiors, and then B.  Bring charges of libel against the Des Moines Register...no threat intended.

Last but not least, I OPT to not have a driver's license, I don't REFUSE to have one.  If you were to investigate the matter, a driver's license was only previously needed, under the proper constitution and the UCC, to drive commercial vehicles ONLY.  You have an unalienable right to "travel".  You don't need the Government's permission to move from one spot to another.  Also, I am not "Anti-Government"...self Government (please note the definition of "sovereignty) is still Government, as is an Anarchist Government.  I am simply anti-tyranny.  There is a huge difference.  I am not a domestic terrorist...I am a free and sovereign national/State Citizen, a designation we all enjoyed before the civil war.

Christopher Bruce.






And, if you prefer documents filed by the lying bastards in the Juvenile courts and the County Attorneys/Attorney General's offices, I also suggest you refer to these articles, which contain all the confidential documents these criminals would rather no one in Iowa sees; even to go as far as to have me arrested several times (and put me away in jail for what could be as many as four years) in the last year:











and, finally, the "Child Protective Assessment appeal" results and order, clearing us of all allegations, and, upon appeal by the Attorney General's appeal to the director, the director's decision.


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Do me a favor will ya, America?  If you get a chance, be sure and call those morons at the Des Moines Register and ask 'em what their problem is?  Here are their email addresses, as well as the phone number for the Register:

David Chivers, CEO
dchivers@dmreg.com
(515) 284-8502

Kevin R. Johnson, Regional Director
krjohnson@dmreg.com
(515) 471-3505

Phil Legler, Vice President, IT
plegler@dmreg.com
(515) 284-8385

Amalie Nash
Editor and VP, Audience Engagement
anash@dmreg.com
(515) 777-7032

Orton Preikschat, Senior Distribution Director
opreiksc@dmreg.com
(515) 284-8384

Mark Wurzer, VP, Advertising
mwurzer@dmreg.com


Des Moines Register's Phone number:  515-284-8141