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MONDAY, MAY 14, 2018 3A SOLON Norman Dale Brumwell, 86, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 11th. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM Tuesday, May 15th at the Solon United Methodist Church with Rev. Scott Kober officiating. Burial with Mil- itary Honors by the Solon American Legion will follow at Oakland Cemetery, Solon. Visitation will be Monday from 5 to 7 PM at Lensing Funeral Cremation Service, Iowa City.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Solon United Methodist Church, the Solon American Legion or the Solon Fire Department. Doc was born August 5, 1931 in Urbana, Iowa, the son of Ed and Caro- line Gehring Brumwell. He was raised in Solon where he graduated from the Solon High School in 1951. Doc was the class president and as a senior played on the Sub-State Basketball Championship team. He served in the US Air Force during the Korean War attaining the rank of staff sergeant.

He spent two years in Itazuke, Japan as part of the 68th Fighter Squadron, better known as Lightening On March 10, 1956 Doc married Eleanor Marie Stinocher in Iowa City. Together with his brother, Vernon, Doc operated the Brumwell Flour Mill in Solon, later moving to South Amana. Doc loved time spent playing the guitar and steel guitar, which he did professionally for many years. He played with The Country Gentlemen, The Kenny Hoffer Orchestra, and many other local groups. While serving in Japan he played with the Rice Pattie Ramblers.

Doc enjoyed doing body work on cars. He was a member of the Solon Methodist Church and the Solon American Legion Stinocher Post Doc was proud to have been on the Eastern Iowa Honor Flight to Washington DC in October 2016. Survivors include his three children, Scott (Jayne) Brumwell of Solon, Dale Brumwell of Iowa City, and Janet Glenn of North Liberty; five grand- children, Hannah (Jason) Grimm, Jenni (James) Bertrand, AJ Brumwell, Sam Glenn and Justin Glenn; two great grandchildren, Elliot and Emmet Grimm; four siblings, Harlan (Jeanne) Brumwell of Cedar Rapids, Imogene (Marvin of Central City, Vernon (Linda) Brumwell of Texas, and Dorothy Kidwell of Arizona. Doc was preceded in death by his parents, his wife in 2016, and his brother, Vearl. Online condolences may be sent to www.lensingfuneral.com Norman Dale Brumwell MORE OBITUARIES 2A Obituaries Conservatives applauded Iowa Gov.

Kim Reynolds and her signing of the na- strictest abortion ban at the Iowa Faith and Freedom annual event Saturday, a de facto celebration of what some see as a critical victory in a to challenge legal abortion. are No. 1 in the country when it comes to protecting said Reynolds to a standing ovation of roughly 300 in attendance at Walnut Creek Church in Windsor Heights. believe all innocent life is precious and sacred, and as governor I pledge to you to do everything in my power to pro- tect The ban, signed into law in April, brought immediate protest and threats of lawsuits, as well as applause from those who hope to overturn the 1973 Su- preme Court decision that legalized abortion. know that our work is not done, that we must continue to work together to change the hearts and said Reynolds, who pledged to continue to if re-elected.

tell you what, not slow- ing down, not going to stop. a worth The law, which goes July 1 if courts stop it, will require physicians to conduct an ab- dominal ultrasound to test for a fetal heartbeat on any woman seeking an abortion. If a heartbeat is detected, a physician cannot perform an abortion. A fetal heartbeat can be detected about six weeks into a pregnancy and often before a woman realizes pregnant, experts have said. think going to save a lot of said Lynn Vogel of Lamoni, president of the Southern Iowa Repub- lican Women.

innocent child help it, so I think important to pro- tect Lawmaker: I that this is the U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, a Republi- can from Texas, headlined the event, a yearly gathering of Iowa conservatives. He commended leadership on the law. not kidding when I said that I hope and literally pray that this is the start and we will carry he said.

U.S. Rep. Steve King said set the in passing the law. am very pleased with the last two years of the Iowa General Assembly. That is the best session, the best years of the general assembly in the history of this he said.

Iowa House Majority Leader Chris Hagenow said conservative state law- makers had to with every nasty said to them by opponents. were he said. The morning Hagenow called the bill up for debate, he said he shared a Bible verse with another lawmaker about to be in the limelight: Acts 18:9, which per- sonally motivated him during critical moments in politics. According to one translation, it says: night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: not be afraid; keep on speak- ing, do not be are the Hagenow said to the audience. are the people who are with us, so we can keep speaking, and so we can keep on marching for- Planned Parenthood braces for legal battle The legislation faces an uncertain future with an ex- pected battle in court, however.

Planned Parenthood of the Heart- land, which is largest provider of abortions, has announced its intent to a lawsuit to challenge the law. shameful that when Planned Parenthood heard lawmakers were in- troducing legislation to ban abortion, we were outraged but we sur- Suzanna de Baca, president and chief executive of Planned Par- enthood of the Heartland, said earlier this month. Many Iowa Republicans said they be- lieve now is the time to pass legislation that could pose a challenge to Roe v. Wade. there was some way we can itively prove when a soul enters a body, that would solve everything.

But no way we can determine said Richard Freedman, 73, a retired com- puter programmer who farms in Madi- son County. He supports the law. Abortion opponents are increasingly optimistic about a reversal, despite the court declining to hear similar cases in recent years. In part, because states continue to pass legislation re- stricting abortions and President Trump is appointing more conservative federal judges. The U.S.

Senate already more than 30 federal judges nominated by Trump, U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said in a video message, followed by an audible gasp from an audience member. Reynolds pledges to as governor Mackenzie Ryan Des Moines Register USA TODAY NETWORK Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during the Faith and Freedom Coalition Saturday at Walnut Creek Church in Windsor Heights.

BRYON REGISTER About the law The law requires phy- sicians to conduct an abdominal ultra- sound to test for a fetal heartbeat on any woman seeking an abortion. If that heartbeat is detected, a physician can- not perform an abortion. The legislation allows exceptions if: the mother was raped and reports the rape to a law enforcement agency, a public or private health agency or a family physician within 45 days; the mother was the victim of incest and reports the issue to a law enforce- ment agency, a public or private health agency or a family physician within 140 days; all the products of conception are following a spontaneous mis- carriage; a physician that the fetus has an abnormality that, in the medical is in- compatible with life. Opponents believe the law is unconsti- tutional and plan to sue to stop it. new mental-health law could reduce the need for deputies to ferry patients around the state in patrol cars but not yet.

The law Gov. Kim Reynolds signed in March allows magistrates to hold men- tal-health commitment hearings by video-conferencing. Iowa deputies routinely drive hours to retrieve local residents from faraway hospitals, where the pa- tients are being treated because local psychiatric units were full. The deputies pick up the patients and drive them back to their home counties for court hearings to determine if they need to be committed for continued treatment. Then, if magistrates determine pa- tients ready to be released, the deputies shuttle patients back to the hospitals.

may drive somebody from Woodbury County for a 15-minute hear- ing, and then we have to drive them right said Marion County Jason Sandholdt. That would be 940 miles of travel for deputies, who would make two round trips between Knoxville and Sioux City. Such trips just suck up time and gas they add stress on- to fragile psychiatric patients. In theory, the use of video court hear- ings would reduce the need for such travel. But there are complications.

The biggest one is patients have a right to have a lawyer present before and during their commitment hearings. Court say such representation is crucial, and not sure how to make it happen if the patient is a hun- dred miles or more from the courtroom. Chief Polk County District Judge Ar- thur Gamble said court are seeking a way for patients to speak con- with their lawyers via an in- ternet video channel. still have more planning to do, but I do see this Gamble said. think we can overcome the potential Katharine Massier, a Des Moines lawyer who often represents central Iowans in mental health commitments, said even when court hearings are done in person, they can be disorienting and confusing to the patients.

Massier is concerned the video court arrangements could make that worse, including by limiting opportuni- ties to have conversations with their attorneys. procedures are al- ready terribly hard on people. Anything which may reduce their access to coun- sel needs to be watched Mas- sier said. She said all sides are working in good faith to address the concern. Another possible problem with the video-conferencing option is patients could wind up marooned far from home.

That could happen if a magistrate de- cides via a video hearing that a patient being treated at a distant hospital no longer needs inpatient psychiatric care. Once patients are no longer under a court order, the department would not be obligated to transport them back to their hometown. would be like if somebody bonds out of jail. We have to give them a ride said Sandholdt, who helped draft the new proposals. The knows that many people with severe mental illnesses have little money and few family ties they could rely on to arrange their own rides home from distant hospitals.

He hopes regional mental- health authorities would step in to help with the transportation, using county property tax money. He added that if a mental health worker retrieved a patient from a dis- tant hospital, it might give them an hour or two to talk informally about the pa- situation and to help map out fu- ture assistance. Judge Gamble said some patients might be given bus tickets to get home from distant hospitals. new mental-health law also includes a provision intended to ease crowding in psychiatric units, which would reduce the need to trans- port patients around the state. The provision would create six new which would be for people who need immediate mental- health care but need full hospital- ization.

Central Iowa departments also hope to get some relief from a new proposal from Mercy Medical Center, which wants to build a $31 million psy- chiatric hospital in Polk County. That proposal would add 66 inpa- tient psychiatric beds in the Des Moines area, which has 156 such beds at four hospitals. The plan still needs approval from state regulators. The new mental-health law also says departments may hire contractors to transport psy- chiatric patients to court hearings. Sandholdt said some de- partments already hire private to help with that chore.

He said the new law training and equipment such contractors would need. Sandholdt said the law changes ease the burden on deputies over- night. we want things to hap- pen right he said. going to take some New mental-health law may ease burden Tony Leys Des Moines Register USA TODAY NETWORK Jeff Rullman, a sergeant with the Polk County Sheriff's Office, talks with the staff at Broadlawns Medical Center after bringing to people to the hospital for assessment on April 25 in Des Moines. KELSEY REGISTER.