Crazy Stuff happening

[StG58]

I got a call from the Oldest Daughter a few minutes ago that oldest grandson's school has gone into lock down / lock out. Local and County Law enforcement is on the scene with body armor and drawn AR-15's. They have stopped communicating in plain language over the radio and switched to code and encrypted computer communications. Officers from the surrounding counties have been called in to assist. Whatever is happening doesn't seem to be happening inside the school though, so that's a positive sign. Absolutely no news coverage anywhere on the haps. Curious and crazy. Papa and Daughter are in "condition alpha". Going to avoid the area and let the local police do their thing.

Now understand that this is a rural area. Like trees and hills and twisty two lane blacktop rural. Towns that are wide spots in the road rural. Messing with people's offspring is not something to be contemplated lightly.

We'll see what transpires.

 

[StG58]

OK, whatever is going on is still in progress. Warrants have been issued, it sounds like. No shots fired, but the town is pretty much locked down tight. I wouldn't want to be walking down the street with a set of golf clubs on my shoulder right now, and sneeze though. I'm pretty sure you'd get lit up like a Christmas Tree by the locals.

 

[StG58]

OK, a little more information is leaking out on the local grapevine even though the local news is oblivious. Go figure.

It seems a serious dirtbag from Washington County wandered down to the local area and got spotted by a Yamhill County Sheriff's Deputy at a house across the street from the school. Outstanding warrants for violent crimes; that sort of deal. The school lock-down was a precaution while they dealt with the dirtbag, it seems, and no direct threat. The Sheriff is taking his time dealing with this idiot, to be on the safe side. The dirtbag isn't going anywhere, any time soon anyway. Even if he tries to run, he's not going very far. The Judge has issued new warrants for menacing and a search warrant for the house, his car and the property, apparently.

So now we have to import dirtbags for a little excitement around here? I was getting really used to boring.

 

[StG58]

Well, the situation has been resolved. A former student of the High School posted some threatening messages online about doing harm to the school / students / staff. He was known to local police from previous serious incidents and general anti-social behavior. No imported dirtbag involved. The local police called the County, who called in support from surrounding counties. The "former student" is now officially a local serious dirtbag, and under the watchful eye of law enforcement officials. Sucks to be him. Wouldn't be the brightest idea to return to the local area when the Sheriff gets done with his stupid ass. But I digress. The local grapevine has once again failed to deliver the absolute truth.

Well, that's the local excitement for the year! Going back to our regularly scheduled boring lives.

 

[Chris]

There's your excitement for the year (outside of Portland rioting)! Glad it ended up being okay. I always worry about sending our daughters to school when it's time (it's getting close for the oldest). There's a lot of scumbag pieces of shit out there, that's for sure.

 

[StG58]

There's your excitement for the year (outside of Portland rioting)! Glad it ended up being okay. I always worry about sending our daughters to school when it's time (it's getting close for the oldest). There's a lot of scumbag pieces of shit out there, that's for sure.

You know, I never really doubted the out come. Thank you though.

The whole thing has me thinking. It's pretty obvious that I am "provincial" in my outlook and reactions. Take the rioting in Portland for example. Don't really care, other than intellectually. It wouldn't bother me in the slightest if the place burned down. I may be unqualified to comment on society as a whole, or general politics, because my experience is very unlike the majority of peoples.

It will bear some scrutiny for sure. It's going to be interesting to see what all the neighbors have to say about the happenings.

There is no real paranoia about bad things happening here.

 

[Chris]

Small towns love gossip (and drama), right?

 

[Umbra]

Small town/burb here too.
School locked down last Friday. Parents freaked, hysteria, rumor mill exaggeration, cell tower overload.

Social media threat/end-of-school-year prank.

Local police were all over it and handled it well.
Parents? Not so much.

 

[StG58]

Small towns love gossip (and drama), right?

Isn't that the truth! Nobody got excited when the cougar was sighted in town a couple of times this spring.

Small town/burb here too.
School locked down last Friday. Parents freaked, hysteria, rumor mill exaggeration, cell tower overload.

Social media threat/end-of-school-year prank.

Local police were all over it and handled it well.
Parents? Not so much.

Everyone knows everyone and their business around here. Who belongs on what farm or ranch, who's sleeping with who. Can't fart without the entire county knowing about it.

 

[Kyle_W]

Isn't that the truth! Nobody got excited when the cougar was sighted in town a couple of times this spring.

Everyone knows everyone and their business around here. Who belongs on what farm or ranch, who's sleeping with who. Can't fart without the entire county knowing about it.

Your descriptions are freaking hilarious! I have never lived in a small town so I wouldn't know myself.

Out there - are the local LEO's afraid to use force? In Austin they certainly are - holy shit if they so much as touch a minority all hell breaks loose.


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[oldb]

Glad it was resolved without tragedy. Small towns have there ups and downs, but it is a lifestyle I've always enjoyed.

B

 

[StG58]

Your descriptions are freaking hilarious! I have never lived in a small town so I wouldn't know myself.

Out there - are the local LEO's afraid to use force? In Austin they certainly are - holy shit if they so much as touch a minority all hell breaks loose.


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Surprisingly enough, it's a pretty mixed bag out here, racially. A lot of the Hispanic families have been here for generations, a few people of color (various) and some Oriental families. Predominantly white, Northern European. Lots of last names ending in sen or son.

Everybody knows the local LEO's, and has lunch and coffee with them. The kids stop them on the street for police man baseball cards or stickers. If the police get called, it's 45 minutes to an hour before they can show up, so whatever is going on is probably going to be over. The locals police themselves pretty much. Never heard of police brutality. The local joke is "know anybody with a backhoe and an orchard?" It's peaceful around here.

 

[StG58]

Oh, and dirt bag was living in Washington county. Just made the mistake of crossing the line and getting spotted. So the grapevine wasn't that far off, after all.

FYI, get caught by the police around here. You don't want one of the rowdier locals snatching you up.

 

[Kyle_W]

Surprisingly enough, it's a pretty mixed bag out here, racially. A lot of the Hispanic families have been here for generations, a few people of color (various) and some Oriental families. Predominantly white, Northern European. Lots of last names ending in sen or son.

Everybody knows the local LEO's, and has lunch and coffee with them. The kids stop them on the street for police man baseball cards or stickers. If the police get called, it's 45 minutes to an hour before they can show up, so whatever is going on is probably going to be over. The locals police themselves pretty much. Never heard of police brutality. The local joke is "know anybody with a backhoe and an orchard?" It's peaceful around here.

Man, that's awesome!!!

I sure wish every town was like yours. Here it's COMPLETELY different; I imagine it's just like Portland though?


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[StG58]

Can't really comment on Portland. The only thing I know is what i read and chuckle about in the media, what people tell me ad my experiences from the occasional visit to the big box sporting goods store to pick up powder. I used to hang out in Portland a lot, many moons ago. Now I avoid it. Parts of Portland used to be very pretty. Don't know now though.

Oh, least you get the wrong impression. I don't live in Mayberry, meaning things still happen out here. It's just that they get handled without a lot of sturm und drang.

 

[StG58]

Glad it was resolved without tragedy. Small towns have there ups and downs, but it is a lifestyle I've always enjoyed.

B

Me too. Thanks. It just goes to show though, there are stupid, crazy people everywhere and at all times.

I've lived in small towns and in cities. Cities make me crazy. Small towns have thier own special problems but on the whole it's preferable in my opinion. The biggest thing is the time it takes to become a member of the community in good standing. Your an "outsider" until one day, you're suddenly not. Funny how that works.

 

[Umbra]

Kinda the same here, everybody knows a little too much about everybody else.
But the flip side is that you know your neighbors, and everybody pitches in to help. Tree down? No sweat. Need a babysitter? Done.
Want to to sit around the fire pit and drink beer? What do you want us to bring?

I love it.

We have 1 cop. When he's off, it's the Sheriff.
4 stop lights.
Usually 2nd or 3rd in line to get my car tags renewed. Out in 15 minutes.
Heavy traffic means you have to sit at a red light for 2 minutes or so.
And you can't eat out without seeing somebody you know.
Kids can walk to school on nice days, or ride their bikes.

I was a City Boy to the core as a 20-30 something. But after the kids came along and I no longer needed quick access to bars,plays, movies and pool tables et al, I found I really enjoyed the small town thing.

And I'm still only about 10 minutes to The Big Suburban Center, shopping, restaurants, hospital etc.

My folks moved waaaay out in the boonies. They lived there for 20 years and were still "city folk" to the locals.
They never really were accepted, but that was a really small, pretty isolated farming community.