Spring 1985 came and activity
at/from the Rajneesh increased.
The court house had and alarm
system with security buzzers set up in each office. They all terminated in the Sheriff’s
Office. They had been installed after
some of the Rajneesh had been creating scenes in these various offices.
This was the Spring of 1985, I
didn’t know of any other county courthouse, in the state, that had a similar
alarm system in them. Of course they are
more prevalent now, almost all have something similar.
We received a buzz from the
County Judges office one morning. A
Sergeant and I quickly went upstairs to find three (maybe four) Rajneesh in the
secretary’s office. The office was about
6 feet by 15, or so; long and narrow.
They were loudly proclaiming
they had a records request and they wanted it right now. The secretary was in distress as they were
yelling at her and the County Judge.
They were loud and pushy. Right after we came into the office we
watched the County Judge go to a filing cabinet and say he thought the
information was right here.
As he opened the drawer a
Rajneesh tried to shove him aside so she could go through the drawer.
As I mentioned before, I knew
the laws concerning most public administrative actions as well as criminal
law.
I told the Judge to close the
drawer and go into his office. He looked
at me, and complied. The person who had
been trying to get into the file drawer tried to go into that office.
The Sergeant grabbed her arm and
kept her from going in. She started
yelling police brutality. The Judge
closed the door.
I told her to knock it off and
then turned to the secretary.
I asked her if she had the
written request, she did.
Was it understandable? Yes.
Can you have it ready by
tomorrow morning? Yes.
(While public records are
available to the public, it doesn’t have to be ready ‘right now.’ The department has a right to do it when they
have time, or when they can have someone come in to find and if necessary make
copies of the requested documents.)
I then told her to tell the
Rajneesh she has all she needs and will have it available tomorrow. (All this was in front of them, of
course.)
She told them.
I then told her to tell them
their business was finished and they needed to leave.
They started throwing a
fit. This is a public office, they have
a right to be there, they want the information RIGHT NOW.
I told them that either they
leave, RIGHT NOW, or I was going to arrest them for Criminal Trespass. After a few seconds, during which they
realized I was serious, they decided to leave.
The secretary was grateful. I went into the Judge’s office and talked
with him.
The Judge is a well-respected
and well-loved wheat farmer. He treats
everyone the same and tries to be helpful wherever he can. I will talk about him, later.
I understood and appreciated his
position. However, I recommended that he
use the hallway going from the lobby of the court house to his offices as a
waiting room.
He didn’t want to do that, he
understood though, that if he didn’t then he was going to have more incidents
like this. He also understood that he
had to treat everyone in the county the same – even his good friends and
neighbors would have to wait to be allowed into the offices.
This truly distressed him, he
wanted to treat the Rajneesh like any other citizen, but they wouldn’t let
him.
While I was talking to him one
of the Rajneesh came back to the office and told me that their attorney wanted
to talk with me.
In the lobby of the court house
was a pay phone and she had called back to the ranch.
While under no obligation, I
chose to talk with the person, I was interested in what she would say.
I went to the phone and the
lawyer started threatening me; telling me I couldn’t kick her people out, what
we were doing was illegal and they would file charges, etc.
After listing to her diatribe
for a minute or so, I asked, “Are you a criminal attorney?” She didn’t answer.
Knowing by her response, she
wasn’t, I asked her again, “Are you a criminal attorney?” Again she didn’t answer.
I said, “I would strongly
suggest you contact a criminal attorney because if any of them go back into that
office they will be arrested and you can come up and bail them out of the
jail.”
There was a pause on the other
end, and then she asked to speak to the leader of that group.
I stood back and watched. After a couple minutes she hung up, gave me a
dirty look and they all stomped off.
The judge did as I
suggested. The other offices either
already had a set up where the public couldn’t pass without permission, or soon
installed something.
We never again had an incident
of that kind, in any of the offices in the court house.
1 John
1:2-4 My brethren, count it all joy when ye
fall into divers temptations;
3
Knowing
this, that the trying of your faith worketh
patience.
4
But let
patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting
nothing.
I have never been much for
patience – it seems like I want what I think I want – right now.
But for some reason, going
through my medical problems I have peace with all that is happening, and yes,
even patience.
We went to the Urologist this
morning. His nurse told me that the file
on me – because of not only their official actions but they get copies of other
things going on – is quite large.
Since it is all on computer and
not printed out it is hard to appreciate the size of the file. It is very extensive and probably would have
had more than just one folder.
I was one of their ‘problem
patients.’ We told her she wasn’t the
first nurse to tell me that.
The Urologist came in and we
talked a bit. He said he didn’t believe
in jinxes, etc. but the problems I have been having over this past year, for
whatever reason, has been incredible.
He thanked and complemented me
for handling everything with patience. I
told him it wasn’t me; it was my faith in Christ.
As we talked it gave me a great
opportunity to witness.
He said he understands that God
doesn’t give us anything more than we can handle, but he was very surprised I
hadn’t reached the end of my frustration level.
He appreciated how I treated his
staff and others. I was handling it a
lot better than most people would.
We were concerned about the
urethra being damaged. He put a scope
inside and we could see where the wound was, but there didn’t appear to be any
serious damage.
We will be back next Tuesday,
and unless I have further difficulties he will activate the device at that
time.
I may not fully appreciate the
medical situation I am in, but, I know compared to many of you, it is just minor
afflictions.
Still, there ARE times I am
frustrated, but it doesn’t do any good to get upset.
If I have questions they are
readily available to me and give direct answers.
Some of the side effects of the
medication for one of my issues impacts another one.
The other day I was in a lot of
pain – so much so that my heart went into A-Fib and I was extremely dizzy, to
the point I just rested on the counter for several minutes until I could
move.
Still dizzy I made it to my
chair. I did a heart rate check and it
was coming down from the mid-80’s (don’t know how high it got this was several
minutes from the start) and a few minutes later it was 44. Neither of which is good. It did go back up to my normal range of the
mid-50’s within a few minutes.
I took some medication for the
pain – the first listed side effect is dizziness.
Within an hour I experienced the
same dizziness as I had previously, although not quite as bad, but still those
ranges in my heart rate. When I talked
with the Cardiologist he confirmed my suspicions that my heart was reacting to
my pain in the Urethra – and probably more so considering the medication I was
on to control that pain.
What is surprising as I go
through the tests, my heart rates stays in the 50’s and blood pressure remains
the same. To me it reaffirms I am not
just thinking I have released control to God, but He is confirming it.
I have peace about all this, not
sure what He has in mind, but we know that He can use it for HIS Glory.
1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common
to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye
are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be
able to bear it.
This was the verse the Urologist
was thinking of and I have to say He has helped me through these issues.
We don’t know what God has in
store for us. Life is a fleeting thing;
it can be ended by something instantaneously.
We look at automobile accidents and natural events and of course,
criminal behavior and see someone alive one moment and dead the next.
If we live our life as though it
could be taken from us at any time and dedicate our life to God, whatever
happens to us will allow Him to be glorified.
Our life has a purpose when it
is being used by God. We may not know
why we go through things we go through, but God is there with us. We want to act like we have faith in Him, not
just say it; and allow Him to work in us so others will see Him in us.
Later, Art :-)
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