SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Policeman finds a ‘cat’ burglar under his Heppner celebrates
Homecoming week
own roof
A police sergeant got a
shock when he realized he
was living with a felon—a
four-footed felon.
West Linn Police Ser-
geant Dave Kempas, step-
son of Rudy Bergstrom of
Ione, found he had a “Klep-
tokitty” under his own roof,
in the form of household
pet, Tigger.
Kempas said Tigger has
become a proficient thief
over the years, stealing
everything from french fry
boxes to candy wrappers to
rubber gloves. Monday’s
offering included a sock
and a red licorice rope pack-
age with some licorice still
inside.
Kempas first noticed
his cat’s thievery about four
Tigger the “Kleptokitty” is caught on a trail camera as he
brings home a stray sock--one of many thefts the cat burglar
has committed. -Contributed photo
years ago, when he discov- a bag of marijuana. None
ered strange items scattered of the items belonged to
around his house—includ- Kempas.
ing a hat, gloves and even
Since the house is home
SKINNY BULL MUSEUM
-Continued from PAGE ONE additions to the museum are (Ray who just happened
grass hay. Rather than just
retire, when it came time to
sell the farm, Wayne made
a deal with Bellinger’s to
throw in the purchase of
the former grocery store as
part of the deal. That started
a year-long renovation to
ready the building to be
worthy of their collection.
One of the featured
items in the museum is
the John Deere Model A
tractor that Wayne’s father
purchased new in 1941; the
tractor has been in the fam-
ily since then. Other items
include pedal cars, bicycles,
a room-by-room depiction
of early 1900s living, com-
plete with authentic fur-
nishings, old pictures, even
an old Mustang that Wanda
bought new in 1967. The
couple wanted to make sure
anyone could enjoy their
museum, so their entrance
fee is by donation only. The
ongoing; Wayne says he has
over 20 additional tractors,
balers, mowers, etc. that he
needs to get added to the
collection. He has the first
hay baler made, which was
a horse-pulled implement.
He has almost every baler
that John Deere has built.
They are interested in add-
ing old photographs to pre-
serve history, so anyone can
donate if they are willing to
have them displayed.
“I went all over Oregon
buying up old tractors, try-
ing to make a buck!” says
Wayne. “You get one, and
then you get another, then
pretty soon you have a
whole collection!”
The couple has a lot of
friends and family to thank
for assistance in renovat-
ing the building and the
equipment displayed. Just
to name a few, friends, Ray
Warlick from Tillamook
to graduate from Irrigon
High School with Wanda
in 1956) drives up from
Tillamook to assist with
rebuilding the old equip-
ment and whatever else he
can help with, and Saundra,
Ray’s wife, who put to-
gether all the small display
cases. Another friend, John
DuBois of Hermiston, has
also helped with the restora-
tion of the farm equipment.
Burrel Cooley, a friend from
Irrigon, replaced all the
screws holding the metal
roof on the building as well
as other renovations. Wes
and Linda Wise of Wesley
Wise Excavating have been
special friends throughout
the years, particularly when
the Schnell’s were opening
their museum. The Wises
provided the gravel for the
outdoor display of tractors,
and purchased an advertise-
ment in the Capital Press
to several cats, Kempas
followed his investigative
instincts and bought trail
cameras to help pinpoint the
thief. Thanks to the night
vision cameras, Kempas
soon determined that Tigger
was the culprit.
Rather than arresting
the bandit, though, the
amused Kempas started
posting photos from the
trail cams on his personal
Facebook page. He soon
created a Facebook page
dedicated to his “Klepto-
kitty,” on which he posts
update on Tigger’s latest
capers.
Follow Tigger’s ad-
ventures on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/
KleptoKittyGstone.
camping in the following
designated prescribed burn
areas during this 2015 hunt-
ing season:
-Morphine Ridge Burn
(located on the Heppner
Ranger District in the Hep-
pner Hunting Unit) encom-
passes a 3,400 acres area
east of Forest Road 22 in
the Morphine Canyon and
Bacon Creek drainage near
Forest Roads 2202 and
2120.
-White Tail/Rimrock
Burns (located on the Hep-
pner Ranger District in the
Heppner Hunting Unit)
encompasses two areas of
operation.
The White Tail Burn
is 1,900 acres and located
west Bull Prairie Lake,
north of Forest Road 2039
and south of Colvin Creek.
The Rimrock Burn is
2,600 acres and located
south of Forest Road 2307,
west of Grassy Butte Creek,
and north of Forest Road
23.
-Bone Point Burn (lo-
cated on the North Fork
John Day Ranger District
in the Heppner and Ritter
Hunting Units in Oregon)
covers 1155 acres in the
Bone Point area, between
Please join us for
Ione Education
Foundation’s
13th Annual Dinner
and Auction
Saturday, September 26, 2015
Ione American Legion Hall
Social Hour 6:00 PM / Dinner 7:00 PM
Prime rib and salmon dinner
Auction to follow including raffles & grab bags
Tickets available at Ione branch of
Bank of Eastern Oregon or at the door
$25 adults / $10 ages 7-12 / free under 6
Thanks to our dinner sponsors! Morrow County Grain
Growers, Wheatland Insurance, ICABO, Bank of Eastern
Oregon, Mid-Columbia Producers, and Devin Oil
All proceeds support grants to Ione School
and the endowment fund
volleyball homecoming
game also will Thursday,
as the hometown girls face
Irrigon across the net at 5
p.m.
The week will wrap
up with the homecoming
football game Friday. The
Mustang will tackle Tri-
Cities Prep at 7 p.m., with
the Homecoming Dance to
follow.
HES Parent-Teacher
Club to hold
Scholastic book fair
The Heppner Elementary Parent-Teacher Club will
host its annual Scholastic book fair in the HEROES Room
on Wednesday, Sept. 23 from 3-7 p.m., Thursday, Sept.
24 from 3-6 p.m., Monday, Sept. 28 from 3-6 p.m., and
Tuesday, Sept. 29 from 3-6 p.m.
A variety of books will be available from preschool
to give exposure to the to adult, and all proceeds will be used to purchase books
museum.
for teachers and reading programs at HES.
“The museum is defi-
nitely an asset to our com-
munity,” said Wes Wise.
Wanda’s three children,
Dean Olson, Cathy Camp-
bell and Lorrie Hastings,
all have helped remodel,
Blue Mountain Com- taining what is covered in
moved equipment and as- munity College in Board- class plus working data files
sist with running the mu- man is offering a live, four- that are ready for them to
seum.
week class in Microsoft use in practice.
Although people enjoy Excel 2013. The class is set
Course topics include
touring the museum, they for 5-7 p.m. on Thursday creating simple formulas;
also stop by to have cof- evenings beginning Oct. 8 formatting; inserting shapes
fee with friends and visit. at the Boardman Center of and graphics; adding, delet-
Every third Sunday of the BMCC. Cost is $59 payable ing and hiding data; creat-
month, the Butter Creek to BMCC.
ing and formatting charts;
Boys, a group of five local
Excel is one of the most sorting and filtering data;
talented musicians, plays used spreadsheet programs moving, copying and past-
old-time music from 1 to 3 in the modern workplace. ing; and much more.
p.m. Jim Simpson on banjo, This class is intended to
Beginners are welcome,
Curtis Claughton on bass, help students who are just although basic keyboard-
Rusty Roe on saxophone beginning or are already ing skills and a working
and Tom Watkins on fiddle “muddling along” in Excel. knowledge of computers
are from Hermiston, while The class will break down is helpful. Register online
Win Weston, guitarist, is the program into bite-sized at www.bluecc.edu or con-
from Irrigon.
pieces, making it much tact BMCC Boardman by
easier to understand. Each phone, 541-481-2099, or
week participants will be email amorter@bluecc.edu
provided with a CD con- for more information.
Excel class offered
in Boardman
Forest management prepares to
implement fall prescribed burn plan
Pendleton—Fire man-
agement officials on the
Umatilla National Forest
are preparing to implement
the fall prescribed burn
plan, which could impact
camping and hunting op-
portunities in the Heppner
and Ritter hunting units in
Oregon and the Lick hunt-
ing unit in Washington.
Any road and trail clo-
sures will go into effect
prior to and during burn
operations, which typically
take two to five days to
complete.
Hunters are advised
to plan ahead and avoid
It’s homecoming week
in Heppner. Heppner Ju-
nior/Senior High students
are celebrating with theme
days including Monday’s
N e r d D a y, Tu e s d a y ’s
Movie Character Day, and
Wednesday’s Superhero
Day. Thursday it’s all about
the Blue and Gold, with the
homecoming parade at 2
p.m. on Main Street. The
Forest Roads 700 and 725,
and along Forest Road 3963
south and southeast of the
Bone Point Lookout.
“Unfortunately, hunt-
ing season coincides with
prescribed burning season
and can impact our hunt-
ers, but controlled burns
are necessary to reintroduce
fire to the landscape and
encourage healthy veg-
etation that will ultimately
improve landscapes and
forage for big game,” said
Lizzy Berkley, Forest Wild-
life Biologist.
Maps and additional in-
formation on the prescribed
burn closures is available
on the Umatilla National
Forest website at www.
fs.usda.gov/umatilla/ or at
any forest office.
For more information
about the Umatilla National
Forest’s Prescribed Burn
program, please contact
Chris Johnson, Deputy Fire
Staff Officer, at (541) 278-
3704.
USDA extends
Dairy Margin
Protection deadline
WA S H I N G T O N ,
D.C.—Agriculture Sec-
retary Tom Vilsack an-
nounced Tuesday that the
deadline to enroll for the
dairy Margin Protection
Program for coverage in
2016 has been extended un-
til Nov. 20. The voluntary
program, established by the
2014 Farm Bill, provides
financial assistance to par-
ticipating farmers when
the margin—the difference
between the price of milk
and feed costs—falls below
the coverage level selected
by the farmer.
“The fall harvest is a
busy time of the year for
agriculture, so this exten-
sion will ensure that dairy
producers have more time
to make their choices,” said
Vilsack. “We encourage all
operations to examine the
protections offered by this
program, because despite
the very best forecasts,
markets can change.”
Justice Court
Report
Morrow County Justice of the Peace Ann Spicer has
released the following Justice Court report:
-Charlene M. Thompson, 50, of Watertown, WI was
found guilty of Violating the Basic Rule 75/55 and was
fined $260.
FLU VACCINE IS HERE
Morrow County Health Department
upcoming flu vaccine clinics
Irrigon Stoke’s Landing Sr. Center
Irrigon
9/28/2015 10:30-1:00 p.m.
You can also get your flu shot
at
Morrow County Health
Department during regular
clinic hours:
Heppner-Wednesdays
8:30-12:00 and 1:00-4:30
Boardman-Monday and
Tuesdays:
8:30-12:30 and 1:00-4:30
Boardman Senior Center
Boardman
09/29/2015 10:30-1:00 p.m.
St. Patrick’s Senior Center; Heppner
9/30/2015 9:30 - 2:00 p.m.
And
Ione Fire Hall
9/30/2015 4:00 -7:30 p.m.
All day Flu Clinic at Heppner City Hall
10/08/2015
9:00 -7:00 p.m.
Boardman Health Dept
All Day Flu Clinic
10/06/2015
9:00 - 7:00 p.m.
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