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Page A3 January 26, 20(H) ïh e Çortlanh ©bseruer llo r tlu iiò (f)b»fruer Home heating oil prices go through the roof Even oil retailers say they can ’t believe prices of heating oil. A ssociated P ress The nationw ide average price for regular gasoline last w eek w as $1.32 a gallon, up four pennies from the week before. But the big spike w as in the cost o f hom e heating oil. It’s one o f the coldest Januarys in years in the N ortheast. A nd th a t’s p u tting th e heat on h e a tin g oil com panies to keep up w ith dem and - and the bite on millions o f consumers. In Bristol, Conn., Peggy D iagle’s bill for tw o m onths o f heating oil is $354. "Oh my G od, it’s tw ice as high as last y e a r. U n b e lie v a b le ,” sh e say s. A year ago the price o f a gallon o f heating oil was about 80 cents. Last w eek it was $ 1.20, and this week even oil retailers say they c a n ’t believe prices. "T his w eek it’s been frightfully high. It’s gone as high as $ 1.77,” says Len Bicknell o f Alvin Hollis oil company. The cost is even higher in Brooklyn, N. Y., where the price is $ 1.89 a gallon. A nalysts say the big culprits are the extended deep freeze and O P E C ’s decision to cut production o f crude oil. ’’Looking forward, the expectation w e have is that O PE C will at som e point release m ore oil and ease the s u p p ly c r u n c h ,” s a y s M ic h a e l R o th m a n o f M e rr ill L y n c h . At the sam e tim e, politicians in the N ortheast, w hich uses 75 percent o f the n atio n ’s heating oil supply, are asking the president to release som e o f the g o v ern m en t’s oil reserves. Many consum ers are sim ply accusing oil retailers o f gouging. B u t r e ta ile rs a re te llin g a n g ry custom ers d o n ’t blam ethem for those sky-high bills. New shipm ents o f oil from Russia are on the w ay, w hich could at least stabilize prices perhaps ju st in time. The national forecast for the next m onth calls for m ore record low tem peratures. Randy Woolcutt won Controversy arises in L. A. judges decision A ssociated P ress In the latest aftershock from a police scandal that has shaken Los A ngeles, a judge on Tuesday dism issed 10 d ru g an d w e a p o n s c o n v ic tio n s b e c a u s e th e y w e re ta in te d by corruption. That brought to 22 the num ber o f cases throw n out because o f police m isconduct. The scandal is “the m ost im portant case I have seen this office handle in m y 31 years here. It goes to the heart o f the crim inal justice system ,” said Los A ngeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti, w ho sought the dism issals. Garcetti said his office probably will seek reversal o f another tw o to three dozen cases contam inated by false te s tim o n y an d th e p la n tin g o f evidence. The scandal, the w orst for LA PD in decades, has centered on an anti gang unit in the L A P D ’s Ram part Division. Tw enty officers have either resigned or been suspended. Paul Thompson, 34, had his c o n v ic tio n o v e rtu rn e d an d w as ordered immediately freed from prison. He has served h a lf o f a six-year s e n te n c e fo r b e in g a fe lo n in possession o f a firearm . D isgraced fo rm er L A PD o ffic er Rafael Perez has adm itted he testified falsely during T ho m p so n ’s trial. T hom pson plans to sue but rem ains fearful o f police, said his attorney, C arlos Spiga. “H e’s afraid the pol ice wi 11 try to dirty him up and com prom ise any civil action,” Spiga told reporters. Also reversed was the drug conviction o f O ctavio D avalos. T he 41 -year-old upholstery w orker served 91 days and received three years o f probation after pleading guilty to possessing and selling cocaine and marijuana. Perez has said he falsified the police report. “I w as never guilty o f nothing,” D avalos told reporters. He said he agreed to a plea bargain because he w as threatened w ith eight years in prison. D avalos’ law y erto ld S uperiorC ourt Judge Larry Paul Fidler his client w ould like to recover expenses in connection w ith the case. Fidler said a ci vil law yer w ould surely be able to advise him. “Since you are the first person present on this m atter, the court’s apologies,” the ju d g e told Davalos. G roup holds final p u b lic m eeting about development along Vancouver, Williams avenues CQNIB1BLIEB5IQRÏ for T he P ortland Q bserv er The Vancouver-W illiam sTask Force will sponsor its final public m eeting this week to receive citizen input that will be used to create a developm ent plan for the area along V ancouver and W illiam s avenues. T he area is known as the V ancouver-W illiam s Corridor. T he meeting will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 27 a t th e O A M E P la z a , 4 1 3 4 N. Vancouver Ave. The meeting will give the com m unity a chance to share ideas about potential developm ent opportunities and the vision for the area. A ttendees also will have an opportunity to offer input about the results o f a developm ent tools survey and proposed design principles. The V ancouver-W illiam s C orridor is bounded by K illingsw orth to the north. Interstate 84 on the south, Martin Luther King Jr. B oulevard and 7U' Street to the east and W illam ette R iv e r/In te rsta te 4 0 5 /A lb in a an d M ississippi avenues on the west. A le x D o rs e y o f th e P o rtla n d D evelopm ent Com m ission said the role o f the task force is to create a plan fo r fu tu re d e v e lo p m e n t o f th e Vancouver-W illiam sCorridor “based on a shared com m unity vision that e n c o u ra g e s v ib r a n t, m ix e d -u s e d e v e lo p m e n t, s u p p o r ts n ew in d u s tr ia l an d c o m m e r c ia l opportunities, and balances business grow th with com m unity needs for affordable housing and job creation.” TheV ancouver-W illiam sTaskForce, w hich has conducted two previous com m unity m eetings regarding the corridor, is com prised o f a diverse group o f residents, business owners, property ow ners and com m unity- based organizations. D orsey, w ho is the coordinator for the V ancouver-W illiam s project, said PDC becam e involved with the project when task force m em bers w anted to apply for a grant. PDC helped the task force acquire the funding. A s s is tin g c o m m u n itie s in redevelopm ent is part o f the city ’s A lbina C om m unity Plan. A ccording to that plan, PDC is to identify key developm ent sites and partner with the com m unity to spearhead develop th a t w ill cre a te jobs, affo rd ab le housing andretail/com m ercial space in the Boise, Eliot and H um boldt neighborhoods. Call A lex D orsey at 823-3311 orSheila 813-6232 formore inform ation about the meeting. Georgia from page 1 not plan to boycott the gam e, but hopes players will show theirdistaste for the flag by altering their uniform . N FL spokesm an Joe Brow ne said the league’s stance hasn’t changed since the last Super Bowl played in Atlanta, in 1994. “ W hile w e understand the concerns raised by this issue, w e are not a political advocacy group,” Browne said. “W e are a football league in Atlanta to play our cham pionship gam e, and our rules prohibit the w earing o f any item on gam e day r e la te d to p o litic a l c a u s e s o r activities.” G eorgia’s flag bears the state seal on the left and a representation o f the C onfederate battle flag on the right. The C onfederate em blem w as added by legislators in 1956, tw o years after the U.S. S u p r m e Court ruled racial segregation illegal in public schools. In 1993, form erG ov. Zell M illertried u n su c ce ssfu lly to have the flag changed. T he city o f A tlanta flies an o ld e r s ta te fla g w ith o u t th e Confederate symbol on city property. I Jackson said he had asked the NFL and G ene Upshaw, executivedirector o f the N FL Players Association, to support the protest. N either group had com m itted to the idea M onday, he said. TheCIty of Portland's Water Bureau Lead Hazard Reduction Program-Community Education Project’s Train theTrainer Lead Poisoning Prevention Education Workshop T he Train the T rainers w orkshop is a FREE all day w orkshop for professionals and trainers w orking with health, environm ental, and com m unity organizations. W orkshops are provided in English, Spanish, V ietnam ese and Russian. T he W orkshops will provide lead prevention aw areness in daily work activities that will help organizations train and m aintain their ow n lead prevention educators. W orkshops are from 9:00-4:00 p.m. Dates: W ednesday, February 2 W ednesday, February 9 W ednesday, February 23 Bag L unches provided. 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