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Home heating oil prices go through the roof
Even oil retailers say
they can ’t believe
prices of heating oil.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
W orkshops Are Free - Registration is necessary
T o register or form ore inform ation contact Stacey D rake Edwards at 823-
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