^Jnrtlanb (Observer Page 2 2011 MLK WEEKEND OF SERVICE January 14-17 TLWeek ¡n The Review Gas Tax Jumps 6 Cents January 5, 2011 Blanchard Site May Sell The Portland School District and the Portland Development Commis sion will evaluate the potential of selling the district’s Blanchard Edu cation Service Center in north Port land. Mayor Sam Adams is leading an effort to bring a Costco store to the site. The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Oregon jum ped 6 cents to $3.14 since the New Year, reflecting a 6 cents in crease in the state gas tax for roads Man Freezes to Death and bridges. The national average A homeless man was found dead on gained nearly three cents to $3.07. Thursday behind a dumpster in the 3500 block of Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard. An autopsy determined that Randy Lee Tinnell, 58, died of hypothermia. Police said he was w earing several layers o f wet clothes. Your time can make a big difference in someone's life. Get Involved. Join United Way in the fourth-annual MLK Weekend of Service to honor the legacy of - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Sign up for a service project at www.unitedway-pdx.org/M LK Heating Oil Stolen A 96-year-old woman was left try ing to stay warm in her home after Auto Sales Jump Auto sales rose to the highest rate someone stole hundreds of dollars in 16 months in December, and ma worth of heating oil from her above jor automakers forecast the recov ground storage tank in Estacada. A ery would gather momentum in 201 1 Clackamas County Sheriff s Deputy as the industry distances itself from came to her aid by cleaning the ashes out of her wood stove and one of its deepest slumps ever. building her a fire Navy Captain Reassigned • • •• GIVE. ADVOCATE. VOLUNTEER. LIVE UNITED HandsOn G R E A TE R P O R T L A N D umtedwaypdx @unitedwaypdx U n ite d Way U nited W ay o f th e Colu m b ia-W i Ila m e tte The captain of a U.S. i-ooa ¿aTeiy bin signed r u x i aircraft carrier was P resid en t B arack O bam a T u es relieved of his com- day sigi ed a $1.4 b il mand on Tuesday af- lion o v erh au l o f the Kjfi Afl ter producing bawdy n a tio n 's food safety re q u irin g videos a few years s y s te m back that featured slurs against ho m ore g o v ern m en t in mosexuals, simulated masturbation sp e c tio n s at fo o d p ro c e ssin g and inane toilet humor. Captain fa c ilitie s and allo w in g re g u la Owen Honors was reassigned to tors to o rd er the recall o f unsafe p ro d u c ts. administrative duties.