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2011 MLK WEEKEND OF SERVICE
January 14-17
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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.
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in someone's life. Get Involved.
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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
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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
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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.