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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.
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
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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.