- (UIImage *) getImageForIndex:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
…
image = [image scaleToSize:CGSizeMake(80.0f, 100.0f)];
[image retain];
return [image autorelease];
}

This clears up the problem in Instruments. Thanks!

- (UIImage *) getImageForIndex:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

NSInteger row = [indexPath row];
NSInteger section = [indexPath section];

CSLewisTriviaAppDelegate *appDelegate = (CSLewisTriviaAppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
NSDictionary *itemAtIndex = (NSDictionary *)[[appDelegate dataController] objectInCategoryArrayAtIndex:section];
NSString *categoryName = [itemAtIndex objectForKey:@"name"];
Resources *tempResourcesObject = [[appDelegate dataController] returnResourcesObject];

NSDictionary *bonusInfoLinksResourceDict = [tempResourcesObject getResourceImageAndTitle:categoryName row:row];

NSDictionary *resourceDictionary = [self returnResourceDictionary:bonusInfoLinksResourceDict indexPath:indexPath];

// nothing found
if (resourceDictionary == nil) {
return nil;
}

UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed:[resourceDictionary objectForKey:@"image"]];
image = [image scaleToSize:CGSizeMake(80.0f, 100.0f)];

return image;
}

Thanks for the heads up and code example…

Readers: if you would like to read/download the thread safe example, check out part 2 of this post here: How to Resize/Scale and Image using Thread Safe Code.

Coop