Plugin is getting old and using deprecated functions – should fix

First, is the author still supporting this plugin? Anyone knows?

It still works with WP 3.5.1 but the last update was in Sept 2011 …

The following crop up in the Admin Panel which can be fixed easily:

Notice: image_resize is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 3.5! Use wp_get_image_editor() instead. in /home/<user>/public_html/web/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2839

Call Stack:
    0.0028     953624   1. {main}() /home/<user>/public_html/web/wp-admin/user-edit.php:0
    0.3427   65555136   2. do_action(???, ???) /home/<user>/public_html/web/wp-admin/user-edit.php:393
    0.3470   65557528   3. call_user_func_array(???, ???) /home/<user>/public_html/web/wp-includes/plugin.php:406
    0.3470   65557584   4. Simple_Local_Avatars->edit_user_profile(???) /home/<user>/public_html/web/wp-includes/plugin.php:406
    0.3471   65557584   5. get_avatar(???, ???, ???, ???) /home/<user>/public_html/web/wp-content/plugins/simple-local-avatars/simple-local-avatars.php:125
    0.3475   65565984   6. apply_filters(???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???) /home/<user>/public_html/web/wp-includes/pluggable.php:1668
    0.3475   65569416   7. call_user_func_array(???, ???) /home/<user>/public_html/web/wp-includes/plugin.php:173
    0.3475   65569504   8. Simple_Local_Avatars->get_avatar(???, ???, ???, ???, ???) /home/<user>/public_html/web/wp-includes/plugin.php:173
    0.3483   65573976   9. image_resize(???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???) /home/<user>/public_html/web/wp-content/plugins/simple-local-avatars/simple-local-avatars.php:79
    0.3483   65574648  10. _deprecated_function(???, ???, ???) /home/<user>/public_html/web/wp-includes/deprecated.php:3265
    0.3484   65575320  11. trigger_error(???) /home/<user>/public_html/web/wp-includes/functions.php:2839

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