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November 27, 2019
Union Gospel Serves Thanksgiving
Allen Singerhouse
Arrested
for Arson
Man accused of
starting summer
inferno in NE
Police have arrested a Portland
man, 39-year-old Allen Singer-
house, in connection with a major
fire across from Madison High
School near Northeast 85th Ave-
nue and Siskiyou Street. The Aug.
26 inferno, which caused more
than $2 million in damages, began
as an out-of-control grass fire that
covered four acres, burned down
two businesses, damaged several
townhomes and destroyed about
50 parked cars.
The arrest was announced
Monday and police said they iden-
tified Singerhouse through sever-
al surveillance videos, including
one near a dumpster fire that he
allegedly set at Concordia Univer-
sity in northeast Portland on Sept.
1. He’s also suspected of starting
another dumpster fire that same
day at a Michael’s Craft store.
Police said Singerhouse denied
his involvement at first, but ac-
cording to the Oregonian, when
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Union Gospel Mission is pre-
pared to serve over 800 meals on
Thanksgiving Day to anyone in
need. The dinner will take place on
Thursday, Nov. 28 from 10 a.m. to
1 p.m. at Union Gospel Mission,
15 N.W. Third Ave.
In addition to a traditional
Thanksgiving meal guests will
also enjoy live music and receive
a gift bag with a hat, gloves, socks
and an emergency blanket.
“We make a home cooked meal
that anyone would be proud to
serve at their Thanksgiving table,”
said Lori Quinney, the mission’s
food service coordinator.
Donations of pre-baked, pack-
aged pumpkin pies and coffee and
other donations can be dropped off
at 3 N.W. Third Ave. Union Gospel
Mission is also seeking financial
support for Thanksgiving events.
Donations can be made online
at ugmportland.org or by calling
503-274-4483.
photo Courtesy
u nion g ospel M ission
A guest is served a traditional
Thanksgiving Day meal at the
Union Gospel Mission.
Machete Attack Sentence
A homeless man was sentenced
last week to up to 20 years of
treatment and supervision by state
psychiatric officials for attacking
another man with a machete in
front of the man’s wife and chil-
dren. The victim apparently an-
gered Dameon Hoover-Rhodes,
40, after telling him not to sleep
under an overhang of a longshore
and warehouse union building.
Ethan Johnson was appointed chair of the Black Studies Department
at Portland State University in September and has served as a profes-
sor in the department for 15 years. In last week’s issue, (PSU Black
Studies at Risk, Professor says), we were in error to describe his ten-
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About 75 people started the all
day protest over a proposed LNG
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didn’t leave until 8:30 p.m. when
Gov. Kate Brown addressed them
and answered several questions.
Limits for Traffic Stops
The Oregon Supreme Court has
ruled that police cannot use a bro-
Climate Protesters Arrested
ken taillight or a failure to signal as
A climate protest in the Oregon a justification for scouting a driv-
governor’s office ended Thursday er’s car for illegal guns or drugs,
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Life Expectancy Falls
Life expectancy at birth -- the av-
erage length of time that you are
expected to live -- continues to
drop for Americans, a new study
finds. Drug overdoses, suicides, al-
cohol-related illnesses and obesity
Not Testing for Radon
are largely to blame, problems that
The U.S. Department of Housing
have been building since the 1980s,
and Urban Development has not
according to the study’s authors.
forced housing authorities to test
for radon in public housing units
across the country, including Port-
land, despite guidance to mitigate
exposure to the cancer-causing gas,
an in-depth investigation published
ing effectively ends law enforce-
ment’s ability to turn a routine traf-
fic stop into a fishing expedition for
a more serious offense.
ure as chair of the department for 15 years. Also, a person reported
as a successor to a black male coordinator position for the PSU Mul-
ticultural Center was a white lesbian hired to work on restructuring
the center and did not become its director when the position was el-
evated. The Portland Observer regrets any misunderstandings these
errors caused.
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Grandma Fights Back
An 82-year-old powerlifting
grandmother in Rochester, N.Y.
turned the tables, literally, on a
home invader last week when she
beat him with a table until police
and first responders arrived. Wil-
lie Murphy is an award-winning
bodybuilder and, most days, she
can be found at the YMCA, hon-
ing her skills.
Millennials Poorest Generation
Millennials, those born between
1981 and 1996, became the big-
gest U.S. generation this year,
numbering some 73 million
people. But in terms of wealth,
they’re still living in the shadow
of previous generations with just
3% of the country’s wealth. Ac-
cording to the Federal Reserve,
when baby boomers were the
age millennials are today (around
1989), they controlled 21% of all
national wealth.