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On Jan. 25, a driver tore through Southeast Portland, swerving, speeding and plowing into pedestrians and cars. The rampage left one person dead and 10 others injured. The string of hit-and-runs also left victims, witnesses and family members bewildered and trying to piece together what happened.
Paul Rivas, a 64-year-old man from rural Oregon City, faces 31 charges, including one of murder, seven of attempted murder and more than a dozen related to assault and attempted assault. He is accused of killing 77-year-old Jean Gerich, who died at the hospital about three hours after she was struck. At his arraignment Thursday, Rivas ducked from the view of people gathered to watch.
good morning to you. thanks for having me. i think kids should be allowed to wear their costumes on halloween to school. brian feels the opposite. i think halloween is way overblown and gotten totally out of control but basically in this country, i don t think you should be banning it from schools. why are principals overreacting? i m kind of on a mixture of sides here. if they gave a good excuse for not having costumes, i d be completely fine with it. if it was distracting from reading or writing, things that schools should be teaching, sure, i think that s fine but the problem is that they re giving these asinine excuses and you can t be compelled to go on the other side of this. let s look at some of those excuses. it s happening, unfortunately, at a lot of schools. buckman elementary in oregon bans costumes. here s the superintendent, carol smith. what did she actually say? do we have that? can lead to student exclusion. is what she says. is that one of the bogus reason