February 2013 NEWS The Southwest Portland Post • 3 Police arrest burglary suspect in Maplewood neighborhood POLICE BLOTTER ment responded to assist in a search for the suspect. Officers, including the K-9, searched the neighborhood and located the sus- pect in a nearby backyard, also recover- ing the victim’s stolen property. The suspect, identified as 26-year-old Beau Daniel Rappaport, was charged with one count of Burglary in the First Degree. Detectives from the Burglary Task Force learned that Rappaport lived a few houses away from the victim’s residence. Rappaport was booked into the Multnomah County Jail and was ar- raigned Jan. 25. Police investigate a stabbing in West Portland Park neighborhood Beau Daniel Rappaport Thursday Jan. 24, at 11:45 a.m., Port- land Police officers assigned to Central Precinct responded to the report of a burglary in progress at a residence in the 6800 block of Southwest 63rd Avenue. As officers were enroute, additional information was broadcast that the homeowner returned home to find the suspect inside the house. The suspect then ran out of the house with some of the homeowner’s property and disap- peared into the neighborhood. Arriving officers established a neigh- borhood perimeter and a Police K-9 Unit from the Beaverton Police Depart- Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, at 7:35 p.m., Portland Police officers assigned to Central Precinct responded to the report of a stabbing at Southwest 49th Avenue and Dickinson Street. Officers and medical personnel ar- rived and contacted the 18-year-old male victim who was suffering from non-life-threatening stab wounds. He was transported to a Portland hospital for treatment. Officers learned that the victim got into a verbal altercation with some men, one of whom stabbed him. The suspects are described as His- panic males and they left the scene in a blue minivan. UPDATE: Portland Police Bureau Gang Enforcement Team detectives arrested two juveniles on January 25 in connection with the stabbing of an 18-year-old man in Southwest Portland on January 24. 18-year-old Juan Antonio Bermundez was treated for non-life-threatening stab wounds at a Portland hospital Gang Enforcement Team detectives responded to conduct an investigation and determined that three juvenile males pulled up to the victim and his friend at the corner of Southwest 49th Avenue and Dickinson Street and began a verbal confrontation. Based on initial information, it ap- pears the stabbing was gang-related. Two of the suspects got out of a blue minivan and physically assaulted the victim. One of the suspects used a knife to stab the victim multiple times. The suspects then fled the area in the minivan. Investigators were able to locate the vehicle nearby and arrest the two pri- mary aggressors without incident. A 14-year-old male was charged with Attempted Murder and Assault in the First Degree and a 15-year-old male was charged with Assault in the Third Degree. The third person in the van was a 13-year-old male. He was not charged and was released to his parents. The 14 and 15-year-old suspects were lodged at the Donald E. Long Juvenile Detention Home. Community members are encour- aged to visit the City of Portland’s Office of Neighborhood Involvement Crime Prevention page at www.port- landonline.com/oni/cp for crime pre- vention tips and resources. New institutional zoning worries college and university neighbors PORTLAND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN By Lee Perlman The Southwest Portland Post As part of the pending Portland Comprehensive Plan, the City is con- sidering changing the zoning of the campuses of several major hospitals and colleges, including Oregon Health Sci- ences University and Lewis and Clark College. Some community activists are concerned about this. As planner John Cole of the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability told The Post, most such campuses are zoned for residential use. The institutions there are allowed by a conditional use permit, which strictly governs their activities. Most such institutions create master plans governing their growth and de- velopment plans for the next 10 years. Any deviation or addition to such plans requires an amendment that includes a public process. Cole said that the City is consider- ing changing the process for 19 such campuses across the city, all of which comprise at least 10 acres and employ at least 100 people. Among other things, there is a pro- posal to change the underlying zoning of the land on such campuses to an employment zone where at least some (Continued on Page 7) Retirement ideas from the Ultimate Cheapskate By Joyce De Monnin, AARP Oregon Outreach Director We fre quent ly get asked, how much do you need to retire? (Find out at http://bit. ly/TWNyf8) There are all sorts of things people suggest – and it usually depends on getting started early. But what if you are 50+ and you are behind in your retirement savings – like a good portion of boomers. What then? Well you are not alone. Half of people over 55 have saved less than $50,000. Another survey shows almost half of all Americans aren’t contrib uting to a retirement plan, such as an IRA or 401(k). The National Retirement Risk Survey reported in late 2012 that more than half of today’s households will not have enough retirement income to maintain their preretirement standard of living, even if they work to age 65. So what are some ideas to help you get from where you are, to where you want to be? One great source, is AARP columnist, Jeff Yeager, the selfproclaimed Ultimate Cheapskate (my dad might have argued with him, but that is a different story!) Here are some tips from Jeff to help you save for retire ment: • Get the facts! Find out where you are in terms of planning for retirement. It can be a great motivator to pack a lunch for work. Use the free AARP calculator to get started: http://www.aarp.org/ work/retirement-planning/ retirement_calculator/ • Join the Portland craze and commute by bike – it’s es timated to save $4,000 a year in transportation costs – and all of that savings should go right into your IRA or 401(K). • Repurpose (recycling!) ev eryday household things – from new uses from fabric softener sheets (freshen up the vacuum cleaner bag) to finding new uses for old nylons, such as putting soap slivers or samples into panty hose and using them in the shower. • Reduce the number of times you eat out each week, and make coffee at home. Every penny counts. This is one of the hardest ones for me, but when I took the AARP retirement planning calcu lator, I gave up lattes and put an additional $1,000 a year into my 401(k). • If you’re having trouble saving money, consider working a little longer. In Oregon about 7% of the workforce is 65 or older. You can keep saving and postpone taking Social Se curity until full retirement age, which is 66 or older. To get more ideas on saving money and retirement, check out Yeager’s book, “How to Retire the Cheapskate Way.” And I do mean check it out – at the library.