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12 Tuesday, February 10, 1998 The Arizona Republic EVT Club making way for apartments Complex in Tempe to replace Electric Ballroom LFDCLEL-GDC (EGDEflLFCIDIKnr SHOES 0 Shoe Store EAST MESA 6247 E. Main 985-0538 Open Mon-Sal 866 Red Wing MESA 191 l.W. Broadway 833-4631 Open Mon-Sal 9:306:00 a long closure in 1994 as the Electric Ballroom, which featured regional and national rock acts. The Electric Ballroom closed in October after a series of state liquor license violations, including workers drinking on the job. In January, state Liquor Director Howard Adams pulled the club's license.

The sale of the land to JPI from Don Schumacher, a Chicago businessman who took over ownership of the license and the property after it closed, is in escrow. Torgeson is trying to open a club in downtown Phoenix, near America West Arena. JPI is jumping into three other Phoenix apartment complex projects, planning to put 539 units near Bell and Scottsdale roads, a 414-unit complex at the old Carnation Dairy on Central Avenue, and 400 units at Fourth Street and Indian School Road. By Bob Petria The Arizona Republic TEMPE A venerable landmark known for cheap beer and loud rock for more than two decades is coming down to be replaced by upscale apartments. 'JPI, a Texas-based development Company, plans to build a $14 million, 220-unit complex on the grounds of the former Electric Ballroom nightclub, 1216 E.

Apache Blvd. A total of 220 apartments, with rents ranging from $700 to $1,100 a month, are proposed for the 5 acres, plus a four-story parking garage. The one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments will be in three-and four-story buildings, surrounding a pool, courtyard and clubhouse, featuring a cardiovascular gym and a theater. The complex will be gated. The developers said they hope to start construction by October and complete it within a year.

The apartments are expected to attract professionals, college professors and students who want to live i close to downtown Tempe and Arizona State University. "It's for people who want the quality of life for an infill location and take advantage of all the amenities a university provides," said Bill Saul, development manager of multifamily development for JPI. The' company specializes in building apartments in older parts of cities; such as Apache Boulevard, which the city hopes to prop up with development after years of decay. Gary Meyer, a city planner who is focused on Apache Boulevard, aid the complex is ideal for what the city needs. "The bottom line is the area has shown the need for redevelopment," Saul said.

"You're coming back and developing something where everyone wants things to happen." JPI received a strong endorsement Monday from a group of Apache Boulevard business owners eagerly seeking projects to replace old, rundown buildings. "I'm 100 percent behind it," said Jim Torgeson, former operator of the Electric Ballroom, the most recent music venue in the old building to be razed. The building opened in 1975 as a rQck club called Dooley's, changed to After the Gold Rush in 1980, and was reopened by Torgeson after When our top-ranked research team reveals 1998 best stock selections, it's worth taking a closer look. Charter parents struggling to keep Jr japan: Which here are ft economy should f-SV the be Jt Irebound trom the I al i fcurrency crisis Uited StatttiV- 1 What sectors THer r- i are poised for I i- iX growth? i ydi yAuStraIia 't Sj'f New Zealand: S'a 1 Which stocks 1 1 T-a PlJ I It Ijtin America tf rc attractively I I riced? jtSk I countIy jf r'Ce I 1 may offer the I jf fK strongest SSkw SJn f0r Merrill Lynch clients around the world are already using this valuable information. So call the number below to reserve your place at our upcoming free seminar, and get your first look at our best investment ideas for 1998.

month. The school's third site, in Willcox, is facing closure as well. The Arizona Career and Technology High School, another Window Rock School, closed when its governing board voted to halt classes at the East Mesa school Jan. 16 because of "questionable financial management and shoddy student record keeping. The school could be permanently shut down after a hearing in March.

Yet parents there continue to fight for the school their children used to attend. Their campaign is similar to what is beginning at Alternative Learning in Mesa, an 80-student elementary and secondary school. "I feel desperate, and my child feels desperate," said Vicki Ware, arrived. Soto was taken to hospital for treatment of his injuries and released. Police have no leads but are investigating the incident.

Pedestrian shot in foot A Mesa man was shot in the foot as he walked home early Sunday, police said. Edward Samoa, 25, of Mesa, told officers he was going home through and alley in the 700 block of West Fifth Avenue about 2:15 a.m. Samoa heard a car driving by on Fifth Avenue, south of the alley, and four gun shots were, fired, police said. Samoa felt pain in his foot and fell to the ground to avoid being shot again. He was treated at Desert Samaritan Medical Center and released.

Investigators do not know whether Samoa was the intended target of a drive-by shooting. No arrests have been made. school alive parent-of a fifth-grade boy with learning disabilities. "I'm hoping for a miracle." Ware and others like Alternative Learning, which opened in 1996 and focuses on at-risk student's, because it allows their children to prosper. The classes are small and the attention is great.

"Some of these kids have been in many other schools, and this is the only one that has been able to make them achieve Jack Hanna said. A meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday to discuss the school's future. Kelly Pearce can be reached at 444-7981 or at kelly.pearcepni.com via e-mail. No charges in stabbing A transient was stabbed in the leg on Sunday outside a Mesa liquor store, police said.

Manuel Garcia, 30, was riding away on his bike about 1:20 ajn. screaming that he was stabbed, police said. He was stopped in the 40 block of West Broadway Road, and officers noticed a large stab wound on the inside of his right leg above the knee, police said. The man suspected in the attack brandished a knife while running up to the officer assisting Garcia. The suspect dropped the knife when ordered by the officers, police said.

Garcia was treated at Mesa General Hospital Medical Center and released. Police said Garcia refused to cooperate with officers and chose not to press charges against the assailant. Vr, DATE: Thursday, February 19th TIME: 6:30 7:30 p.m. PLACE: Merrill Lynch Conference Room 955 W. Southern Avenue Mesa, AZ SPEAKER: Chris Schncck, Financial Consultant Merrill Lynch Private Client Group RSVP: Shelley Gerber at 898-6622 Merrill Lynch Institutional Investor's 1997 All-Europe Research Team survey ranked Merrill Lynch as the top-ranked U.S.-bascd company in equity research.

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Then, the 13-year-old eighth-grader enrolled in Mesa's Alternative Learning Charter School in November and became a big fish in a small pond. He no longer struggled. Today, his parents and a band of other parents are struggling to keep the charter school open. Jack' and JoAnn Hanna learned Saturday at an emergency meeting at the school that Alternative Learning was closing this week for an early spring break while its administrator 4 injured in collision Three teenagers were slightly injured Monday morning when a pickup truck collided with the school bus in which they were riding. The teenage driver of the pickup also was injured, officials said.

Tierra Tate, 17, told firefighters she was driving about 40 mph when she rear-ended the bus carrying 41 students to Powell Junior High School, Mesa Fire Battalion Chief Gil Damiani said. Tate was flown with a broken leg and possible head and internal injuries to Scottsdale Memorial Hospital Osborn, Damiani said. She was not wearing a seat belt. Two children, a 13-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy, were taken to Desert Samaritan Hospital when they complained of back pain. A third student was reported to have been taken to a doctor by a parent.

Damiani said the bus driver was co porscne r1 Examples are actual size and are COPS I un scurried to find a way to keep the school in business. Basically, school Director Belle Billingsley must come up with thousands of dollars, Jack said. In January, school officials realized that the charter sponsor, the Window Rock Unified School District, had overpayed the school by tens of thousands of dollars, he said. Along with students, teachers are in limbo. They were last paid in early January.

Alternative Learning, in Mesa follows other Window Rock district charter schools to find itself in dire straits. The Alternative Learning Center in Benson closed at the end of December because the lease on its building was due to run out this not injured. He was stopped at a red light on Dobson Road waiting to turn right onto Eighth Avenue. The students on the bus ranged in age from 12 to 15. They were transfered to another bus after the 8:35 a.m.

accident and taken to school. Transient wounded A transient was hit by a shotgun blast Monday as he walked to a Tempe convenience store from a nearby motel, police said. Edward Soto, 29, was walking toward a Circle at Priest Drive and Broadway Road at 1:40 a.m. when he heard a shotgun blast and fell to the ground, police said. Soto suffered numerous pellet wounds, but none was life-threatening.

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