THE TUESDAY EDITION tubsdat. mat m. tan KlhG? MOUriTWM MIRROR-HGRMD 15‘ $50,000 Grant For Rec Okayed Ttie City of King! Mountain hu been notified of application approval by the N. C. Department at Natural and Economic Reiources for a <00,000 grant for Improvements at John H. Moss Lake. Mayor John Moss made the an nouncement at Monday night’s city commissioners meeting. He said the N. C. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation must give final an^troval, "but I foresee no problen^ with getting that approval." 'The <00,000 grant wlU be used to construct a fishing pier, patron parking area with 44 spaces, a boat and trailer parking area with 33 spaces and an adjacent overflow paritlng area at Moss Lake. Mayor Moss said he was notified by letter from Howard Lee, secretary of the natural and economic resources department of the grant approval. Senior Play Set Tonight The curtain goes up tonight at 7:80 p. m. In B. N. Barnes Auditorium on "Lock, Stock and Lipstick," a hilarious three-act comedy to be presented by members of the KMSHS Senior Class. Admission Is <1 for students and <3 ,, for adults. The play», set In the counseling oiXice of a school, Is under the direction of Oene Alexander. Wesley Nalrron as the hlg^ school guidance counselor and Sharon Pniltt as a young college student In her flrat year of counseling have the lead roles of the comedy. Nairon, who abhors the young teacher at first sight and hates the litter of tbigemall polish she leaves behind on hla desk, learns to Ukeherand her method of counseling problem students. By end of the second act, the play becomes almost a love story ' as romance blossom among students who visit the guidance counselors. It Is the annual senior class play and U students have roles In the production. Crime Unit At Church The city's new crime prevention bureau la now located In the former Kings Mountain Baptist Church Scout Hut and the telephone number , la 789-7444. Ptl. Houston Corn la the offlcer-ln- charge and Invites local cltlsens to contact him for speaking engagements and demonstrations on crime prevention. Home owners who wish to have their resldeneoa checked for security reasons and suggested changes and addltkms are also Invited to contact Officer Com who said he would be happy to aaalBt home owners In making their homea more secure against burglary and break-ln. A second staff change In the Kings Mountain Police Department assigns Ptl. David Bridges as planner for the police department He Is responsible for all planning, evaluation of projects, surveys, statistical data required by local, state and federal governments on f crime trends and analysis, working with Chief Earl Lloyd on short range and long range planning for ths department. Both new positions are funded with federal Law Enforcement Assistant Act grants obtained this year by the dty. A budget of <14,000, with five percent furnished by ths city for the first two years, has bean allocated to the planner's office. For the crime prevention bureau, a budget of <33,000 has been set up with 90 percent local monies. The van with printed materials, audio visual aids, locks and other crime prevention equipment for demon stration purposes. Is on order. The application was made by the Kings Mountain Lake Authority and the city board and was supported by the area senators and represen tatives In Raleigh. The mayor said the ai^Ucatlon was submitted In October 1970 and has taken until now to receive action by the state. “This construction Is the second of a five phase Improvement plan at the lake," Mayor Moss aidd. "We have about three more years to go before we can have all of outdoor recreational facilities planned become a reality." Future programs will Include the construrtlon of a marina, a services building and a camping site with 88 spaces. Also a bath house and a paddle boat dock. Existing now Is a boat launching area, ramps, parking facilities, a swimming beach and an ad ministration building. The lake Is now open for boating, siding and fishing. The swimming beach area will be open to the public on Sat., May 38. The lake faclUUee will be operational through Labor Day. "The new grant and the programs It will Implement are moat meaningful to Kings Mountains and area ciUMns," the Mayor said. “Wo are grateful to our elected representatives In the General Assembly for their support and to the state tor Its consideration.” The entire five stage Im provements program has already been designed by Gardner Oldley and Associates, outdoor recreation planners of Winston-Salem. r ^ // / \ / OVn^LOV^ -TlSmc. \ ■-