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Police to enforce rules on Moss Lake
Stricter enforcement of the rules and regulations
on the waters of Moss Lake will follow in the wake
of two summer drownings.
Kings Mountain Police Chief Warren Goforth,
who called off Wednesday the official search for the
second missing man feared drowned, said that a
change in rules may be "inconvenient but they will
save lives."
Goforth every person in a boat riding on the lake
must wear a life jacket at all times and he will recom-
mend to City Council and City Manager George
Wood that the police department be given the author-
ity to strictly enforce those rules.
UF off
to good
beginning
A total of $25,958.38 or 21 per-
cent of the goal of $ 121,500 was
reported at Friday's kick-off of the
1994 United Fund campaign for 16
charitable causes. ;
"We are so pleased,” said
Chairman Jay Rhodes, who is en-
couraging Kings Mountain citizens
to complete the goal by 5 p.m. on
November 30.
President Maude Norris recog-
nized divisional chairmen and the
various agencies funded by United
Fund ut the luncheon at Holiday
Inn, taking the occasion to thank
those who had made early-bird do-
nations and asking those who
haven't to do so by the deadline.
Rev. Robert Haynes, pastor of
Temple Baptist Church, and
Melanie McDaniel, director of the
Cleveland County Youth
Assistance Program, were speak-
ers. Haynes thanked United Fund
for their contributions to the Crisis
Ministry, a program of the Helping
Hand Fund of Kings Mountain
Ministerial Association, and to the
Chaplain's Service at Kings
Mountain Hospital. Gifts of
$14,500 from United Fund dona-
tions help support these programs.
"The Crisis Ministry is all the
name implies,” said Haynes. He
said that many needy families have
benefited with fuel, medicine and’
from the popular Food Bank.
McDaniel said the Youth
Assistance Program is an agency
funded for the first time by Kings
Mountain United Fund. She said
the $1500 will help young people
of the community who are in crisis
situations and who are matched
with caring volunteers.
Goforth closed Moss Lake thrée days this week as
divers, aided by solar devices, and rescue teams
searched for Carl Howell Sr., 48. Howell and his 24-
tion.
year-old son Carl Jr. were hurled into the lake
Saturday morning when their 17-foot Astro bass boat
shifted abruptly to the left. The younger man's efforts
to save his father were futile.
Goforth said the two Shelby fishermen fell out of
the boat piloted by Howell Sr. after the boat hit-a
wave. Neither was wearing a life preserver.
The cause of the accident is still under investiga-
Goforth said that divers and rescuers will return to
the lake Saturday and Sunday to resume the search.
Two boats were randomly searching the lake
Wednesday morning for the bodies of Howell and
Viengkeo Sinnorai, of Kings Mountain, who
drowned July 20. Sinnorari fell into Moss Lake when
he tried to rescue his 9-year-old daughter after she —
tumbled from their boat.
"We're not quitting the search,” said Goforth. He
said that lake officers are on duty daily.
Horrified lake residents, including a family mak-
ing preparations for an outdoor Saturday wedding,
called rescue workers, who pulled the younger
FUN IN THE SUN - Haley Lail, fc
Prayer at the school
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER - Kings Mountain High School students and adults joined a nation-wide
prayer for peace chain around the school flag at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. Tim Echols led the prayer.
Students wore blue and white arm bands of flags and stars. ''See You At The Poles'’ was the theme of
the brief service. A prayer service was also held at Kings Mountain Middle School.
Moss Lake improvements approved
Seventeen requests for improve-
ments to theirs and the city's right-
of-ways at Moss Lake were ap-
proved by the Moss Lake
Commission Monday night.
The city is beginning lowering
of the lake and has informed prop-
erty owners that it's now the time
to make necessary improvements.
Chairman Joe Smith said that re-
quests were granted, pending ap-
proval of the City Council at the
September 28 meeting to: :
James F. Chitty wants to clear
Lot 13. Clodibe is to prepare for
yur-year-old daughter of Lisa and
Steve Lail, slides through the sliding tunnel at Deal Street Park on a
sunny afternoon.
possible seawall and a pier to be
built. Application for seawall and
pier will follow once plans are
complete.
Stephen Jones wants. to cut
trees, shrubs and remove stump for
a possible future dock or seawall.
Colon J. Goode wants to install a
2 HP Toro pump with no tank and
two inch'water line.
Thomas J. Prosser wants to re-
“move vegetation, grade the shore-
line and line the shoreline with rip-
Speaking
GROVER - The subject of
speaking or not speaking at public
meetings never came up at
Monday night's Council meeting.
At the end of a nearly two-hour
meeting and after an executive ses-
sion, Mayor Ronald Queen gave
each of the 40 people present three
minutes to express their views. He
recommended they get on the
agenda for the next meeting but he
welcomed them and said "please
come back and attend every meet-
ing."
"Grover hasn't changed and I'm
here to see that Grover doesn't,"
sti
Virginia Sherlin wants to build a
75 feet brick and concrete retaining
wall.
Ronald Lee Goble wants to add
50 feet of a cement sea wall.
John Harry want so remove low
growing shrubs and weeds.
James M. Ross wants to extend a
concrete wall to 50 feet to prevent
further erosion and trees from
falling in the water.
Michael J. Bolt wants to com-
plete an existing pier and to con-
struct a Keystone seawall.
said the mayor, apparently alluding
to no change in the placement on
the agenda where citizens could be
recognized for questions and con-
cerns. Several citizens took an op-
portunity to ask about street paving
and to commend the mayor for
putting more lights on Main Street
but most didn't take the public
speaking opportunity.
Nine citizens were named to
Grover's first Planning and Zoning
Board. They include Robert Roper,
Max Rollins, Tommy Keeter,
Kathy Neely, Fain Hambright;
David Chadwick, and Jack
Howell to safety. Shelby boat dealer Ronnie Walker,
who had sold Howell Sr. the boat earlier in the year,
helped police get the boat stopped.
The younger Howell had recently ended a tour of
military duty and was joining his father for their first
lake outing since his return.
Saturday's accident was the second fatality at Moss
years.
Lake this summer. It'was the third accident in eight
"The new rules may be inconvenient to people
who travel the waters but saving lives is the impor-
tant thing," said Goforth.
Schools to study
Central price tag
Within the next month, Kings
Mountain School Board members
must decide whether to commit al-
most a million dollars to renovat-
ing the old Central School facility,
build a new Superintendent's office
for basically the same amount of
money, or delay action on the pro-
ject.
Bids for the project came in last
week at $901,817 which is about
$400,000 more than the system
first anticipated the project costing
but "pretty close” to what architect
Roger Holland expected, he told
the board at Monday night's
monthly meeting at Kings
Mountain High School.
The board detdyed action on the
matter hoping contractors can cut
their estimates in the next 30 days.
Holland anid Supt. Bob McRae
both doubt that will happen.
McRae said the board could
delete some of the items such as
new cabinets, new. carpet and tile,
painting. etc., but that would still
leave a cost of $769,437 which is
still more money than the system
has on hand for capital outlay.
McRae said the schools have
about a half-million dollars on
hand that could go into the project.
If costs do not increase drastically
over the next 12 to 18 months, the
system would have enough funds
to go ahead with the project then.
McRae had hoped that the
$500,000 available during this
school year would have allowed
the system to go ahead with basic
renovations that would "get us into
the building." However, he said it
would probably be mid-year of the
1994-95 school year before that
could happen.
McRae said the school board's
options at this point are:
| allowed at Grover
Herndon. Councilman Herndon;
who is also active on the county
planning board, agreed to serve un-
til after the upcoming election. The
members will hold an organization-
al meeting to elect a chairman and
to begin the process of mapping
the town.
Both Hambright and Keeter said
they looked forward to the appoint-
ment and praised Council for start-
ing the ball rolling for orderly
planning and zoning. a
After a review of several ordi-
nances by City Attorney Mickey
Corry, the board approved ordi-
"There's not a veal good
way to delete a lot of this
project.”
-Architect Roger Holland
1 - To drop plans for the project.
2 - Bank the $500,000 and re-bid
the project next year.
3 - Go back to the drawing board
and choose the absolute require-
ments that must be done to occupy
the building.
Holland said the absolute re-
quirements include most of the
items already bid, such as an eleva-
tor for accessibility by the handi-s,
capped, a sprinkler system, bring-
ing plumbing and electrical
systems up to codes, and sub-di-
viding space for office use.
“There's not a real good way to
delete a lot of this project,"
Holland said. Holland said he
would rather see the entire project
done at one time because the sys-
tem would probably create addi-
tional expense if it tries to "piece-
meal” it together.
McRae said after the meeting
that the system could build a new
building at basically the same cost
as renovating Central, but the
board is not considering that option
at present. A new superintendent's
office would require about 15,000
square feet of space in a one-story
structure. Central has 25,000
square feet in a three-story struc-
ture. To build a new superintenden-
t's office on the Central grounds, it
would either have to be placed at
the back corner of the property or
the old school would have to be de-
molished.
See Central, 6-A
meetings
nances regulating the control of
stray dogs and also the removal of
junk cars, delegating enforcement
to the police chief. Corry was
asked to draft an ordinance to regu-
late smoking in public buildings
and city vehicles prior to October
14 when a state ordinance will
mandate that 20 percent of a public
building must be designated for
smokers. The board also adopted
an ordinance requiring all busi-
nesses to apply for and”be issued
an occupational license each year.
The fee schedule is to be adopted
See Grover, 3-A
Watchdog committee has its eye on Grover Town Council
GROVER - A political action
watchdog committee is gearing up
and circulated its first edition of
"Citizens for Good Government”
this week, a prelude to what one of
thee promoters calls one of the
hottest elections in the county this
fall:
Bud Wilson, Kings Mountain’
native who moved back to the
Grover area from Charlotte, said
the group will sponsor a commu-
nity-wide political forum prior to
November 2 and invite participa-
tion from all 10 candidates for
three scats on Council. In addition,
candidates will get questionnaires
from Wilson and Rev. John Evans,
co-founders of CGG, which in-
cludes a total of 15 members from
the community representing a wide
variety of occupations.
"On June 1 Grover voters nar-
rowly defeated a petition to ap-.
prove off-premise beer and wine
sales and that campaign sparked
grassroots involvement on both
sides of the alcohol fence," said
Wilson. He said that many of the
people who signed up for this fall's
town council race were involved in
beer and wine campaigns.
Evans said thé interest in the up-
coming clection was evidenced by
the packed crowd at Monday
night's Council meeting. Neither
Evans or Wilson were on the agen-
da but Evans said after the meeting
that the watchdog committee was
formed to warn the voters of
Grover against complacency. "With
a ficld of 10 candidates and
Grover's future on the line, nothing
can be taken for granted,” he said.
Programs by CGG Walchdog
will include an anti-drug motiva-
tional spcaker at a town mecting,
sponsoring a candidates’ forum at
town hall prior to the clection, the
publication of regular issucs of the
CGG Watchdog to keep voters
abreast of the issues, publishing the
candidates stand on those, issues
and plenty of old-fashioned cam-
paigning. 3
"God's pcople desperately need
to get involved concerning local,
state and national government,”
said Evans, ficld representative at
Clearview Baptist Church in
Grover and a lcader in the recent
successful "dry" campaign.
Wilson said that no candidates
have been endorsed but he didn't
rule out that the watchdog commit-
tce may endorse and support candi-
‘See Citizens, 3-A
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