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Tragically this weekend saw a fifth drowning victim of the year at Lake Allatoona.
While the other victims were all young and drowned around Red Top Mountain Park, Joel Felix was in his thirties and was boating with family and friends near the Victoria Day Use Area when he decided to go swimming.
Cherokee County sheriff’s Sgt. Jay Baker said "Mr. Felix apparently became fatigued and went under the water and never resurfaced.”
Dive and rescue teams from Cherokee and Forysth counties, as well as from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, searched for Felix over the weekend and into the week without success.
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Cherokee County officials have passed an ordinance, establishing new rules for all-terrain vehicles and creating a maximum $1,000 fine for violators.
The measures were requested by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers who have had problems with ATVs around the lake.
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 Throughout the summer we ran a survey asking people about Lake Allatoona.
We wanted to find the best restaurants, marinas, parks and places to fish. We also aimed to find out more about you - the people who visit Allatoona in such large numbers every year. If you're interested, we also ran a similar survey for Lake Lanier.
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The Cherokee Outdoor Family YMCA on Lake Allatoona renamed its climbing tower for a Olen Reid Ashe III, a Georgia Tech student and former camp staffer killed in a skydiving accident.
The 60-foot structure will became the Reid Ashe Memorial Climbing Tower.
Toby Bramblett, YMCA executive director, described Ashe as a "rock for this facility" in his role as action learning coordinator. For the past two summers, Ashe, of Richmond, Va., managed the YMCA's climbing towers and lead off-site climbing trips.
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 The Acworth Parks and Recreation Department will be hosting a family movie night in the park on Saturday, August 23. The movie “Surf’s Up” will be shown on a giant inflatable screen at Cauble Park. The movie will begin at dusk. This is a free event for the public. Parking will be available downtown at the library and city hall with shuttle service to the park.
For more information, contact (770) 917 – 1234 or visit www.acworth.org/aprd. |
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 The 4th Annual Acworth Women’s Sprint Triathlon was a great success at Lake Allatoona on Sunday August 10.
The event was held at Dallas Landing. The competitors swam 400 yards, cycled 13 miles and then finished with a 5K run that ended in downtown Acworth. Kim Dunker (Athens), Katie June (Roswell) and Barbara Chandler (Atlanta) finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively. Ms Dunker took 1:09:34 to finish all three stages.
The event raised money for Ovarian Cancer Research and was sanctioned by USAT, the national governing body for the sport of triathlon. |
 The Acworth Business Association and the City of Acworth are holding an Arts and Crafts Festival called "Love the Lake".
It will be on Labor Day Weekend, Saturday, August 30, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.. The festival will have arts and crafts, food,entertainment, and a kids zones with inflatables.
General Festival Information
What: Arts and Crafts Festival, Food, Entertainment, Kids Zone with Inflatables
When: Saturday, August 30, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, August 31, 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Where: Lake Acworth Beach at Cauble Park
Parking: Look for Shuttle Stop Signs in Downtown Acworth
Find out more at Acworth.org.
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The 23rd Annual Great Lake Allatoona Cleanup will take place on September 13, 2008.
The cleanup was started in 1986 and was the first of its kind in Georgia. Last year it drew over 3800 volunteers who picked up over 33 tons of trash.
GLAC Picnic at Riverside Day Use Area
The Cleanup will end with a picnic at the Riverside Day Use Area from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Volunteers can make their way over after cleaning their area. There will be entertainment, giveaways, and prizes will be awarded for the strangest trash items collected. Don't forget to bring folding chairs or a blanket to sit on.
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Lake Allatoona has suffered an unusual number of drownings this year, with a fourth victim over the weekend. Miguel Ramos, 18 years old and from Athens, drowned at Red Top Mountain Park while trying to swim from one side of a cove to the other.
Tragically, the other three victims this year were of a similar age and died in a similar way. The AJC quotes a Bartow County coroner as saying "That's what seems to occur in a lot of these drownings. They don't seem to realize how much effort it takes to swim that far.
Lake Lanier has also seen an usual number of drowning this year. |
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Unfortunately a third student has drowned on in Allatoona in three months. A Bartow County teen drowned late Monday afternoon in a Lake Allatoona cove popular with local high schoolers.
The 17-year-old victim went under after swimming about one-eighth of a mile across the cove, located on the backside of Red Top Mountain in Bartow County, said Bartow Coroner Joel Guyton. He was about 40 yards from the shore when he began to struggle.
A female friend tried to save him but "he was too heavy for her," the coroner said. The teen was a fairly experienced swimmer, according to Guyton.
The teen was identified Tuesday as Byron Sides of White. |
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