Sweetwater Creek

METRO AND GEORGIA IN BRIEF

Two kayakers stranded in Sweetwater Creek

Author: From staff and news services Date: October 8, 1995 Publication: The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution Page Number: F/2 Word Count: 628

Two experienced kayakers were stranded on a small island on Sweetwater Creek inside Sweetwater Creek State Park in Lithia Springs for more than 24 hours after their small craft was swept away. Robbie Martin and Scott Dalton, both of Lithia Springs, huddled together all of Friday night and most of Saturday as they waited for rescuers. Rescue attempts were thwarted several times because Douglas County firefighters and volunteers could not get across the rain-swollen creek to the small island