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August 20, 2014 | forsythherald.com | 73,500 circulation Revue & News, Johns Creek Herald, Milton Herald & Forsyth Herald combined | 50¢ | Volume 17, No. 33
Teen wakeboarder sets eyes on pro career Rare disorder serves as fuel By ALDO NAHED aldo@forsythherald.com CUMMING, Ga. — Jenna Malcolm can do backflips (tantrums) on her wakeboard. What Malcolm, 15, a competitive wakeboarder, is really working toward is perfecting landing her 360. “When I’m out there, I feel very strong and independent,” Malcolm said. It’s something she doesn’t feel a lot. Malcolm has a rare disorder — postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) — where her autonomic system doesn’t work correctly and her blood pressure will drop, her heart will race really fast to compensate and that can cause her to pass out. “A lot of times, I’m not very
independent with this, so when I’m wakeboarding I feel free,” Malcolm said. “I’m out there doing my thing and I’m free and it’s just me.” When she was 12, her cardiologist told her to quit wakeboarding. There’s always a possibility that her blood pressure will drop and she will pass out in the water, or she will forget to do something crucial in the middle of a flip. But instead of fear, Malcolm is energized to keep pushing the limits of women’s wakeboarding. “Human beings have a fire inside of them that cannot be extinguished,” she said. “We just have to use our setbacks as fuel to this flame. I didn’t want it to stop me from doing what I love.” Malcolm drinks a lot of fluids and has to undergo weekly intravenous therapy. Other than that, the homeschooled junior doesn’t let anything hold her back from making her dream a reality. “I would consider myself driven at it. I want to learn it; if I can’t
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Jenna Malcolm, 15, practices wakeboarding tricks at Lake Lanier.
Concern over waste facility grows County line recycling facility seeks to expand into waste processing By ALDO NAHED aldo@forsythherald.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – More than 100 organized and concerned residents who live on the border of Milton and Forsyth County showed up to a stand-
ing room only meeting to discuss the expansion of a recycling facility. At the informational meeting on Aug. 14 at Midway Warehouse in Alpharetta, residents voiced their opposition to Advanced Disposal Recycling Services’ proposed expansion, which would likely bring in municipal waste and double the facility’s size to 76,000 square feet, if approved. Forsyth County Commissioner Todd
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Residents at a meeting last week learn more about the expansion of a recycling facility in Forsyth County.