This article summarizes a local newspaper article about the methamphetamine problem in Missouri and Nodaway County. It discusses how Missouri leads the nation in meth lab seizures but Nodaway County has reported few seizures. Local law enforcement and treatment experts believe the county has a significant drug problem even if fewer labs are found, and meth is increasingly coming from outside sources rather than being domestically produced. Officials are seeking tips from the community to help address the ongoing drug issues.

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THE SHOW-ME(TH) STATE
local leaders discuss the nature
of Missouri's drug lab problem
By Kenny LarabeezyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA
.CommuninJ News Editor
Like a violent Midwest
storm, methamphetamine
has left a destructive wake in
its path.
Families have been torn
apart, young teens' futures
jeopardized and lives ruined.
It's been along storm. And
perhaps no state has peen hit
harder tllan Missour],
With 1,487 methamphet-
amine laboratory incidents
in 2008, Missouri leads the
nation in the seizure of meth
labs, according to data from
the National Seizure System
released earlier this month.
And Missouri has led the way
since 200l.
But of those 1,487 labs
.seized, none were reported
from Nodaway County. In
2007, the county reported just
one such incident. In 2Q06,
again, just One Iab seizure.
So is Nodaway County
the exception in a state chock
full of meth problems? Nod-
away County Sheriff Dar-
ren: White said he wasn't so
sure.
"I've said all along 'We
have a huge drug problem
inthis county.' And I stand
behind that. We have a huge
drug problem," Wb:i:tesaid.
"The only way we're going to
accomplish any success is by
going out and attacking that
problem."
[ust barely a month into
the job, the ;newsheriff said he
and his department worked
with Maryville Public Safety,
the Missouri State Patrol and
the police departments from
Savannah and Tarkio to crack
down on one meth lab already
this year.
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Oren G. Trimble, 37,
Ravenwood, was arrested
on Feb. 4 and charged with
attempt to manufacture meth-
amphetamine by the Nodaway
County Sheriff's Department.
The charge, filed by Nodaway
County Prosecuting Attorney
David Baird, says that Trimble
tried to usepilIs to make a sub-
stance usable m the process of
making methsmphetamines.
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Continued from A 1
Trimble is now in the custody
of the Nodaway County Sheriff's
Department on a $50,000 bond for
the class B felony.
Methamphetamine is a white,
bitter-tasting powder that can be
smoked, snorted, injected or taken
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that affects the central nervous
system by releasing high levels of
the brain chemical dopamine, cre-
ating a euphoric "high" that can
last for as long as 12hours, accord-
ing to the u.s.Drug Enforcement
Administration.
Mike Thompson has been
involved with addiction treat-
ment for 23 years for employers
such as the Maryville Treatment
Center and the Family Guidance
Center. Inworking to rehabilitate
meth addicts, Thompson said the
level of addiction that comes from
meth-use is significant.
"On a scale of one to 10, it's
probably a 12. I'm not exaggerat-
ing. It has a huge physical addic-
tion to it," Thompson said. "In
the mid-'80s, the drug that was
the hardest to treat was crack/
cocaine. Methamphetamine is 10
times worse."
Part of the prevalenre ofmeth
stems from the fact that it's cheap
and easy to make, Thompson
said. The ingredients for meth are
available at local hardware and
grocery stores.
But homemade meth-making
may be down, Thompson said,
because of laws - including a
2005 bill signed by Governor
Matt Blunt that requires retailers
to monitor and limit the sale of .
drugs used in making rneth -
that make it harder for producers
to get the necessary ingredients.
Now, the drug is coming more
and more from Mexico, Thomp-
son said.
"It's still coming to our com-
munity, there's still lots of meth
here, you're just not going to see
so many meth busts because now
they have to catch the guy selling
the actual drug," Thompson said.
"There's no trail."
A check with Maryville retail-
ers Wal-Mart and Hy-Vee con-
firmed that the stores limit the
sale of pseudoephedrines-i- a key
ingredient of meth - to 3.6 grams
a day or 9 grams a month.
Maryville Public Safety Direc-
tor Keith Wood said his depart-
ment has provided local mer-
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chants with training in the past,
and those merchants will call his
department when a large or sus-
picious sale of pseudoephedrines
takes place.
Like Thompson, Wood said
he has heard of methamphet-
amines coming in from outside
the county,
"Meth production on a
nationwide level has probably
been down, not because use has
gone away, but because there has
been a stream of Mexican meth,"
Wood said. "They cou.ld make it
down there, ship it up here and
distribute it, and it was cheaper
on the street than people trying
to make it."
He did say those numbers
could be cyclical however, and
that local meth production could
be on-the rise again.
Both Wood and White said
cracking down on the drug could
come with help from those in the
community. Both law enforcement
agencies look into anonymous
tips from citizens. TIps carry more
a-edibility when accompanied by
a name, and names are always
withheld from the public. But
both concede they understand
why citizens would like to with-
hold their identities when dealing
with drug-related crimes.
Still, White said, getting help
from the community is the key to
fighting crime.
"We are only able to solve
crime because the people choose
to get involved. And whenpeople
get involved, that's when you
get the information," Wlute said.
"I think the people lost so much
trust that they weren't giving
information. Now, they look at
what's going on and they're will-
ing to come forward, they're will-
ing to give that information and
they're willing to put their name
on it and say 'Yes, Isaw this: or
'Iknow about this.'"
A neighbor with traffic com-
ing and going, especially for short
periods of time, is a form of suspi-
cious activity that people should
look out for, Wood said.
So while it may be difficu.1t
to substantiate the level of meth
Llse in the county, Thompson
said that he felt there's been some
headway.
"They've actually been able to
control, not eradicate, but control
the private meth labs," Thompson
said. "We're winning, but we've
got a long way to go."

3. Panthers overcome big
deficit to shock Falcons
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continued from B1 ran it He just made a bad by a heavy pass rush, but
choice;that was a bad football found Kressig streaking paral-
At halftime, those people play," Stott said. "But the thing lel with him along the back of
probably thought even less of about Kale and the rest of the end zone. McCubbins hit
the Panthers' chances. these guys is they've listened Kressig perfectly in stride, giv-
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conference leader and Dis- come out and they do it better of the game, 20-16.
trict 9 favorites, the Falcons the next time." "On at least two of our
took Panther turnovers and After the game, several touchdown passes, our initial
parlayed them into apparent Panthers said the win came receivers weren't open," Stott
back-breakers in the first half. from being a close-knit team. said. "Kale was able to break
One play after Fayette's Mikey The Falcons meanwhile, start- a couple tackle,s and it's just
Thompson intercepted a Kale ed to self-destruct. like we tell our guys, 'You
McCubbins pass in the first On the third play of the can't cover for eight or nine
quarter, Ryan Sherman raced Panthers' first possession of seconds.'"
83 yards to give the Falcons an the second half, the Falcons Now the momentum was
early lead. were flagged for a IS-yard solidly on the Panthers' side,
The Falcons used a fake pass interference penalty. and when McCubbins ran in
punt to setup their next score, After the flag, another Fal- his second touchdown of the
a 14-yard touchdown by Fay- con was penalized for an un- game later in the fourth quar-
ette's Ethan Boulden.As alight sportsmanlike penalty, giving t~ the Panthers were well on
rain started coming down, the the Panthers a 30-yard gain on their way to a 27-16 victory
F"4:ons led 16-()with 1:20left the play. Two plays later, the and a 1-0district record.
irr.ne first half. Falcons gave the Panthers 15 "It's probably the best
The Panthers switched to more yards on a roughing the feeling I've ever had in my
a two-minute offense to try passer penalty. life. We were in the locker
and get a score before half- McCubbins took advan- room, it was 16-(),everybody
time. McCubbins completed tage, running a QB-keeper up had their heads down and the
two quick passes before find- themiddle for a 14-yardtouch- seniors just picked us up," Me-
ing Shane Kressig on a 47-yard down to cut the lead to 10. Cubbins said. ''We scored four
gain that fellow wide receiver Kressig made another big touchdowns in the second half
Alex Mcfadden called "the play for the Panthers on the ... there's about nothing more
greatest catch" he'd ever seen. Falcons' next drive, intercept- you could ask for."
But on the very next play, ing a Dalton Lenoir pass and After the game, the rain
McCubbins rolled right and, . returning it to the Falcon 30- had let up, but Stott still found
looking to make something yard line. himself soaked from a post-
happen, threw an interception Two plays later, McCub- game drenching from the
to Fayette's Shane-Pletcher, bins dodged a Falcon pass- team's water bucket. After
"Tome I kind of felt like I rusher and spied a wide-open several near misses and grow-
just kind of killed the' game," Mcfadden in the back.of the ing pains, his team had finally
McCubbins said. '1 went into end zone. Two Falcon defend- won a big game over a big
the locker room and I talked ers bit on a slant by another opponent and his excitement
to all of the coaches, talked to Panther wide out, leaving Mc- spilled over.
coach Armentrout. They just Fadden wide open, he said. '1 just love these kids,
told me I had to shake it off. '1 was wide open. I was man. I can't even explain it.
That's one thing you have to yelling for Kale and he was They played so hard and so
do as a quarterback is shake scrambling," Mcfadden said. well in the second half," Stott
off your mistakes. I tried and "He finally saw me and threw said. "I'm telling you what, I
it looks like I did a pretty good it up and right away I knew it don't know if I'm going to be
job ofit, I guess." was a touchdown." able to live without football
Despite the interception, McCubbins delivered _season when it does end be-
Salisbury co-head coach Kirk again after dodging another cause this group of kids are
Stott said McCubbins showed bullet early in the fourth. On the best group of kids I've ever
a lot of tenacity in recovering fourth-and-25 from the Pan- been around. I'd take them as
from the play. ther 3O-yardline, McCubbins my own. I just love them to
"He knew he could have was flushed out of the pocket death."

5. COLUMNzyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHG'I,zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA
Editors love
for sports
food goes far
. As' a fine connoisseur of buff~l~' wings
, however, ther~ are a few things that bother,
me. Like.boneless buffalo,.:wih.gs..Don't take,
'away the bone and all of the flavor.that g?es
with it and still call it a buffalo wmg. It s a
. 'chicken strip. Some people never learn that
you shouldn't mess with perfection.
And then there are those people that
accompany me to sports bars and get' mad
when 'I tell them the wings aren't hot.
Through blurry eyes my friends accuse me
of not having a stomach. Hey, if all you can
handle is ice cream go watch figure skating,
I'm turning it to football.
, Did 'you know that the birthday of the
buffalo wing is in October and that they
were invented at the Anchor Bar in Buf-
falo, N.Y. in 1964? Like many old stories,
the' sands' of time have clouded the facts
and some doubt remains as to the validity
of that claim - sort of like whether or not ,
Babe Ruth 'Was actually calling his shot in
the 1932World Series or why Mitch Holthus
bellows, "Touchdown, Kansas -City," when
the Chiefs are down by 35 points - but that
story tends to be the most generally accept-
ed.' '
And if you think I'm alone in my pas-
sion for the buffalo wing, consider this:
.78,000 people attended 'the National Buffalo
Wing Festival in Buffalo, N.Y.this year, con-
suming 27 tons of wings and raising more
than $105,000 for charity during the first six
years of the event. .
, Last year I crossed off a trip to the ~ro
Football Hall of Fame from my to-do list,
next year, 1think a trip to western New York
, is in order. ,
. So while you may disagree with my as-
sessment that Yankee fans and Red Sox fans
,deserve each other or that a 16-team playoff
in college football is a terrible idea, push a
plate a wings in front of me and I'll listen to
your rant. ' . '
. Personally.I can't think of a better way
.to spend an afternoon.
The great thing about
being a sports columnist is
being able to write about'
things that I love. How cool
is it that I spend my days,
telling people how 'great
. college football games from '
the 80s'on ESPN Classic are,
'. or that I'd rather root for
~e Russians in' the Olym- KennyLarabee
PlCS than be forced to cheer, Sports Editor
on the Dallas Cowboys?' '
I've got the green light for pretty much
anything. If I want to rant about how NA-
SCAR drivers aren't athletes or that Tiger
WOOdsneeds an attitude adjustment, I can. I
can reminisce about what fans had to do be-
fore ~ve.rygame had the score, batting count
'. and ,mrung along the top of-the screen or tell
, you how I think Lcould Stump the Schwab
if they left out questions about tennis and
women's soccer: ,"
Really, he has to be the only person on
.the planet that commits that nonsense to
memory.
But this week, I'm going to write about
something very near and dear to my heart,
something I've felt warranted its own col-
umn ever since I became a sports writer: the
buffalo wing. ' ,
Just as much as pep bands 'and tunnel
wa~s are a part of sports atmosphere, so
too 1S great sports food. It's just to me that
buffalo wings are a little more so.
, Maybe it's because, in addition to brats
hot dogs and flat beer, I associate buffalo
wings with great sports memories.
Maybe it's the fact that I've eaten a
150,000 Scoville Heat Unit (SHU) buffalo
wing and lived to tell about it (if you need to
know how hot that is, think of Homer Simp-
son in EI Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro [omer
(The Mysterious Voyage of Homer) when
he eats the Merciless Peppers of Quetzlza-
catenango and then talks to a coyote with
the voice 'of Johnny Cash. Yeah, you get the
picture).