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THE SHOW-ME(TH) STATElocal 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

in this 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 ;new sheriff 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.

Methamphetamine Laboratory Incident Totals

15000

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1,487

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2005 2006 2007 2008

Year

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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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

orally.zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBAIt is a highly addictive drug

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."

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The Falcons used a fake pass interference penalty. and when McCubbins ran inpunt to setup their next score, After the flag, another Fal- his second touchdown of thea 14-yard touchdown by Fay- con was penalized for an un- game later in the fourth quar-ette's Ethan Boulden. As a light sportsmanlike penalty, giving t~ the Panthers were well onrain started coming down, the the Panthers a 30-yard gain on their way to a 27-16 victoryF"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 mya two-minute offense to try passer penalty. life. We were in the lockerand get a score before half- McCubbins took advan- room, it was 16-(),everybodytime. McCubbins completed tage, running a QB-keeper up had their heads down and thetwo quick passes before find- the middle 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 fourgain that fellow wide receiver Kressig made another big touchdowns in the second halfAlex Mcfadden called "the play for the Panthers on the ... there's about nothing moregreatest 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 rainMcCubbins rolled right and, . returning it to the Falcon 30- had let up, but Stott still foundlooking to make something yard line. himself soaked from a post-happen, threw an interception Two plays later, McCub- game drenching from theto Fayette's Shane-Pletcher, bins dodged a Falcon pass- team's water bucket. After

"To me 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 finallyMcCubbins said. '1 went into end zone. Two Falcon defend- won a big game over a bigthe locker room and I talked ers bit on a slant by another opponent and his excitementto 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 sodo as a quarterback is shake scrambling," Mcfadden said. well in the second half," Stottoff your mistakes. I tried and "He finally saw me and threw said. "I'm telling you what, Iit looks like I did a pretty good it up and right away I knew it don't know if I'm going to bejob of it, 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 areStott said McCubbins showed bullet early in the fourth. On the best group of kids I've evera lot of tenacity in recovering fourth-and-25 from the Pan- been around. I'd take them asfrom the play. ther 3O-yard line, McCubbins my own. I just love them to

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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?eswith it and still call it a buffalo wmg. It s a

. 'chicken strip. Some people never learn thatyou shouldn't mess with perfection.

And then there are those people thataccompany me to sports bars and get' madwhen 'I tell them the wings aren't hot.Through blurry eyes my friends accuse meof not having a stomach. Hey, if all you canhandle is ice cream go watch figure skating,

I'm turning it to football., Did 'you know that the birthday of thebuffalo wing is in October and that theywere invented at the Anchor Bar in Buf-falo, N.Y. in 1964? Like many old stories,the' sands' of time have clouded the factsand some doubt remains as to the validityof that claim - sort of like whether or not ,Babe Ruth 'Was actually calling his shot inthe 1932World Series or why Mitch Holthusbellows, "Touchdown, Kansas -City," whenthe Chiefs are down by 35 points - but thatstory 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 BuffaloWing Festival in Buffalo, N.Y.this year, con-suming 27 tons of wings and raising morethan $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 playoffin college football is a terrible idea, push aplate 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 aboutbeing a sports columnist isbeing able to write about'things that I love. How coolis 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- KennyLarabeePlCS than be forced to cheer, Sports Editoron the Dallas Cowboys?' '

I've got the green light for pretty muchanything. If I want to rant about how NA-SCAR drivers aren't athletes or that TigerWOOdsneeds an attitude adjustment, I can. Ican 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 andwomen's soccer: ,"

Really, he has to be the only person on.the planet that commits that nonsense tomemory.

But this week, I'm going to write aboutsomething very near and dear to my heart,something I've felt warranted its own col-umn ever since I became a sports writer: thebuffalo wing. ' ,

Just as much as pep bands 'and tunnelwa~s are a part of sports atmosphere, sotoo 1S great sports food. It's just to me thatbuffalo wings are a little more so.

, Maybe it's because, in addition to bratshot dogs and flat beer, I associate buffalowings with great sports memories.

Maybe it's the fact that I've eaten a150,000 Scoville Heat Unit (SHU) buffalowing and lived to tell about it (if you need toknow how hot that is, think of Homer Simp-son in EI Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro [omer(The Mysterious Voyage of Homer) whenhe eats the Merciless Peppers of Quetzlza-catenango and then talks to a coyote withthe voice 'of Johnny Cash. Yeah, you get thepicture).