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Joe Unternahrer, head girls basketball coach at Tarkio High School, takes his own version of a Plunge for Landon. The Shaw family has raised more than $60,000.

Communities accept icy challenges for family

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LAUREN MCCOY

Assistant News Editor | @McCoy014

Blood may be thicker than water, but in the case of

5-month-old Landon Shaw, water is making quite an impact.
Landon Shaw was diagnosed with a rare childhood
cancer, atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor, at 4 months
old, and since then his little body has undergone intense
measures in an effort to battle the disease. With his left
kidney and the majority of a brain tumor removed, a ventriculoperitoneal shunt to drain excess fluid from around
the brain, a feeding tube and a Hickman line placement to
administer chemotherapy, Landon Shaws little body has
already been through a war, but the end is not in sight yet.
A Facebook page titled Plunge for Landon appeared
March 30, and the description explained the idea: videotape yourself plunging into cold water and challenging
three other people to do the same with the vow to donate
a certain amount of money for each person who follows
through with your challenge.
The videos that appeared from Tarkio citizens and other Northwest Missouri citizens were just the first drops in
the bucket, and the ripples grew larger and larger as more

people began diving into any body of water they could find
to show support for the sick little boy and his family.
As of April 8, nearly 30,000 people had joined the
page, innumerable videos were uploaded and the plunges
raised more than $60,000.
With three other children to care for, jobs to worry
about and everyday life to face, Landon Shaws parents,
Brandon and Alyssa Shaw, are grateful for the overwhelming response.
I just thank God every day for every single one of
them that has helped us and our family, Alyssa Shaw said.
It helps us not be stressed about other things and just
worry about Landon.
People have plunged into bodies of water warm or
cold from coast to coast. Landon Shaws story has even

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Maryville boasts
first-year Campus
Town success
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Now known around the world, baby

Landon Shaw smiles for the camera.

Northwest searches for new

provost, names committee

BRANDON ZENNER

News Editor | @brandonzenner

After 18 years as a faculty

member at Northwest, Provost
Doug Dunham is months away
from replacement. Though the
move is tough for Dunham and
other faculty members, President John Jasinski has taken
the steps to find the next top
academic officer for Northwest.
In laymans terms, the provost is responsible for all academics at a university. From
properly using resources to
curriculum changes, the provost strives to make sure students are successful.
A committee assembled
by Jasinski will advise him

with feedback throughout the

process of hiring Dunhams
replacement. A projected time
line has the committee conducting a review of applications between April 22 and
May 16 and for on-campus interview recommendations by
May 16. If all goes as planned,
interviews will take place the
last week of May and into early
June, with a decision coming in
mid-June.
In the meantime, Joyce
Piveral, dean of the College of
Education and Human Services, will serve as interim provost.
We are at a unique juncture in our institutions history,

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Missouri sees decrease in methamphetamine lab busts, falls to third in national ranks
BRANDON ZENNER
News Editor | @brandonzenner

After a decade-long run as the state with the

most meth lab seizures, Missouri lost the distinction with decreases in 2013.
According to statistics by the Missouri State
Highway Patrol, Missouri saw a 25 percent decrease
from 2012 to 2013, from 2,006 to 1,496 seizures,
respectively. Though that it is double the amount
of busts in every state west of Missouri combined
(733), it is states east that have taken away Missouris number one ranking.
Numbers entered into the National Clandestine Laboratory Seizure System show that Indiana
held 1,797 busts, taking over the number one overall
ranking. Missouri fell to third after Tennessee saw

1,616 meth lab seizures. There were 11,573 overall

incidents in the United States last year.
Corporal Chris Hoffman of the Jefferson County Municipal Enforcement Group, a drug task force
near St. Louis, Mo., is in charge of leading the fight
in the state and country meth capital: Jefferson
County, Mo. The task force seized 223 labs in Jefferson County in 2013. The Drug Enforcement Agency
reports the county is second in meth lab incidents
between 2004 and 2012, only behind Tulsa County,
Okla. Nodaway County, Mo. reported no meth lab
seizures in 2013.
Hoffman is unsure if the high amount of busts
is a positive, but believes the numbers give the
wrong message to some.
The view of the numbers label us as the meth
lab capital, but that can be misleading. It means

that we have a command staff and hierarchy that

dedicates manpower, personnel, funding and resources to the act of combating meth labs, he said.
Recent laws only allowing the purchase of
prescription pseudoephedrine at pharmacies are
one of the possible reasons for the decrease. Once
pseudoephedrine is bought, the buyers information then goes into a database that tracks buying
patterns, which could eventually lead to investigation.
Pseudoephedrine, a nasal decongestant, works
by narrowing the blood vessels in the nasal passages, but is also the main ingredient in methamphetamine. When mixed with common household
items, such as ether, found in engine fluid;

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Housing near campus has always been a hot commodity, and as

the Campus Town Redevelopment
Incentive Program nears its first anniversary, students will find several
new options have popped up in the
area defined as Campus Town.
According to City Manager Greg
McDanel, CTRIP, the program designed to encourage the demolition
of sub-standard housing and foster
new construction, has produced better results than expected with three
applications already approved and
interest expressed from others within
the defined area.
The incentive in applying for
CTRIP is that applicants are potentially eligible for removal of all tipping fees for demolition debris at
the Maryville Transfer Station and
a waiver of all permit fees associated with redevelopment. These fees
could include water tap, sewer tap,
demolition, building, plumbing and
mechanical and electrical permit
fees. This cost incentive, coupled with
the idea of gaining more tenants, has
made the program appealing for several property owners.
Weve had three CTRIP applications approved in the Campus Town
Overlay District, which include the
project at Fifth and Walnut, Eighth
and Walnut and Ninth and Main,
McDanel said. All three had unsafe
and dangerous structures on them. In
fact, the Fifth and Walnut (one) had
two dilapidated and unsafe structures
and five trailers. All of those have
been removed, and I believe two duplexes are being built.
McDanel said one of the items on
the next City Council meeting agenda
is a planned unit development for the
Eighth Street and Walnut Street area.
The property manager removed
three unsafe and dangerous structures, and I think hes putting back in
an eight-plex, he said.
According to McDanel, the properties with the unsafe and dangerous

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Northwest officials are in search

of a student to serve as the liaison
for the Maryville City Council. The
student liaison is the voice of Northwest students and provides student
feedback to issues at City Council
meetings.
The student liaison position was
created in 2011,
and
outgoing
position-holder
Dannen Merril
says the experience he gained is
incomparable.
Being able
to serve the students of Northwest has been a
Dannen Merril
very rewarding
experience for me and will be for any
individual that takes on the role, he
said. Working with city, University
and student leadership was a challenging experience, especially when
it came to the proposed alcohol ordinances, but lessons learned will stick
with me for years down the road.
Merril says the chosen liaison
will gain much experience as the
city continues with the Fourth Street
Improvement Project and may come
back to alcohol-related ordinances.
Applications are available on the
Student Senate page on Northwests
website under forms and is due by 5
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the big pond, and videos have appeared from a soldier in Afghanistan
and individuals in Germany, South
Korea, Spain and Ireland.
Alyssa Shaw found it hard to believe the video spread so quickly.
Honestly, I woke up one morning,
got on Facebook and I saw a plunge,
and I thought that was kind of cool,
she said. Then it went on and on, and
then it went viral across the U.S. and
different countries; it was really cool.
Facebook has served as the central
launching point for events across Missouri and the country to gather participants in the plunges.
Trisha Proffitt has Maryville roots
but created an event to challenge her
co-workers where she lives now in
West Plains, Mo.
What Im doing is challenging all
of my friends and co-workers here at
Air Medical Group Holdings to come
out and take the plunge with me, Proffitt explained in an email. I met Alyssa several years ago when we worked
together at Wal-Mart in Maryville and
have been friends since we met. However, once I moved out of Maryville, we
lost touch.
When Proffitt heard about Landon, she immediately wanted to do
anything she could to help the family.
So far, I have 18 other people that
are going to take the plunge with me,
she said. Im thankful for the amazing
people who are donating and are taking the plunge with me; (it) touches
my heart they are willing to donate
when they dont know the family.
After 18-year-old Tanner Leroy
Anderson witnessed the police department in his hometown of Atlantic,
Iowa, doing the plunge, he dug and
found the reason behind it and began
organizing his own event. With 22
people behind him, Anderson is just
one of many continuing the trend of
donating to a cause despite having no
connection to the family.
Plunges have been reported in
Rhode Island, Michigan, Delaware,
Utah, California and everywhere in
between. Donations have come from
more than just the people doing the
actual jumping. After witnessing a
plunge into Lake Michigan, a man inquired about the reason behind it and
promptly pulled out his wallet to give
the plungers $30 toward their donation.
Alyssa Shaw said her pregnancy
had no complications, and the first
few months of her babys life held no
prediction for the hell the family would
soon be going through. She said up until recently, though, her little boy was
still the happy, smiling baby she had
come to know.
A video posted on Alyssa and
Brandon Shaws Facebook showed a
happy Landon at the end of March,
all grins and bright eyes with medical
tubes taped to his bare chest. Landon
Shaw cooed at the camera in response
to his mothers, Tell them hi! Tell
them all thank you! That smile has
since vanished from Landon Shaws
cherub-like face as he entered his second round of chemotherapy.
Before this second week of chemotherapy, he was happy, always
smiling, laughing he was his normal
self, she said. We couldnt believe
after having his kidney removed and
brain surgery he was this happy, but
this second round is what really did it
for him. Now he sleeps a lot, but I want
that for him. I want him to rest.
As of Saturday, April 5, Landon
Shaw was re-admitted to Childrens
Mercy for a fever.
We came back down here due
to a fever he spiked, Alyssa Shaw explained. In a cancer patient, you cant
give them Tylenol or anything, and a
fever to them is life threatening because they dont have the immune system to fight it off.
Landon Shaw received blood
transfusions, and Alyssa Shaw said he
was doing much better as of Sunday
night.
As the plunges go on and Landon
Shaw continues to fight for his life, his
mother summarized their journey with
three simple, heart-wrenching words:
Its not fair.

Mar. 14

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PROVOST
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and our next academic leader will face

a variety of exhilarating opportunities
and some challenges to help provide
balance, Jasinski said in a April 2 release. Our task is to find the right fit
for Northwest moving forward, and I
am thankful to these Provost Search
Committee members who have accepted my invitation.
The committee will consist of 10
committee members, including Matt
Baker, vice president of student affairs,
Cody Uhing, Student Senate president
, and Nola Bond, vice president of human resources and chair of the committee conducting the provost search.
Still in her first year in the posi-

METH
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ammonia nitrate, found in cold packs; lithium, found in

batteries; and water, meth is produced.
Hoffman says as many as 77 municipalities in Missouri have regulations or ordinances on pseudoephedrine
purchases, while some pharmacies have implemented a
prescription only policy on their own.
The implementing of prescription-only pseudoephedrine has been a great benefit to us combating meth
labs he said. We have seen a dramatic decrease in the
number of pseudoephedrine purchases at those, which has
a direct reflection on our numbers.
Missouri is also known in the meth world for having
smaller, mobile meth labs compared to super labs in
states such as California and in Mexico. Instances such as
a meth lab bust in Wright County March 1, where 95 labs
were seized in four locations at one time, may be the largest in the states history.

Though still early in the process,

Jasinski says there has been several
inquiries.
Our focus on student success is
very appealing to many people. Its
early in the process, but were optimistic, he said.
Northwest officials announced
that Dunham accepted the role of vice
president of academic affairs at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Mo.,
on March 13 and will resign June 30.
Though sad to leave Northwest, he has
some advice for his successor.
This is a fantastic job. We have a
culture where everyone takes personal
responsibility for our students success, Dunham said. Many universities make that claim; Northwest lives
it. Embrace and nurture that collective
attitude.

Weve seen a lot of our labs go smaller-scale, more

mobile, thus harder to combat and catch with the one pot
or shake and bake method, Hoffman said. With those
jurisdictions adopting those (ordinances) and others doing so on their own, the war on meth looks better and
better every day, not to say its ever going to go away completely.
Hoffman also says the state, and the Midwest, is seeing an influx in heroin, which is by far an epidemic.
As far as the top state for meth lab seizures, Sgt. Niki
Crawford, head of the Indiana State Police methamphetamine division, told the Indy Star she is unsure what the
numbers mean.
The problem is growing, and we are seeing more
meth labs. But there is also a lot of good police work being done, Crawford said. As far as how many labs are out
there, we have nothing but anecdotal evidence.
When asked what makes Missouri a meth hotbed,
Hoffman laughed and had no explanation.
I wish I knew the answer to that because I would go
about educating people the opposite, he said. We have
always been number one, and I dont know why.

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structures had low-tax assess evaluations because of the conditions, and

the property owners are investing between $600,000 and $800,000 on their
projects.

Its pretty hard to find

somewhere that isnt a
broken-down house or
$900 a month that is
within walking distance
of campus.
Sam Jones

We think there are still several

more unsafe and dangerous structures
that can come down and benefit from
this program, McDanel said. ...at the
end of two years, the council will reassess whether to do it again or expand
to other areas of the community.
I think its an incentive program
that, if council sees fit, they could use
anywhere in the community.
He explained the program is specifically targeted at Campus Town
Overlay because of the high volume of
student rentals.
For students like junior Sam Jones,
CTRIP is comforting as she considers
where she will live for the remainder of
her Northwest career.
Im glad theyre doing something
about it, Jones said. I like the fact that
there are going to be more places close
to campus because its pretty hard to
find somewhere that isnt a brokendown house or $900 a month that is
within walking distance of campus.
This line of thinking is exactly
what McDanel hopes CTRIP will provide for students: reassurance of quality off-campus housing.
Some of the student rentals,
which have never had an issue getting
tenants, now have for rent signs, McDanel said. We see students choosing
different places now, which now forces
property owners to put money back
into their existing structures to make
them more attractive to students.
We think were creating other opportunities for students, and well just
keep working at the program.

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Blotter from the University Police Department

A summons was issued for a fire alarm

at Hudson/Perrin Hall.

Mar. 20

A summons was issued for possession

of drug paraphernalia at Lot 10.

A summons was issued for a fire alarm

at Sycamore.

A summons was issued for minor in

possession at Lot 63.

A summons was issued for fire at Pellet Plan.

Mar. 27

Mar. 17

A summons was issued for fire alarm

at Hudson/Perrin Hall.

Mar. 17

tion, Bond says the task, though big, is

important to get the right fit to help the
University move forward.
Its extremely important to me,
and with my background in human resources and recruiting, I feel very comfortable with the task, Bond said. Its
important that were all on the same
page with (what were looking for).
Finding the qualities that are
needed for the next provost may be
tough, but Jasinski says Northwest officials know what theyre looking for.
What were looking for is a strategic thinker, someone who can align
the future of Northwest Missouri State
University within the academic components, he said. Were looking for
academic leader, one thats a faculty
advocate, one that understands whats
going on in the classroom, one thats
focused on students success.

A summons was issued for trespassing

at Northwest.

Mar. 29

A summons was issued for stealing

that occurred in Warrensburg, Mo.

Mar. 31

A summons was issued for sexual assault that occurred off campus.

April 2

A summons was issued for two counts

of disorderly conduct at Phillips Hall

April 3

A summons was issued for minor in

possession at Millikan Hall.

April 4

A summons was issued for minor in

possession at Lot 10.

A summons was issued for trespassing

at Roberta Hall.

April 5

A summons was issued for property

damage at Lot 10.

A summons was issued for minor in

possession at Northwest Drive.
A summons was issued for minor in
possession at Lot 32.

April 6

A summons was issued for two counts

of minor in possession at Phillips Hall.

April 7

A summons was issued for possession

of marijuana at College Park Drive.
A summons was issued for forcible
fondling.

Blotter from the Nodaway County Sheriff s Office

Samuel G. Pitts, 25, was arrested on a

warrant for failure to appear.

Mar. 18

Elmer L. Harwell, 39, Bedford, Iowa,

was arrested on a warrant for failure to
appear.
Margaret L. Guss, 18, Barnard, was arrested for domestic assault after depu-

ties responded to a domestic disturbance.

Terry I. VanHoutan, 52, was arrested

on a warrant for failure to obey judges
orders.

David A. Schebaum, 37, Fairfax, Mo.,

was arrested for warrant for failure to
appear.

James B. Burchett, 27, Dekalb, Mo., was

arrested for warrant for theft/stealing.

Mar. 19

Mar. 22

Mar. 21

Mar. 23

Jared L. Hurst, 24, St. Louis, Mo., was

arrested on a warrant for assault.

Chad D. King, 30, was arrested on a

warrant for burglary.

A Graham subject reported theft from

a building on his property.

Mar. 25

Wesley G. Parker, 30, was arrested on a

warrant for probation violation.
Ronald L. Burden Jr., 47, was arrested
on a warrant for failure to appear.

Mar. 26

A Maryville subject reported identity

theft.

Mar. 30

A Burlington Junction subject reported

a theft from her vehicle.

April 1

Ryan D. Lane, 31, Independence, Mo.,

was arrested on a warrant for probation violation.