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Waco Tribune-Herald (Newspaper) - February 3, 2007, Waco, Texas Single copy 50 cents the Heart February Merck vaccine against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus protects women against a common form of cervical cancer But foes of mandatory shots for schoolgirls have criticized Mercks heavy lobbying push among state lawmakers and officials Merck lobbyists in Texas include former senior staffers to Gov Rick taken one Branch and his follos University High alumnus y San Diego Chargers shared the Walter Pay ton Man award Orleans v Merck photo Bypassing Legislature Perry mandates vaccine for sexually transmitted virus Associated Press file By Liz Austin Peterson Associated Press AUSTIN Bypassing the Legis lature altogether Republican Gov Rick Perry issued an order Friday making Texas the first stale to re quire that schoolgirls ed against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer By employing an executive order Perry sidestepped opposition in the Legislature from conservatives and parents rights groups who fear such a requirement will condone premarital sex and interfere with the way raise their chil dren Beginning in September girls entering the sixth grade meaning generally girls ages 11 and 12 must receive Merck new vaccine against strains of the human rus or HlV The analogy to polio does not work No one ever got polio from sexual Ramiro Pena senior pastor Christ the King Baptist Church Waco Perry also directed state health to make the vaccine available free to girls 9 to 18 who are uninsured or whose insurance does not cover vaccines And he or dered that Medicaid offer to women ages 19 to 21 Perry a conservative Christian who opposes abortion and stem cell research using embryonic cells counts on the religious right for his political base But he has said the cervical cancer vaccine differ ent from the one that protects chil dren against polio The HPV vaccine provides us with an incredible opportunity to effectively target and prevent cervi cal Perry said Parents groups and conserva tives lost no time blasting not only order but Merck ag lobbying efforts on behalf of their vaccine and their close ties with the governor including the company contributed to his 2006 reelection campaign Ramiro Pena senior pastor of Wacos Christ the King Baptist Church told the he was so dismayed by the governors actions he was calling of fice to counsel him to rescind the order immediately See VACCINE Page etiquette Lose weight without losing face with our 10 commandments for keeping it civilized in the fitness room BRAZOS LIVING for gas prices After foUr weeks of falling local gas prices are headed back upward spurred by crude oil rises cold weather and production cuts LOCAL TEXAS IB Hanging tip on ges Texans still paying fee for program dissolved in 2003 By April Castro Associated Press AUSTIN At a time when Texas is facing a record bud get surplus Texans are paying millions of dollars in fees every year to fund a program that no longer exists The Telecommunications In Fund fee which is levied on telephone service providers and passed on to cus tomers through phone bills was created to pay for a grant program to bring technology to public schools hospitals and li in rural areas Gov Rick Perry determined in 2003 that the need had been met and repealed the program TODAY but lawmakers continued to re authorize the fee for both cell phone and land line providers Almost four years later the percent fee is bringing in an es million a year What has occurred is that public policymakers who are looking to raise revenue but dont want to raise a tax like an income tax or a sales tax have found wireless as a way to raise taxes without leaving said Joe Farren spokesman for the cell phone trade group Wireless Association On average 18 percent of Tex ans phone bills are taxes and fees the in the na tion according to a study by the group A spokesman for Perry said theres no reason for the fees to remain on the books See FEE Page INSIDE Associated Press Reinhold Matay ACox Newspaper High 53 Low 35 Brazos Treacherous storms kill 19 in Florida DeLAND Fla DeLand resident Bailey looks at the remains of the bedroom he was sleeping in after early morning storms blew through Friday Severe weather killed at least 19 people across Florida on Friday See story Page Sec our photos from the Go Red for Women luncheon at Baptist Medical Center Visit Visit us online

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