Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 9, 2004 Page: 2 of 6
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The Rio Grande Herald-Thursday, September 9, 2004, Page 2
New immunization requirements
come with new school year
Along with new schedules,
different room numbers and another
teacher's name to learn, parents
enrolling children in school
facilities will face some new
immunization requirements for the
2004-05 school year. And there's a
new way to find local information
about how to meet these
requirements. Just dial 2-1-1.
Parents should be sure their
children are in compliance with ail
school-enrollment vaccination
requirements for the students to
attend school, said Monica Gamez
of the Texas Department of Health
(TDH) immunization division.
State immunization rules require
that school students be vaccinated
against nine illnesses: diphtheria,
tetanus, pertussis (whooping
cough), polio, measles, mumps,
rubella, hepatitis B and varicella
(chicken pox).
"New requirements affect
hepatitis B, varicella, polio and
diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis
vaccines," Gamez said.
Students in kindergarten through
fifth grade and seventh through 10th
grade will need to have received
three doses of hepatitis B vaccine.
Students in kindergarten through
fourth and seventh through 10th
grade will need to show proof of
one dose of varicella vaccine.
"Subsequent grade levels will be
added each school year until 2006-
07 when all students in kindergarten
through 12th grade will be required
to show proof of hepatitis B and
varicella vaccinations," Gamez said.
In addition, children entering
kindergarten must show proof of
five doses of a
diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis vaccine
(DTP/DTaP/DT). One dose must be
on or after the child's fourth
birthday. "Students in other grades
will not need to receive the fifth
dose of vaccine if they had a fourth
dose on or after their fourth
birthday," Gamez said.
Children entering kindergarten
also will need proof of four doses of
po'ic vaccine, one of which must
have been received on or after their
fourth birthday.
"Children who attended
kindergarten last year and received
the third dose on or after their
fourth birthday are not required to
show proof of a fourth dose,"
Gamez said.
Students in kindergarten through
third grade and those attending
child-care facilities who live in one
of 39 specific Texas counties also
need proof of two doses of hepatitis
A vaccine.
In the past, some schools have
allowed students who are out-of-
compliance with school-enrollment
vaccination requirements to have a
30-day grace period to start getting
the required vaccinations. But this
school year, that provisional
enrollment will not be granted
unless the student has received at
least one dose of each required
vaccine series and is not overdue for
a vaccine dose.
Some students are exempt from
vaccination requirements for
medical or religious reasons or for
reasons of conscience.
' Local information on where to
get children immunized is available
in communities across the state by
dialing 2-1-1. When dialing 2-1-1,
callers are connected to an area
information center that can provide
specific immunization information
plus a variety of other health and
human' services information in
multiple languages including
Spanish.
More information about specific
immunization requirements for
school attendance is available on
the TDH web site at
www.immunizetexas.com
* Minimum State Vaccine
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Requirements for Texas
School Entrance/Attcndance
Kindergarten through Grade
12 (K-12) 2004-05 School
Year
Diphtheria, Tetanus,
Pertussis (DTP, DTaP, DT,
T d): Five doses of any
combination DTaP/DTP unless the
fourth dose was given on or after
the fourth birthday.
Students 7 years old and older:
* Three doses of any combination
of DTP, DTaP, DT, Td (pertussis
vaccine not required);
* One dose of Td required 10
years after last dose of DTP, DTaP.
DT.
Polio: Four doses unless the
third dose was one or after the
fourth birthday.
Measles, Mumps, Rubella
(MMB): Two doses of a measles-
containing vaccine with the first
dose on or after the first birthday;
second dose by age 5 or entry into
kindergarten.
Hepatitis B: Three doses
required for grades K-5 and 7-10.
Varicella: One dose on or after
the first birthday for grades K-4 and
7-10.
Hepatitis A vaccine is required
only for students attending a school
in a high incidence geographic area.
The 39 counties affected by the
hepatitis A requirement are: Bexar.
Brewster, Brooks, Cameron.
Crockett, Culberson, Dimmit.
Duval, Edwards, El Paso, Frio.
Grayson, Hidalgo, Hudspeth. Jeff
Davis, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Kinney.
La Salle, Maverick, McMullen.
Moore, Nueces, Pecos, Potter.
Presidio, Randall, Real, Reeves.
Starr, Sutton, Terrell, Terry.
Uvalde, Val Verde, Webb, Willacy.
Zapata and Zavala. Gonzales
County will be added in the 2005-
06 school year.
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2004 Roma
Gladiator
varsity football
schedule
The 2004 Roma Gladiator varsity
football schedule is printed as
follows, with the last seven games
being District 32-4A contests:
FRIDAY, SEPT. 3- Falfurrias at
Roma, 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 10- Rio Grande
City at Roma, 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 17- Roma at
Weslaco, 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 24- PSJA
Memorial at Roma, 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCT. 1- Roma at
Edcouch-Elsa, 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCT. 8- Mission
High at Roma, 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCT. 15- Mercedes at
Roma, 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCT. 22- Roma at
Mission Veterans Memorial, 7:30
p.m.
FRIDAY, OCT. 29- Weslaco
East at Roma, 7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, NOV. 4- Roma at
Brownsville Lopez, 7:00 p.m.
RGC High Class
of 1990 plans
reunion
The Rio Grande City High
School Class of 1990 will be
holding its 15th anniversary class
reunion on Oct. 29-30, 2004.
All interested parties seeking
more information should call Pete
at 500-4338 or 369-5755.
Brown-Peterson to Wed September 25
Mindy Marie Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dale A. Brown-of Big
Spring, Texas, and Dr. Guy E. Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. James E
Peterson of Rio Grande City will exchange wedding vows on September
25 at The Dominion Country Club in San Antonio.
Brown, Peterson to
exchange vows Sept. 25
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To clean a corner efficiently,
take heavy scissors or a utility
knife and cut an old whisk broom
and cut it at a 45-degree angle
with.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale A Brown of
Big Spring, Texas announce the
upcoming marriage of their
daughter, Mindy Marie, to Dr. Guy
E. Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James E. Peterson of Rio Grande
City.
The couple will wed at the
Dominion Country Club in San
Antonio on Sept. 25.
The bride-elect graduated from
Big Spring High School. She
received her Bachelor of Arts degree
from Texas A&M University in
over Shortage Control by Foley's,
headquartered in San Antonio.
The groom-elect, a graduate of
Rio Grande City High School,
received a Bachelor of Science
degree from Texas A&M
University, Class of 1997, and a
Doctor of Dental Surgery degree® !
from the University of Texas
Health Science Center in San
Antonio. He is a dentist at Spring
Branch Dental Care in Bulverde near
San Antonio.
The couple will make their home
in San Antonio.
Cornyn visits key regional
Homeland Security facility
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, a
member of the Border Security,
Immigration and Citizenship
Subcommittee, visited the San
Angelo Immigration and Customs
Enforcement Facility on
Wednesday, July 28 to highlight its
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importance for homeland security in
the region and in Texas.
"1 was pleased to visit the Air and
Marine Surveillance Department
run by the Department of Homeland
Security for this important region
of the United States and Texas,"
Sen. Cornyn said. "These brave
men and women patrol our skies
and our oceans and waterways to
make sure that we're protected from
terrorist activity, drug smuggling,
and other types of illegal activity."
Cornyn continued. "I'm firmly
committed to continuing to make
sure that the Department of
Homeland Security, in particular
the Immigration, Customs, and
Enforcement Department, get the
funding they need in order to
continue to do their jobs. And, the
federal government needs to step up
to provide greater resources,
particularly to states like Texas,
which has a 1200-mile border with
Mexico and is on the front lines of
this tremendously important effort.'
The Immigration and Customs
Enforcement Facility oversees
much of the air surveillance for the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) in North and South
America. The facility is operated by
the Immigration and Custom^
Enforcements division of DHS.
Sen. Cornyn was joined for the
visit to the Office of Air and
Marine Operations by Mayor J.W
Lown, County Judge Mike Brown,
Chamber of Commerce President
Michael Dalby and Department of
Homeland Security officials.
As part of a comprehensive anti-
terror legislation package introduced
a week earlier, Cornyn introduced
the Prevention of Terrorist Access
to Destructive Weapons Act of •
2004 (S. 2664), and the Weapons
of Mass Destruction Prohibition ^
Improvement Act (S. 2665).
Among other protections, S. 2664
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Roberts, Kenneth. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 9, 2004, newspaper, September 9, 2004; Edinburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth196285/m1/2/?q=%22ads%22: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.