European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June stars and stripes Page 11 More states want High school steroid testing by Chris Hamby Washington a year after new Jersey became the first state to mandate random steroid test ing for High school Texas and Florida have Bills to launch own testing pro Grams sitting on the governors awaiting the Illinois High school association also has plans to move ahead with a testing program As soon As next with or without the general Assembly if As Tex As program would be the nations most ambitious attempt to keep illegal performance enhancing drugs out of High school if it can happen in it can happen said David whose committed suicide in 2003 be cause of what his parents believe was depression brought on by Ste roid after urging the Texas Legisla Ture to mandate Hooton on june 1 quit his Job with Hewlett Packard and now plans to travel to other states lobbying for statutes similar to which he has dubbed Taylors privacy concerns and the High Cost of tests to each could stand in the Way of More states starting their own pro according to the most recent monitoring the future report by the University of percent of High school seniors have used steroids at some and percent have in the past but Only a smattering of High schools across the country have steroid testing the statewide programs in new Texas and Florida each mandate different athletes who test positive would get a 90day suspension from sports in a oneyear sus pension in new Jersey in a 30day suspension for a first a oneyear suspension for a second offence and a permanent ban for a third of Between and Stu dents in All sports in the coming school year or about 3 percent of the High school ath letes in would have their urine tested for Accord ing to Charles athletics director for the University interscholastic which will put the program into the Texas legislature has allot Ted million a year for officials in neighbouring Louisi Ana have shown interest in Emu lating the Florida oneyear Pilot pro Gram would be much calling for testing of 1 percent of the states almost High school athletes in base Ball and the legis lature has allotted for both Texas and Florida plan to test throughout the regular sea son and new Jersey tests Only during state Champion ship sampling 5 per cent of the approximately student athletes whose teams get that in its testing programs first new Jersey reported that every test for the fall 2006 sports season came Back negative for Ste the results from Winter and Spring sports have not yet been but the executive committee for the new Jersey state interscholastic athletic the organization in charge of the has voted unanimously to renew the program for another you dont have mail Walter Reed troubles extend to Mai room by Robert Burns the associated press Washington turns out the trouble at Walter Reed army medical the focus of a fire storm of criticism Over poor treat ment of wounded War reached into the the army said Friday that it has opened an investigation into the recent discovery of let ters and parcels some dating to May 2006 at Walter Reed that were never delivered to and it fired the contract employee who ran the in an indication of the army sensitivity to problems at Walter officials put out a written statement late Friday afternoon detailing the problem with the Eric commander of Walter said he ordered a team of 20 to 40 sol Diers and civilians to launch an around Hemlock operation to Survey and Forward All the letters and items addressed to soldiers still at Walter Reed were being Han delivered Friday he this delay is completely and absolutely schoo maker the acting army surgeon Gen Gale said there have not been any com plaints about delayed Mau delivery at other army medical Cen even she said she or dered an immediate review and inspections of mail room proce dures and supervisory controls at other medical