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WINNING WAYS The Grauer School in Encinitas plays host to an FTC Robotics meet on Jan. 21. Three teams from R. Roger Rowe competed in the event and continued to take top honors with the Singularity team garnering a first-place alliance trophy. David Warner, who heads up the FTC Robotics program at the school said, “I’m so proud of our three teams. They’ve been working since September preparing for our winter meets.” The teams compete again Feb. 4 at the Grauer School in Encinitas for the League Championship. Courtesy photo
Superintendent David Jaffe, left, with Bradley Johnson, the new director of finance at the RSF School District. Johnson began his new position on Jan. 23. Photo by Christina Macone-Greene
Maintaining dental health topic of Senior Center discussion Johnson appointed as new director of finance By Christina Macone-Greene
RANCHO SANTA FE — The stormy weather didn’t dampen the attendance numbers for a special presentation at the Rancho Santa Fe Senior Center. On Jan. 20, Dr. Weston Spencer, DDS who has practices in both Rancho Santa Fe and La Jolla, shared valuable information between the relationship of dental and overall health. According to Spencer, maintaining dental health was essential on many levels. “Your mouth health plays such a big role in everything else,” he said Spencer also touched upon recent news questioning the need for flossing. As far as Spencer was concerned, while flossing may not minimize cavity occurrence, it does help tremendously with reducing gum inflammation. And this inflammation can impact one’s health and wellness. “The gum health relationship to the rest of the body is incredibly important particularly as we age
have a lot more difficulty fighting things elsewhere.” Spencer pointed out how he knows a handful of doctors who are heart surgeons. Depending on the type of heart surgery, some doctors require that their patients have a thorough dental cleaning beforehand to make sure they are free of periodontal disease so they are cleared for surgery. “There are a lot of doctors that are actually doing this more often now,” Spencer said. “So flossing is still to me one of the best solutions to reduce inflammation,” he said. Other topics Spencer discussed were dental X-rays and dental implants. Following the presentation, Spencer thanked all for attending and remained on “The gum health relationship to the rest of the body is incredibly im- hand to answer questions. portant particularly as we age in life,” says Dr. Weston Spencer, DDS at a recent lecture at the RSF Senior Center. Photo by Christina Macone-Greene
in life because that’s when oftentimes we’re more susceptible to chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer’s, and the other
big ones out there,” Spencer said. “If you’ve got your body constantly fighting an inflammatory process in your mouth, it’s going to
By Christina Macone-Greene
RANCHO SANTA FE — The Rancho Santa Fe School District board unanimously approved Bradley Johnson as its new director of finance. Superintendent David Jaffe shared with the board of trustees the process of finding a candidate. It began with paper screenings followed by an interview of eight candidates, which took place with a panel of four people, including Jaffe. From there, the candidate selection dwindled down to four. Jaffe told the board he then completed reference checks on the finalists. Jaffe went on to say how he recently communicated with Johnson in ref-
erence to proposed contract requirements he received about the teacher’s parking lot, also referred to as the Dacus property. “And he (Johnson) had answers like that,” said Jaffe, snapping his fingers. “The reason I believe he has the answers like that is because his degrees are in finance and accounting. He also worked for Gafcon as the Deputy Program Manager for the $600 million capital improvements program at the Grossmont school district.” Jaffe went on to say how Johnson brings along a ton of skills in addition to his educational background. Johnson’s employment as director of finance went into effect Jan. 23.
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