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March 15, 2017

Buda reverend chosen as first female bishop suffragan in area diocese

Buda’s own Reverend Jennifer Brooke-Davidson, 56, of St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church in Buda, was elected…

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- Libby Weaver on DSHS students step into business world with homecoming mums
  20 Oct 2017
  Super Proud of these kiddos and what a great teacher they have in Ms. Trussell!
- Jami Haney on RV park proposal sparks public outcry
  19 Oct 2017
  As the owner of an RV Park in the Austin/Bastrop area, I would say that the community is being a little shortsited. Upscale RV parks, which target RV owners with $100,000+ rigs, don't attract more crime, sex offenders, etc. Instead, they bring baby boomers and seniors with a lot of disposable income into the area, looking to spend that money at local shops and restaurants. From this article, it doesn't sound like the plan is to build "affordable housing," but to provide a much needed service for the growing RV community. There is truly a shortage of well-run and well-developed RV parks in the I-35 corridor and the greater Austin area.
- Clark Beach on Fluoride, voter districts top Buda forum
  19 Oct 2017
  The sentence on fluroide doesn't accurately reflect my comments. I believe I stated something to the effect that fluoride in municipal water supplies is endorsed by the American Medical Association, the American Dental Association and the Centers for Disease Control. I have been drinking fluoridated water most, if not all of my life and I have no problem with it. I did acknowledge that the issue is on the ballot for voters to decide.
- Steven Slott on Fluoride, voter districts top Buda forum
  19 Oct 2017
  Not only are Fallon, Beach and Daugereau expressing opinions on a healthcare issue that are in direct contradiction to the overwhelming consensus of the worldwide body of respected science and healthcare, they are engaging in false economy. Had they properly researched the issue of fluoridation before expressing uninformed opinions they would have discovered that peer-reviewed science has clearly demonstrated a cost savings of $15-$50, or more, per $1 spent on fluoridation. 1. For most cities, every $1 invested in water fluoridation saves $38 in dental treatment costs. ------“Cost Savings of Community Water Fluoridation,” U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, accessed on March 14, 2011 at http://www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/fact_sheets/cost.htm. 2. A Texas study confirmed that the state saved $24 per child, per year in Medicaid expenditures for children because of the cavities that were prevented by drinking fluoridated water. ------ “Water Fluoridation Costs in Texas: Texas Health Steps (EPSDT-Medicaid), Department of Oral Health Website (2000), www.dshs.state.tx.us/dental/pdf/fluoridation.pdf, 3. A 2010 study in New York State found that Medicaid enrollees in less fluoridated counties needed 33 percent more fillings, root canals, and extractions than those in counties where fluoridated water was much more prevalent. As a result, the treatment costs per Medicaid recipient were $23.65 higher for those living in less fluoridated counties. -------------Kumar J.V., Adekugbe O., Melnik T.A., “Geographic Variation in Medicaid Claims for Dental Procedures in New York State: Role of Fluoridation Under Contemporary Conditions,” Public Health Reports, (September-October 2010) Vol. 125, No. 5, 647-54. ------------The original figure ($23.63) was corrected in a subsequent edition of this journal and clarified to be $23.65. See: “Letters to the Editor,” Public Health Reports (November- December 2010), Vol. 125, 788. 4. Researchers estimated that in 2003 Colorado saved nearly $149 million in unnecessary treatment costs by fluoridating public water supplies—average savings of roughly $61 per person. ------O’Connell J.M. et al., “Costs and savings associated with community water fluoridation programs in Colorado,” Preventing Chronic Disease (November 2005), accessed on March 12, 2011 at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1459459/. 5. A 1999 study compared Louisiana parishes (counties) that were fluoridated with those that were not. The study found that low-income children in communities without fluoridated water were three times more likely than those in communities with fluoridated water to need dental treatment in a hospital operating room. -------Water Fluoridation and Costs of Medicaid Treatment for Dental Decay – Louisiana, 1995-1996,” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), September 3, 1999, accessed on March 11, 2011 at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4834a2.htm. 6. By reducing the incidence of decay, fluoridation makes it less likely that toothaches or other serious dental problems will drive people to hospital emergency rooms (ERs)—where treatment costs are high. A 2010 survey of hospitals in Washington State found that dental disorders were the leading reason why uninsured patients visited ERs. -------Washington State Hospital Association, Emergency Room Use (October 2010) 8-12, http://www.wsha.org/files/127/ERreport.pdf, accessed February 8, 2011. 7. Scientists who testified before Congress in 1995 estimated that national savings from water fluoridation totaled $3.84 billion each ------Michael W. Easley, DDS, MP, “Perspectives on the Science Supporting Florida’s Public Health Policy for Community Water Fluoridation,” Florida Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 191, Dec. 2005, accessed on March 16, 2011 at http://www.doh.state.fl.us/family/dental/perspectives.pdf. Steven D. Slott, DDS Communications Officer American Fluoridation Society
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