Preps: Ava Lane wins Basalt XC invite, other area prep sports are also off and running

Basalt High School senior Ava Lane competes in the cross country team’s home race on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, at Crown Mountain Park in El Jebel. Lane went on to win the race.
Courtesy of Diana Lane

The Basalt High School cross country team got its season underway on Saturday with its home meet, the Longhorn Invitational at Crown Mountain Park. The highlight came in the girls race, won by BHS senior standout Ava Lane in 19 minutes, 16.4 seconds. Not competing was her senior teammate, Katelyn Maley, the two-time defending Class 3A state champion.

Fruita Monument junior Ella Unrein

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How does Santa stay safe at Christmas? – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

Delivering millions of gifts around the world is a complex and difficult task, even for Santa. Consider for a moment the impossibly short time he has to deliver these presents, coupled with the fact he has eight flying reindeer to manage along the way, it’s also a journey filled with many health and safety issues.

So what does Santa need to do to make sure he’s safe and that we all have a Merry Christmas? To answer that question we’ve compiled a list of 10 festive health and safety training solutions which those from the southern hemisphere might want to

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The Blue Monday Myth – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

‘Blue Monday’ may not be supported by hard evidence, but depression and other mental health issues are a real concern in the workplace.

Before 2005 no-one talked about Blue Monday.

The reason for this is because the idea that the third Monday in the month of January, later dubbed ‘Blue Monday’, was invented in a press release 15 years ago. The method used to develop the concept has since come under a lot of scrutiny, but despite this, a lot of people do suffer with their mental health during the winter.

According to research conducted by pollster YouGov, as many

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To a Mouse – RoSPA Office Security Weblog

This 12 months the beginning of Robert Burns and the Lunar New 12 months fell on the identical date, 25th January. A time for Scots and Asian heritage to be celebrated, a time for reflection and ahead planning.

My favourite Robert Burns poem is ‘To a Mouse’, written in 1785 it tells the story of Burns disturbing a mouse nest while ploughing a area, a panic stricken mouse, its ruined nest and with winter simply across the nook, its world in disarray .

There’s a line within the poem, ‘One of the best laid plans o’mice an’ males gang

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