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11:17 am Sunday, March 9, 2008

Don't forget to spring forward

By Staff
If you're reading this story and forgot to set your clocks back an hour, you may already be late for church.
Last night, the majority of U.S. citizens were supposed to have wound their clocks back an hour, signaling the arrival of Daylight Savings Time.
Today, approximately 70 countries utilize Daylight Saving Time in at least a portion of the country. Japan, India, and China are the only major industrialized countries that do not observe some form of daylight saving.
Just as sunflowers turn their heads to catch every sunbeam, we have also discovered a simple way to get more from our sun.
Daylight Saving Time gives us the opportunity to enjoy sunny summer evenings by moving our clocks an hour forward in the spring.
Yet, the implementation of Daylight Saving Time has been fraught with controversy since Benjamin Franklin first conceived of the idea. Even today, regions and countries routinely change their approaches to Daylight Saving Time.
We hope you will enjoy your extra hour of sunshine.

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