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| WEEKEND SPECIAL EDITION April 2, 2004 |
Time to "Spring" our clocks Forward! |
Since the days are longer, there's more time to be outside enjoying beautiful gardens...... Daylight Saving Time begins for most of the United States at 2 a.m. this first Sunday of April. Daylight Saving Time has been used in the United States and in many European countries since World War I in an effort to conserve fuel needed to produce electric power, Germany and Austria took time by the forelock, and began saving daylight at 11 p.m. on the 30th of April, 1916, by advancing the hands of the clock one hour until the following October. This 1916 action was immediately followed by other countries in Europe, Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and Turkey, as were Tasmania, Nova Scotia, and Manitoba. Britian began 3 weeks later, on 21 May 1916. In 1917, Australia, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia initiated it. During World War II, President Roosevelt instituted year-round Daylight Saving Time, called 'War Time.' (from 2 February 1942 to 30 September 1945). From 1945 to 1966, there was no federal law about Daylight Saving Time. So states and localities were free to choose whether to observe Daylight Saving Time and could choose when it began and ended. This, however, caused confusion -- especially for the broadcasting industry, and for railways, airlines, and bus companies. Because of the different local customs and laws, radio and TV stations and the transportation companies had to publish new schedules every time a state or town began or ended Daylight Saving Time. On 4 January 1974, Nixon signed into law the Daylight Saving Time Energy Act of 1973. Then, beginning on 6 January 1974, implementing the Daylight Saving Time Energy Act, clocks were set ahead for a fifteen-month period through 27 April 1975. |
| "SPRING FORWARD" WEEKEND SPECIAL |
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Don't Forget to Do Your Spring "Ground Work" |
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| UPCOMING EVENT NEWS: |
*Steve Goto the Tomato Expert will be at Plant Depot on Saturday, April 10th to answer all your questions. We will be closed on Easter, so please get your shopping done Saturday. |
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