W oodbridge LIFE Volume 7 • Issue 11 • Number 74
November FALL BACK! Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m., Sunday, November 5 Enjoy an extra hour of sleep this weekend and thank Benjamin Franklin for the concept of Daylight Saving Time (DST). In a 1784 essay entitled “An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light,” Franklin suggested people get out of bed earlier in the morning to use the light instead of candles. In other words, increase hours of daylight by setting clocks forward during the warmer part of the year.
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It took until 1916 for Franklin’s idea to be implemented in America. Originally, states could choose whether or not to impose DST and on which dates. The resultant mass confusion, however, caused Congress to establish the Uniform Time Act in 1966 that set a protocol for DST times/dates. In 2007, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 increased the length of DST. Still, two U.S. states (Arizona and Hawaii) and several American territories do not participate in the spring and fall time changes. The length of daylight in these lower-latitude regions does not vary much from spring to fall, so the advantage of the time change is insignificant.
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Happy Days! Photo by Charm Mathis
Denise and Dennis Barta, dressed as “Pinkie” Tuscadero and Arthur “Fonzi” Fonzarelli, returned to the ‘50s at “Happy Days,” Women of Woodbridge fundraiser. More than 75 people helped create the black and white table settings, catered dinner and live entertainment to raise money for Haven of Peace Women’s Shelter in Manteca. See HAPPY DAYS pages 14-15