Greater Pocono Home Show Brings in Spring
[Stroudsburg, PA – March 3, 2011] – Analysts have recently shown that home improvement spending will climb at a double-digit pace through the first half of 2011, which can be directly attributed to the fact that American homeowners are more active, financially savvy, and cost-conscious than ever. As a result, the Pocono Builder’s Association’s annual Home Show is anticipated to be the biggest in over 10 years, thanks to the surge of homeowners seeking out energy efficiency, landscaping and home remodeling. Builders, plumbers, electricians, design professionals and kitchen and bathroom specialists will all be exhibiting the newest products and services.
“The event, designed for homeowners in all stages of home decorating, remodeling and landscaping, includes hundreds of exhibits with merchandise, product demonstrations and sample interior and exterior options,” said Akantha Susko of True North Advertising & Marketing. “With a combination of new products and expert advice from the pros, this annual Home Show inspires homeowners with countless ideas on how to enhance their home’s comfort and functionality, as well as its aesthetic appeal and overall value.”
The Pocono Home Show is the Pocono’s only building and home renovation expo, having been staged annually for over a decade. No other event attracts the same number of quality visitors and exhibitors interested in businesses that serve the Poconos and surrounding areas. This year’s Title Sponsors include Bathfitters, the Real Estate Book of the Poconos, and F/J Hess & Sons Plumbing, Heating and A/C.
The show will be held at the Koehler Field House at East Stroudsburg University March 12th – 13th, 2011. Admission is free, and children’s activities, including the Home Depot Kids Workshop, are available.
Hours for this year’s event are as follows:
March 12th, Saturday -10am to 7pm
March 13th, Sunday – 11am to 5pm
The show is held in by the Pocono Builders Association, which is dedicated to the collective creation of value for its members. For more information, visit wwww.PoconoHomeShow.com or call the Pocono Builders Association at 570-421-9009.
About True North Advertising & Marketing
True North Advertising & Marketing produces and manages many successful marketing projects in the area such as the Greater Pocono Home Show at ESU, True North Maps’ Carbon County Map, Monroe County Map (coming 2011) and Senior Style Magazine. They are also closely affiliated with the Real Estate Book of the Poconos, the Pocono Where To Book and Golfing Guide.
About the Pocono Builders Association
Pocono Builders Association is dedicated to the collective creation of value for its members. The Pocono BA is the unified voice of the Pocono Mountain’s building industry. The organization promotes economic development while respecting the environment and community. To find out more about the PBA visit www.PoconoBuilders.org. For more information on exhibiting or attending the Pocono Home Show email info@PoconoHomeShow.com.
2010 Media and More Auction Gives Businesses an Opportunity to Bid on Amazing Advertising Packages and Support our Scholarship Fund!
SENIOR STYLE MAGAZINE IS A PROUD SPONSOR OF THIS EVENT!!
For more information on Senior Style Magazine visit us at www.seniorstylenow.com
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
The Media and More! Auction is the GLV Ad Club’s major fundraising event of the year. Auction proceeds benefit the GLV Ad Club’s Scholarship Fund, educational outreach programs and provide advertising and marketing assistance to non-profit groups in need. The outlook for the 2010 event is very positive and we are receiving donations. We encourage everyone to attend this event and bid on some amazing advertising packages and MUCH MORE! Stay tuned and we will be posting information on the items up for bid.
The Details:
Date: November 10, 2010
Time: 5:30 to 8:30 (doors open at 5:00)
Place: Inside the Club Level at Coca-Cola Park (Home of the Iron Pigs)
Other Info: Free admission includes appetizers and heavy hors d’oeuvres. Bidding is open to all attendees. Beer, wine and soft drinks will be served. Your first drink is on the Ad Club! Fun giveaways throughout the night!
For information about the 2010 auction, please contact:
Sheila Youst at sandjyoust@verizon.net or Pam Deller at pamela@lehighvalleystyle.com
Jingle Bell Run/Walk- A Monroe County First
East Stroudsburg – The Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation will host (the first ever) Monroe County Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis on Saturday, November 20th at East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates as Silver Sponsors of this event are proud to be a part of the thousands of bells that will ring in the air as people in more than 200 cities across the country tie jingle bells to their laces and join in the Jingle Bell Run/Walk for arthritis.
What entertained us most about getting involved is that it’s a family event. It’s estimated that about 40% of the people participating will be families and close to half of them have arthritis in one form or another.
The event is being marketed by the sponsors themselves and they are planning on promoting the day through local radio, newspapers, signage, websites, electronic communication and collateral marketing materials such as brochures, newsletters and posters. All told, rain or snow, it’s sure to be a winner.
Statistics show that 46 million Americans are living with arthritis and chronic joint symptoms. It’s been said that 1 in 3 people in Pennsylvania have arthritis. It’s a little known fact that arthritis affects people in all age groups including over 11,000 children in Pennsylvania alone.
As the nation’s leading cause of disability, arthritis costs more than $128 billion annually–$43 billion in lost wages and time off from work.
“I’m proud to say that all the proceeds from the event go to support the research, programs and services of the Arthritis Foundation” said Dennis Mooney, Board Member.
Dennis Mooney, an Assoc Broker and Recruiter from the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates and a member of the Board of Directors of the Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation is one of the chairpersons that will host the Monroe County Jingle Bell Run/Walk on November 20th. “I’ve been involved with the Arthritis Foundation for a number of years and have participated in events with them before, but nothing has big as the Jingle Bell Run/Walk”, said Mooney.
The donations from Wilkins & Associates come from “casual Fridays”. The Realtors and employees are able to wear blue jeans or business-casual clothing on Fridays and they pay $5.00 to do so. The money collected goes into the Sunshine Fund (as it’s called) and is then divided between different charities. The charities are picked during the monthly Supervisors’ meetings. “The organizations we support and which events the Better Homes and Gardens team will participate with and how much they will donate is decided by the Supervisors” said Thomas R. Wilkins, CEO. This is the second year that Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates will be a sponsor of the Arthritis Foundation.
The Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter’s goal is to raise $10,000 in 2010.
When: Saturday, November 20th, 2010
8 a.m. Registration
9:30 a.m. Welcome Ceremony / Warm-ups – stretch
9:45 a.m. Kids Fun Run
10:00 a.m. Start of Race
11:00 a.m. Awards Reception
Where: East Stroudsburg University
200 Prospect Street
East Stroudsburg, PA
Suzanne Buck, Realtor, Presented Volunteer Award
Suzanne Buck, 3rd from left
Suzanne Buck Presented Volunteer Award
Part of Cancer Survivor’s Day 2010 Festivities
Mounainhome, Pennsylvania (Grassroots Newswire) July 6, 2010 — Suzanne Buck received the volunteer award from the Dale and Frances Hughes Cancer Center at Cancer Survivor’s Day, June 2010. “This award recognizes one person annually who contributes time and resources in the fight of cancer, as well as embracing our mission and giving tirelessly to assist and support cancer patients and the work of the Hughes Cancer Center”, according to Geoffrey Roch, coordinator community & goverment relations.“She continues to give back to the community and this award is representative of all the lives Suzanne touches regularly”, said John Fox, president of Century 21 Unlimited.
Pocono Family Reunions…How Easy!
Pocono Mts. - Why should you go through the headaches of planning a family reunion in the Poconos? Well the answer to that is
It’s your family, someone has to do it!§
If it’s done correctly, it can§ be a whole lot of fun and the Poconos is just the place to do it.
If you§ really haven’t seen your cousin in 12 years, isn’t the time now?
Summertime in the Poconos is the perfect time for family members of all ages to have a good time and this summer is the time to do it.
Family reunions are great events; they’re special because they give relatives, young and old, a chance to get reacquainted and in some cases with new babies or smaller children, you may be meeting them for the first time. Who doesn’t like to share family stories and history and preserve memories; and to be truthful about the fact….family reunions are just a whole lot of fun!
The best way to plan your Pocono family reunion is to start by creating committees. Someone should be the Reunion chairperson, someone designated to take charge while others can be members of different committees to help organize all the events. The biggest challenge of all is when is it going to take place and of course, where.
At Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates we have town-home communities where you can rent 3 to 15 units, and most likely, next to one another. By being close to each other, it enables the kids to simply walk from unit to unit without the worry of crossing highways, being alone in an area that is not supervised and putting any of the children or older members in an unfamiliar spot. Or, if you do want single family homes, we have them too!
The second thing you want to do is make a list of who will come. Assuming family members are located in at least the tri-state area, the Pocono Mountains offers highway driving distances and is easy to get to from the New England
2010 GREATER POCONO HOME SHOW
Saturday April 17 10am – 5pm and Sunday April 18th 11am – 4pm at the Split Rock Resort in Lake Harmony check out the Pocono Builder’s Association website for more information
LONG BEACH ISLAND, NJ RENTAL HOUSE
Looking for a place to vacation this summer? Take the family to Long Beach Island, NJ!! FUN IN THE SUN!!! Contact Beth for more information on the rental house, beth07@epix.net.
Nationwide Open House This Weekend Apr 10-11
In recognition of April as National Fair Housing Month, the REALTOR® Nationwide Open House weekend, April 10-11, will provide residents throughout the country with a chance to view homes in specific neighborhoods as the home buying season officially kicks off.
The Realtor Nationwide Open House Weekend is a collaboration between numerous state and local Realtor associations across the country. The event will provide potential home buyers with an opportunity to view homes throughout their targeted communities and obtain information and answers to questions about specific homes, market conditions and the home buying process.
“This is a wonderful way to kick off the home buying season,” said Tyrone Adams, Chairman of the Nationwide Open House Committee. Click here to read more about the event.
If you want to visit specific neighborhoods, check with a local Realtor in advance for the Open Houses scheduled in targeted neighborhoods.
REALTORS® INVITE PUBLIC TO OPEN HOUSE, COMMUNITY FLEA MARKET
The Pocono Mountains Association of REALTORS (PMAR) is hosting an open house and community flea market on Saturday, April 10. This event coincides with Nationwide Open House events scheduled throughout the nation during the weekend of April 10-11.
Real estate professionals will be on hand to answer attendees’ questions about buying or selling a home, financing, the expiring tax credits, and other issues. Visitors also will find a variety of household items for sale at the flea market. PMAR will donate its proceeds from the flea market to the Monroe County chapter of Habitat for Humanity.
A limited number of spaces and tables are available to area residents who have items to sell, for the “price” of a donation to Habitat for Humanity in any amount the vendor chooses. Residents who would prefer to donate items may do so. They will be sold by volunteers and the proceeds will be donated.
To reserve a table or space, please contact Daria Kelly Uhlig by April 3.
The Pocono Mountains Association of REALTORS® (PMAR) is an association committed to the betterment of the real estate professional. PMAR provides support, products, services and education to nearly 900 members in the Monroe County and Pocono Mountain area of Pennsylvania and serves as the primary information resource on housing and real estate trends in the region.
Pocono Mountains Association of REALTORS
RR 14 Box 5207A
Shafers School House Road & Business Route 209
Stroudsburg, PA 18360
Phone: 570.424.8846
Fax: 570.424.9167
Email Address: pmar@poconorealtors.com
Contact: Daria Kelly Uhlig
Pocono Mountains Association of REALTORS® PR Committee chair
570-350-3506
Spring Forward- We Are Ready In The Poconos
Wondering why? Read on…Saving Time, Saving Energy
Daylight Saving Time: Its History and Why We Use It by
Bob Aldrich, Webmaster California Energy Commission Spring forward…Fall back….It’s ingrained in our consciousness almost as much as the A-B-Cs or our spelling reminder of “i before e….” And it’s a regular event, though perhaps a bit less regular than the swallows coming back to Capistrano. (Though that may even change with the impacts of global climate change.)Yet in those four words is a whole collection of trivia, facts and common sense about Daylight Saving Time.Beginning in 2007, Daylight Saving Time is extended one month and begins for most of the United States at:2 a.m. on the Second Sunday in Marchand lasts until2 a.m. on the First Sunday of November.The new start and stop dates were set in the Energy Policy Act of 2005.Change Your Clock & Change A Bulb!
The National Fire Protection Association and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recommend that consumers change the battery in smoke and carbon monoxide detectors when we change the clocks for Daylight Saving Time.While you’ve got the ladder out to check your smoke detectors, why not change a bulb?Switching to energy efficient bulbs in your ceiling fixtures could save you $30 a year per bulb on your electricity bill.Energy efficient lighting is particularly important in the fall when Daylight Saving Time ends and the days are shorter.The latest generation of energy-saving lighting includes compact fluorescent bulbs that fit in standard light sockets and provide pleasant, uniform light.Low-energy halogen or LED lighting is also becoming widely available.Visit www.energystar.gov or www.fypower.org for information on lighting rebates and discounts.
Daylight Saving Time – for the U.S. and its territories – is NOT observed in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and by most of Arizona (with the exception of the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona).Indiana, which used to be split with a portion of the state observing DST and the other half not, is now whole. In the past, counties in the Eastern Time Zone portion of the state did not observe DST. They were on standard time year round. A state law was passed in 2005 that has the entire state of Indiana observing DST beginning in April 2006.Indiana isn’t the only state that wanted to change daylight saving time. California asked for federal “approval” to move to a “year-round” Daylight Saving Time in 2001-2002 because of its energy crisis. (See below.)According to Mining Co. Guide to Geography, DST is also observed in about 70 countries:“Other parts of the world observe Daylight Saving Time as well. While European nations have been taking advantage of the time change for decades, in 1996 the European Union (EU) standardized an EU-wide “summertime period.” The EU version of Daylight Saving Time runs from the last Sunday in March through the last Sunday in October. During the summer, Russia’s clocks are two hours ahead of standard time. During the winter, all 11 of the Russian time zones are an hour ahead of standard time. During the summer months, Russian clocks are advanced another hour ahead. With their high latitude, the two hours of Daylight Saving Time really helps to save daylight. In the southern hemisphere where summer comes in December, Daylight Saving Time is observed from October to March. Equatorial and tropical countries (lower latitudes) don’t observe Daylight Saving Time since the daylight hours are similar during every season, so there’s no advantage to moving clocks forward during the summer.”Daylight Saving Time Saves Energy.
One of the biggest reasons we change our clocks to Daylight Saving Time (DST) is that it reportedly saves electricity. Newer studies are being done to see if that long-held reason is true.In general, energy use and the demand for electricity for lighting our homes is directly connected to when we go to bed and when we get up. Bedtime for most of us is late evening through the year. When we go to bed, we turn off the lights and TV.In the average home, 25 percent of all the electricity we use is for lighting and small appliances, such as TVs, VCRs and stereos. A good percentage of energy consumed by lighting and appliances occurs in the evening when families are home. By moving the clock ahead one hour, we can cut the amount of electricity we consume each day.Studies done in the 1970s by the U.S. Department of Transportation show that we trim the entire country’s electricity usage by about one percent EACH DAY with Daylight Saving Time.Daylight Saving Time “makes” the sun “set” one hour later and therefore reduces the period between sunset and bedtime by one hour. This means that less electricity would be used for lighting and appliances late in the day. We may use a bit more electricity in the morning because it is darker when we rise, but that is usually offset by the energy savings in the evening.We also use less electricity because we are home fewer hours during the “longer” days of spring and summer. Most people plan outdoor activities in the extra daylight hours. When we are not at home, we don’t turn on the appliances and lights. A poll done by the U.S. Department of Transportation indicated that Americans liked Daylight Saving Time because “there is more light in the evenings / can do more in the evenings.”While the amounts of electricity saved per household are small…added up they can be very large.In the winter, the afternoon Daylight Saving Time advantage is offset by the morning’s need for more lighting. In spring and fall, the advantage is less than one hour. So, Daylight Saving Time saves energy for lighting in all seasons of the year except for the four darkest months of the year (November, December, January and February) when the afternoon advantage is offset by the need for lighting because of late sunrise.A report was released in May 2001 by the California Energy Commission to see if creating an early DST or going to a year-round DST will help with the electricity problems the state faced in 2000-2002.You can download an Acrobat PDF copy of the staff report, Effects of Daylight Saving Time on California Electricity Use, Publication # 400-01-13, (PDF file, pages, 5.2 megabytes).The study concluded that both Winter Daylight Saving Time and Summer-season Double Daylight Saving Time (DDST) would probably save marginal amounts of electricity – around 3,400 megawatt-hours (MWh) a day in winter (one-half of one percent of winter electricity use – 0.5%) and around 1,500 MWh a day during the summer season (one-fifth of one percent of summer-season use – 0.20%). Winter DST would cut winter peak electricity use by around 1,100 megawatts on average, or 3.4 percent. Summer Double DST would cause a smaller (220 MW) and more uncertain drop in the peak, but it could still save hundreds of millions of dollars because it would shift electricity use to low demand (cheaper) morning hours and decrease electricity use during higher demand hours.The Energy Commission has also published a new report titled The Effect of Early Daylight Saving Time on California Electricity Consumption: A Statistical Analysis. Publication # CEC-200-2007-004, May 27, 2007. (PDF file, 592 kilobytes)In May 2001, the California state legislature sent a Senate Joint Resolution (SJRX2 1) to the White House and Congress asking that states be allowed to extend Daylight Saving Time year round. Congress and the White House did not act on the request because of the world-changing events of September 11, 2001. No new legislation has been passed in California since then.A more recent study – in draft form as of February 2008 – by Matthew Kotchen and Laura Grant of the University of Santa Barbara concludes that Daylight Saving Time in Indiana actually increases residential electricity demand. That study titled “Does Daylight Saving Time Save Energy? Evidence From a Natural Experiment in Indiana”. (PDF file) looked at the electricity use when portions of the state finally started to observe DST. Before the new extended DST, portions of Indiana did not observe DST.Some have wondered whether this study would be true for the entire United States. Initial analysis by staff of the California Energy Commission says a similar study may not yield the same results for California because:The use of residential air conditioning is relatively low in Indiana, and the saturations are low. Where as California has high usage of air conditioning in the summer.
Heating use is relatively high in Indiana, while it is relatively low in California.
The diurnal variation in temperature is low while California is very high.
Indiana is located in western edge of the same time zone as Maine and Florida, but the sun actually comes up at an earlier time than those other two states.
Indiana’s north-south location will affect how long the days are in the summer and might very well lead to different results in different areas.
So, while the analysis is of interest to Indiana, it’s conclusions may not be totally correct for California or the rest of the country. Additional studies on electricity savings, the first national study since the 1970s, are being done by the U.S. Department of Energy, and more definitive results on DST on electricity use will be coming in the next year or two.But why do we have Daylight Saving Time to begin with? Who created the laws and regulations that we follow?History of Daylight Saving Time
Daylight Saving Time is a change in the standard time of each time zone. Time zones were first used by the railroads in 1883 to standardize their schedules. According to the The Canadian Encyclopedia Plus by McClelland & Stewart Inc., Canada’s “[Sir Sandford] Fleming also played a key role in the development of a worldwide system of keeping time. Trains had made obsolete the old system where major cities and regions set clocks according to local astronomical conditions. Fleming advocated the adoption of a standard or mean time and hourly variations from that according to established time zones. He was instrumental in convening an International Prime Meridian Conference in Washington in 1884 at which the system of international standard time — still in use today — was adopted.”In 1918, the U.S. Congress made the U.S. rail zones official under federal law and gave the responsibility to make any changes to the Interstate Commerce Commission, the only federal transportation regulatory agency at the time. When Congress created the Department of Transportation in 1966, it transferred the responsibility for the time laws to the new department.The American law by which we turn our clock forward in the spring and back in the fall is known as the Uniform Time Act of 1966. The law does not require that anyone observe Daylight Saving Time; all the law says is that if we are going to observe Daylight Saving Time, it must be done uniformly.Daylight Saving Time has been around for most of this century and even earlier.Benjamin Franklin, while a minister to France, first suggested the idea in an essay titled “An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light.” The essay was first published in the Journal de Paris in April 1784. But it wasn’t for more than a century later that an Englishman, William Willett, suggested it again in 1907.Willett was reportedly passing by homes where the shades were down, even though the sun was up. He wrote a pamphlet called “The Waste of Daylight” because of his observations.Willett wanted to move the clock ahead by 80 minutes in four moves of 20 minutes each during the spring and summer months. In 1908, the British House of Commons rejected advancing the clock by one hour in the spring and back again in the autumn.Willett’s idea didn’t die, and it culminated in the introduction of British Summer Time by an Act of Parliament in 1916. Clocks were put one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) during the summer months.England recognized that the nation could save energy and changed their clocks during the first World War.In 1918, in order to conserve resources for the war effort, the U.S. Congress placed the country on Daylight Saving Time for the remainder of WW I. It was observed for seven months in 1918 and 1919. The law, however, proved so unpopular that it was later repealed.When America went to war again, Congress reinstated Daylight Saving Time on February 9, 1942. Time in the U.S. was advanced one hour to save energy. It remained advanced one hour forward year-round until September 30, 1945.In England, the energy saving aspects of Daylight Saving were recognized again during WWII. Clocks were changed two hours ahead of GMT during the summer, which became known as Double Summer Time. But it didn’t stop with the summer. During the war, clocks remained one hour ahead of GMT though the winter.From 1945 to 1966, there was no U.S. law about Daylight Saving Time. So, states and localities were free to observe Daylight Saving Time or not.This, however, caused confusion — especially for the broadcasting industry, and for trains and buses. 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.By 1966, some 100 million Americans were observing Daylight Saving Time through their own local laws and customs. Congress decided to step in end the confusion and establish one pattern across the country. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S. Code Section 260a) created Daylight Saving Time to begin on the last Sunday of April and to end on the last Sunday of October. Any area that wanted to be exempt from Daylight Saving Time could do so by passing a local ordinance. The law was amended in 1986 to begin Daylight Saving Time on the first Sunday in April.Embargo Changes Daylight Saving Time
Following the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo, Congress put most of the nation on extended Daylight Saving Time for two years in hopes of saving additional energy. This experiment worked, but Congress did not continue the experiment in 1975 because of opposition — mostly from the farming states.In 1974, Daylight Saving Time lasted ten months and lasted for eight months in 1975, rather than the normal six months (then, May to October). The U.S. Department of Transportation — which has jurisdiction over Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. — studied the results of the experiment. It concluded:Daylight Saving Time saves energy. Based on consumption figures for 1974 and 1975, The Department of Transportation says observing Daylight Saving Time in March and April saved the equivalent in energy of 10,000 barrels of oil each day — a total of 600,000 barrels in each of those two years. California Energy Commission studies confirm a saving of about one percent per day.
Daylight Saving Time saves lives and prevents traffic injuries. The earlier Daylight Saving Time allowed more people to travel home from work and school in daylight, which is much safer than darkness. And except for the months of November through February, Daylight Saving Time does not increase the morning hazard for those going to school and work.
Daylight Saving Time prevents crime. Because people get home from work and school and complete more errands and chores in daylight, Daylight Saving Time also seems to reduce people’s exposure to various crimes, which are more common in darkness than in light.
The Department of Transportation estimated that 50 lives were saved and about 2,000 injuries were prevented in March and April of the study years. The department also estimated that $28 million was saved in traffic accident costs.A brand new study in 2007 seems to confirm that DST helps prevent accidents. The study was published in February 2007 in The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy (Vol. 7, Issue 1, Article 11) and is titled “Short and Long Run Effects of Daylight Saving Time on Fatal Automobile Crashes.”The abstract of the study by Neeraj Sood with the RAND corporation and Arkkadipta Ghosh of the Pardee RAND Graduate School’s says:“Prior literature suggests that Daylight Saving Time (DST) can both increase the risk of automobile crashes in the short run and decrease the risk of automobile crashes in the long run.“We use 28 years (1976-2003) of automobile crash data from the United States, and exploit a natural experiment arising from a 1986 federal law that changed the time when states switched to DST to identify the short run and long run effects of DST on automobile crashes.“Our findings suggest that:DST has no significant detrimental effect on automobile crashes in the short run;
DST significantly reduces automobile crashes in the long run with an 8-11% fall in crashes involving pedestrians, and a 6-10% fall in crashes for vehicular occupants in the weeks after the spring shift to DST.”
Congress and President Reagan Change Daylight SavingTime
Daylight Saving Time was changed slightly in 1986 when President Reagan signed Public Law 99-359. It changed Daylight Saving Time from the last Sunday in April to the first Sunday in April. No change was made to the ending date of the last Sunday in October.This was done ostensibly to conserve energy during the month of April. Adding the entire month of April is estimated to save nationwide about 300,000 barrels of oil each year.Changed Again in 2007
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 was passed by Congress and then signed into law by President George W. Bush on August 8, 2005. Under the new law, Daylight Saving Time begins three weeks earlier than previously, on the second Sunday in March. DST is extended by one week to the first Sunday in November. The new start and stop period began in March 2007.The original House bill would have added two full months, one in the spring and another in the fall. According to some U.S. senators, farmers complained that a two-month extension could adversely affect livestock, and airline officials said it would have complicated scheduling of international flights. So, a compromise was worked out to start DST on the second Sunday in March and end the first Sunday in November.Enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 did not alter the rights of the states and territories to choose not to observe Daylight Saving Time.The question remains, however, whether the earlier DST will save additional energy. The California Energy Commission’s Demand Analysis Office published a report titled The Effect of Early Daylight Saving Time on California Electricity Consumption: A Statistical Analysis, Commission publication # CEC-200-2007-004, in May 2007. (PDF file, 592 kilobytes).It concludes that, “The extension of Daylight Saving Time (DST) to March 2007 had little or no effect on energy consumption in California, according to a statistical analysis. The most likely approximation is a 0.2% decrease during these three weeks. Given the natural variation in consumption, however, the margin of electricity use change associated with early DST could have been one and a half percent of increase or decrease without such effects showing up statistically. Formally, weather- and lighting-corrected savings from DST were estimated at 0.18% with a 95% confidence interval ranging from 1.5% savings to a 1.4% increase.”Seize the Daylight
A book all about DST was published in 2005 called Seize the Daylight: The Curious and Contentious Story of Daylight Saving Time by Dr. David Prerau.It’s published by Avalon Publishing / Thunder’s Mouth Press – ISBN: 1-56025-655-9. There’s also a website about the book at: www.seizethedaylight.com Two fun quotes from the book:“An extra yawn one morning in the springtime, an extra snooze one night in the autumn is all that we ask in return for dazzling gifts. We borrow an hour one night in April; we pay it back with golden interest five months later.” -Winston Churchill“It seems very strange . . . that in the course of the world’s history so obvious an improvement should never have been adopted. . . . The next generation of Britishers would be the better for having had this extra hour of daylight in their childhood.” -Sir Arthur Conan DoyleMore About TIME
Many countries observe Daylight Saving Time. But the beginning and ending dates are often different than those used in the United States.The book, The Official Airline Guide, is one of the best sources of information about whether or not Daylight Saving Time is observed in another country.You can find out more information about Daylight Saving Time by writing TIME, c/o Office of General Counsel, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C. 20590.Another Web site about DST can be found at: http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/, which is a public service of the Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement (IDEA) by WebExhibits as a compliment to www.time.gov. The U.S. Naval Observatory’s Web site gives the current time for all time zones, and it’s free. Go to:http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/timer.pl. Note, however, that with Internet traffic and delays on servers and browsers, that the correct time may be off a few seconds or more.For the correct time of the day, you can call the Department of Transportation at 900-410-TIME. There is a charge for the call. Or check with your local phone company to see if there is a local dial up time service such as “POP-CORN.”Some phone companies also have a local number you can call for the current correct local time. Call directory assistance in your area for the number to call for the correct time.One question people always ask about Daylight Saving Time regards the time that restaurants and bars close. In many states, liquor cannot be served after 2 a.m. But at 2 a.m. in the fall, the time switches back one hour. So, why can’t they serve for that additional hour in October?The answer: the bars do not close at 2 a.m. but actually at 1:59 a.m. So, they are already closed when the time changes from Daylight Saving Time into Standard Time.Final observations:
It is Daylight Saving (singular) Time, NOT Daylight SavingS Time. We are saving daylight, so it is singular and not plural.
Daylight Saving Time differs in other areas of the world. Consult a good encyclopedia for additional information about DST in your own country. Or check out the “World Time Zone” or the “WorldTime” Web pages at:
www.worldtimezone.com/daylight.html www.worldtimeserver.com/ www.worldtime.com There’s an excellent history of time-keeping at Walk Through Time – The Evolution of Time Measurement through the Ages
Thanks for all your e-mail! We are amazed that this page gets so much attention, usually twice a year. While we appreciate the e-mail, we can not answer a lot of your specific questions. For example, we do not have the ability to tell you whether DST was practiced on a specific date or by a specific region/state/city/town in the past. Check out microfilm or old printed copies of your local newspapers around early April and late October of the years you are interested in. They will usually have stories or reminders about setting your clock. Those papers are a good indicator. Your local libraries should be able to help you with the microfilmed or printed copies of the old newspapers.
If you are interested in changing DST, either abolishing it or having it extended year-round….please do not contact the California Energy Commission. We have no jurisdiction over DST. Instead, contact your state’s elected officials or your Congressional representatives. You can also contact the U.S. Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C.
A final note, especially in that one of my uncles was a fire chief in Connecticut, my step son is a firefighter, and one of my colleagues has a family member who is the former fire chief in Sacramento…with the change of Daylight Saving Time, it’s a good time to change the batteries in your smoke detector(s). Changing the batteries twice a year will make sure that the detector(s) will be working in case there is a fire. Some inexpensive detectors also need to be replaced completely about every five years or so. Also make sure you dispose of the old batteries and alarms properly. Check with your local solid waste disposal company or waste management board to find out the best way to dispose of old batteries and the alarms.
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