Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April
The truth about Daylight Saving Time and sheriff's Report
agriculture
_________
Spring forward, fall
back. The sim ple phrase
reminds everyone that twice
a year the clocks are moved
up one hour the first Sunday
in April and back one hour
the last Sunday in October,
That extra hour of daylight
at the end o f each day
starting this weekend seems
to be w elcom e as the
weather warms and people
em erge from a w in ter
hibernation. But contrary to
popular belief, D aylight
Saving Time (DST) was not
created for the benefit o f
ag ric u ltu re nor does it
necessarily work in favor of
farmers and ranchers.
“W hether Daylight
Saving Time helps or hinders
a g ric u ltu ra l o p e ra tio n s
depends on who you talk to
and what they produce,”
says Brent Searle, special
assistant to the director of
the Oregon Department of
A g ricu ltu re. “ For som e
producers, having more light
at the end o f the day is
beneficial. For others, it may
create some inconvenience.
For the rest, it really doesn't
make that much difference.”
By some accounts,
B enjam in
F ranklin
reportedly first considered
Daylight Saving Time in his
1784essay, “An Economical
Project.” But it wasn't until
1918 that Congress passed
a law to “preserve daylight
and provide standard time
for the U nited S ta te s .”
Repealed in 1919, President
Roosevelt instituted year-
round Daylight Saving Time
during World War II, when
it was referred to as War
Time. After the war ended in
1945, DST was no longer a
law. However some states
still used it, which led to a
num ber o f sch ed u lin g
difficulties. The Uniform
Time Act of 1966 was signed
by President Johnson. States
that wanted an exemption
had to pass a state law to do
so. (Currently, Hawaii and
Arizona are the only states
that do not participate in
Daylight Saving Time.)
Since then, there
have
been
v ario u s
modifications to DST, but
the biggest change is slated
for 2007 when it will be
increased from the second
Sunday in March to the first
Sunday in N ovem ber.
President Bush signed the
Energy Policy Act of 2005,
which has a provision to
basically add two months to
the existing Daylight Saving
Time.
R easons cited for
creating Daylight Saving
Tim e in clu d e energy
conservation, travel safety,
and crime prevention. Just
how much having daylight
extended one hour in the
evening is actually leading to
safer travel and less crime is
debatable. However, studies
have shown that energy use
and the dem and for
electricity for lighting homes
is d ire c tly co n n ected to
bedtime. When people go to
bed, they turn off lights,
te le v isio n s, and o th er
appliances, which account
for about one-fourth of the
daily total use of electricity
in the U .S. If bedtim e
remains the same but there
is an extra hour of daylight,
the need for artificial light is
reduced. A report by the
U.S.
D ep artm en t
of
Transportation in the 1970s
estim ated that A m erica’s
electricity usage is reduced
by about one-percent while
DST is in effect,
Benefits of DST to
agriculture are less clear,
Most agricultural activities
are based on daylight hours
as opposed to clock hours.
Crops and livestock maintain
their schedules regardless of
the time reflected on the
clock. There always seems
to be a job to do light or
dark, rain or shine.
“ I d o n ’t see how
there are any savings o f
energy with Daylight Saving
T im e,” says Ken Bailey,
cherry grow er from The
Dalles and vice-chair of the
State Board of Agriculture,
“The same amount of work
needs to be done and gets
done no matter what time it
is. I c a n 't th in k o f any
advantages of DST. The only
disadvantage is that each
time the clock is changed,
we need to adjust our work
hours. Our workers prefer to
start as early in the morning
as possible. Beginning this
weekend, we will need to
adjust the start tim es to
match up w ith available
daylight. M other N ature
already provides a gradual
progression from winter to
summer and the amount of
light available. All DST does
is break up an otherw ise
smooth transition to summer
or winter.”
A nother Board o f
Agriculture member, Baker
County farmer and rancher
Jan K erns, sees m ostly
b e n efits from D aylight
Saving Time,
"We see a big
advantage during potato
h a rv e st,” says K erns.
“ B ecause the nights are
b ecom ing co ld by late
September or early October,
our morning ‘dig starting
time’ is set more by the soil
and tu b e r te m p e ratu res
rather than the clock. The
extra hour at the end of the
day allows us to dig and pre
load trucks for the beginning
run on the next day while
having beneficial soil and
tuber temperatures. It also
makes for a more safe crew
working environment to be
able to work with natural
light rather than artificial
light.”
K erns also sees
advantages of DST with her
cattle operation.
“ We try to avoid
moving cattle during the heat
of the day to avoid stressing
them .” she says. “Longer
ev en in g s w ith co o ler
temperatures makes this job
easier on the cattle, and safer
for visibility by oncoming
traffic o f the people on
h o rseb ack
and
four-
wheelers.”
B eef cattle is one
thing, but how about the
impact of changing the clock
on dairy cattle? Once again,
the industry -both people and
animals- is used to it.
“Dairy cattle seem to
respond a little bit differently
b ecau se they m ight be
milked an hour earlier or an
hour later once the clock is
changed,” says Board of
A griculture C hair Bernie
Faber, who operates Calgon
Dairy in West Salem. “The
cows must be milked twice
a day regardless. The clock
its e lf d o e sn ’t m ake any
difference to the animal. It’s
just the 12-hour interval they
are used to.”
Faber will move up
the early morning milking a
half an hour this weekend,
from 1:30 a.m. to 1 a.m., to
begin the gradual one-hour
change due to D ay lig h t
Saving Time.
In the end, farmers
and their families are not
much different than urban
folks. A little extra daylight
extending into the evening is
u su ally w elcom e for a
variety o f reasons. A fter
dark, wet and often dreary
winter conditions, waiting
until 8 p.m. or later for the
sun to go down just seems
to put people in a better
m ood.
For
m ore
information, contact Bruce
Pokamey at (503) 986-4559.
The Morrow County
Sheriff’s Office reports han
dling the following business:
A pril 2: BPD issued
a citation to Jason Darrell
Beatty, 20, for driving while
suspended.
-B PD issued a
citation to Maria Guadalupe
M artin ez, 29, for no
operating license, failing to
y ield to an em ergency
vehicle and failing to use a
seatbelt.
A p ril 3: M CSO
received a report that Gary
Dwaine Beeler Jr., 19, was
arrested by Washington CO
Jail on an HJC warrant for
failing to pay fine for driving
while suspended.
-M CSO arrested a
juvenile male for violation of
C onditional R elease and
Violation of Court Order. He
was lodged at Norcor.
-B PD issu ed a
citation to M ario Herlino
Chojolan Garcia, 42, for no
insurance and for driving
while suspended.
-B PD issu ed a
c ita tio n to M aria E len a
A ndrade, 29, for driving
while suspended, driving
uninsured and for illegal
window tinting.
-B PD issu ed a
citation to Jackie Kristine
Roberts, 27, for failing to
obey traffic control device.
HYSA to hold
softball clinic
The Heppner Youth
Sports A cadem y will be
putting on a softball clinic
Sunday, A pril 30. The
Eastern Oregon University
coaching staff and players
w ill
be
in stru c tin g .
Registration forms will be
available at Heppner High
School
and
H eppner
Elementary School. The cost
is $10 per player.
Girls participating in
little league, minors, majors
and juniors are welcome to
the morning session and high
school players are welcome
to attend the aftern o o n
session. T his is a great
opportunity for our softball
p lay ers to receiv e high
quality collegiate instruction.
For
m ore
information please contact
Petra Payne at 676-9138,
ext. 2518.
CUSTOM
MS Walk to be
held in Heppner BANNERS
The annual MS Walk
will be held in Heppner on
S atu rd ay ,
A pril
8.
Registration begins at 8 a.m.
at All S a in t’s E piscopal
Church. The walk begins at
9 a.m. from City Park. Call
1-800-FIGHT MS for more
information.
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ABOUT THE HEPPNER
GAZETTE-TIMES
NEWSPAPER
James Bernard
Miller
James Bernard “Jim”
M iller, 73, died Sunday,
March 26, 2006, at Sunrise
Life Style A dult Fam ily
Home in Bellevue, WA.
A m em orial m ass
was held A pril 3 at St.
Patrick’s Catholic Church in
H eppner. In u rn m en t o f
cremains will follow at the
Heppner Masonic Cemetery
in Heppner.
He was bom March
16, 1933 at Heppner to E.
Harvey and Anne (Doherty)
Miller.
He attended grade
school in Heppner and after
the family moved to Portland
he graduated from Central
Catholic High School. Miller
then attended Oregon State
University before serving in
the U.S. Army.
While stationed at
Ft. Bliss, Texas, he met his
future wife on a blind date
set up by his best man. On
July 6, 1956 he m arried
Earlene Wilson at El Paso,
Texas.
After the service, he
returned to Oregon State
University and earned his
b a c h e lo r’s degree. They
m oved to Lexington and
farmed with Miller’s brother
for several years. A move to
Pendleton was next and they
farmed on Birch Creek for
tim e before m oving to
Hermiston in 1972.
He enjoyed golfing
and bowling.
Survivors include
son, Terry Miller of Rogers,
AR; daughter, Kristi Brown
of Seattle, WA; brother. Tad
Miller of Heppner; and nine
grandchildren.
He was preceded in
death by his wife, Earlene
Miller in 2005; son, James
Kip Miller; daughter, Tana
C larice Thom as; parents,
Harvey and Anne Miller; and
two sisters, Marian Miller
and Colleen Pointer.
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made
to a charity of your choice.
Burns Mortuary of
H erm iston is in care o f
arrangements.
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