It’s About Time! Shady Pines Springs Forward
It’s Time For a Change
Hey, it’s me. I’m Scoop, your cub reporter with The Shady Pines Gazette newspaper. 
This just in. It’s that time again. Get, it, “time?”
We’re about to spring forward an hour due to Daylight Saving Time. It officially happens at 2am this Sunday morning.
So you might as well get ready now ’cause you know it’s coming. And for whatever reason, it always takes some getting used to.
“Scoop are you including in your article what people should do ahead of time?” asks Gazette editor Zulah Talmadge. “I know we always get letters from parents who say their kids are really affected by this change.”
“Yes, Ms. Talmadge. I’ve been doing some research and here’s what I found out.”
* To be on the safe side, Saturday night before you go to bed, remember to set all your clocks ahead one hour. 
Otherwise, when you wake up, you’ll be really behind.
Scoop sighs when he thinks abut this first suggestion.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been late for something on the Sunday after this happens!”
Zulah nods. “A lot of folks in Shady Pines wonder why we do this twice a year. In the fall we fall back an hour, and in the spring we spring forward.”
Scoop throw up his hands. “I know. It’s crazy isn’t it? There’s talk they may do away with Daylight Saving Time, but for now, we’ve got to live with it I guess.”
* Sleep experts suggest going to sleep — and waking up — slightly earlier in the days leading 
up to daylight saving time to help adjust yourself to the change. That’s why you need to start now.
Zulah has something to add. “You know what I started doing last year that really helped me?”
“What?” asks Scoop.
“Well,” says Zulah, “When I wake up on that ‘Change The Clocks Sunday,’ I open the blinds and get some sun. I do this right away. Or, I’ll take a morning walk, ’cause I read somewhere that helps reset your internal clock.”
It’s The Law
“Get this Scoop, In case you’re wondering how long we’ve been doing this, Daylight Saving became a federal law in 1966, with passage of the Uniform Time Act.”
“Oh, and another thing Ms. Talmadge,” says Scoop. “We have to remind folks that it’s Daylight Saving, not Savings, so they can correct any of their friends or family who get that wrong.”
The Rules Don’t Apply Everywhere
“That’s a good point Scoop,” says Zulah. “Here’s something that doesn’t make sense to me. We change our clocks and routine here in our small Southern town, but if you live in Hawaii or Arizona, you don’t have to do anything. Other non-observers include American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.”
Scoop shakes his head. “I don’t get it. But I am going to ask our readers if they have any tips on how to get through Daylight Saving without it rocking their world, please let me know and I’ll share it with everyone.”
In the meantime, Scoop out!
As winter gives way to spring, what kind of weather can the folks in Shady Pines Story Town expect?
hardware store downtown on Main Street. Right now, he’s looking high and low for something.
rawhide bone.
Halley’s Comet, their silver streak of a cat, is perched on her pink window seat grooming herself.
Edna places the last clean plate in the upper cupboard. “Harold I just realized tomorrow is a new month. Can you believe that?”
like a lamb,” says Harold.
“Oh pah-leez you overgrown bundle of fur,” hisses Halley. “No one would mistake you for a mighty anything!”
with Boomer and pets his head. “Easy boy. Pretend you’re a lamb.”
take weeks or even months to arrive. 
His teacher called him “addled,” which means slow or dim. 
That’s right. They didn’t think he was very smart. Edison’s mother was frustrated with the school.
the Grand Trunk Herald.
Some of his other best known inventions include the phonograph (which recorded sounds and played them back) and the movie camera. That’s right. Every time you watch a movie you now know who made that possible.
Just days ahead of Martin Luther King Day this year, Boston unveiled a new statue. 
about the civil rights leader’s connection to Boston?
“I Have A Dream”
President Ronald Reagan signed Martin Luther King Day, into law, making it a federal holiday.
With all the angry political divide in our country right now, Martin Luther King Day comes just at the right time, don’t you think? His peaceful approach to intolerance was not only the right way to encourage change, it actually worked!
What do the children in your lives see when they look to the future?
Dreams are the wings that let us soar through life. And this year, 
I’m Scoop The Cub Reporter here at The Shady Pines Gazette news and we’re learning about this in school.
hopes that a dream would give them advice, comfort, or healing. How about that?
I get lost in my thoughts sometimes. But you should know that a lot of folks get some really good and creative ideas while they’re daydreaming. So don’t knock it!
A long time ago in 1865, a man dreamed up the idea of a little girl falling into a magical land and having all sorts of adventures with the characters she found there.
in an amazing way in this children’s tale. Not only that, but it has become one of the most beloved and enduring children’s stories of all time.
Here’s another example. In 1925 a man turned a mouse into an empire.
Big, small, and everything in between, we need dreams and wishes to make us want to do more. Some dreams even inspire us to make our lives better for ourselves and for the people around us.
Most importantly, all the folks here in this tight knit community wouldn’t be here. And we know how much fun they have telling stories to kids to help them grow up to be good and decent people.