Volume 12 , Issue 45

NW Okie's R & R

With the return to Mountain Standard Time (MST) and an extra hour the beginning of November 2010, in the San Juans comes the Winter storm watches for the western slopes of Colorado.

As to switching from Daylight Savings Time (DST), did you know that between 2/9/1942-9/30/1945, the government extended daylight saving time and it was observed year-round. During WWII the United States made daylight saving time mandatory for the whole country, as a way to save wartime resources.

In the late 1990s (1999) I had the honor to transcribe a "Father's Legacy" written by the Honorable State Senator Ernest D. Martin and place on one of my websites. Senator Ernest D. Martin (1921-2010) died at the age of 89, November 2, 2010, on election day, in Ardmore, Carter county, Oklahoma.

My only regret is, I never got to meet Ernest Martin in person. Because I had the honor and privilege of transcribing his notes and emailing over the last 10 or 11 years, it feels as though I have known him all my life. He was a loving son, husband, father, grandparent and Oklahoma State Senator (1964-1982). His memory will remain alive for many whose path he has crossed.

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