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This year daylight saving time comes to a close on Sunday November 7, at 2:00 AM. Once we turn the clocks back, each day will become shorter until the winter solstice on December 21st.
Here are a few facts about Daylight Saving Time:
- Most countries near the equator don’t observe Daylight Saving Time.
- Some counties reference “Daylight Saving Time” as “Summer Time”.
- In the US, Hawaii and Arizona don’t observe Daylight Saving Time.
Daylight Saving Time can be harmful to human health. T...
1. Halloween originates from the ancient Celtic Festival known as Samhain that was celebrated around Ireland and the UK. October 31st was the eve of their new year. The Celts lit bonfires and wore costumes to protect themselves from spirits. They believed ghosts returned to earth on Samhain.
2. Jack-o-Lanterns come from the Legend of Stingy Jack. The legend goes, Jack tricked the Devil into not taking him when he died and he was certainly not being accepted into heaven. This left Jack wanderin...On Saturday, October 30th, Medford will be having their annual Halloween Parade on Main Street. This parade is so popular it usually brings around 20,000 spectators each year. It consists of 10 marching bands, 40 handcrafted parade floats, and hundreds of marchers dressed in costumes. Anyone can be a marcher in the parade; marcher registration is in front of St. Mary of the Lakes School.
It starts at St. Mary of the Lakes School and ends at Maurice and Everett Haines School. The parade starts at...1. One of Christopher Columbus’ ships, the Santa Maria, crashed on the coast of the Americas and couldn’t make the voyage back to Spain.
2. Columbus Day is known as Día de la Hispanidad or Fiesta National in Spain.
3. It is the least observed federal holiday, only 10% of businesses close and take the day off.
4. Columbus Day was originally a fixed date on October 12, but it was changed to the second Monday of October in 1971.
5. Columbus started sailing when he was just 15 years old.
6. Once Col...
