Calm as the horizon, lying flat on his stretcher with his stolid wife and 50-year-old son in chairs beside him, Nick was down. About an hour earlier he had bent over to put on his socks and his leg had collapsed. So his wife and son dragged him to the car, and here he was in my hospital.


A doctor views an X-ray of a hip replacement.

Five weeks ago, the stocky old Greek, whose exuberant...

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by Susan L. Conklin, County Historian

For most of the United States and some 70 countries Daylight Saving Time (DST) begins at 2:00 a.m. on the first Sunday of April and reverts to Standard Time at 2:00 a.m. on the last Sunday of October. The predominant reason we change our clocks is to save electricity. In the average household energy consumed by lights and small appliances, such as TVs and computers, occurs in the evening when families are home. By adjusting clocks we can cut the...

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Six Month Day, Night at Poles

Why do the north pole and the south pole have 6 months of daylight and 6 months of darkness? How can there be only one sunrise and sunset each year, not day? I heard that on the first day of fall, there are twelve hours of daylight and 12 hours of night. Please help.

Lets try this: You need a ball, a marker pen, a flashlight and a reasonably dark room. Mark a spot on the ball with the letter "N". On the opposite side of that mark,...

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Ancient Calendars


Early Clocks


A Revolution in Timekeeping

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The Beginning of Time
The Egyptians were the first people who created a twenty-four hour day. Time was a little bit different in those days. The night was divided up into twelve hours, which were designated by the position of stars in the sky. The day was divided into ten hours and a shadow clock was used to keep track of these hours. The twilight hours were the hours before dawn and after sunset.

The Egyptians thought they were the first to invent the shadow clock, but they...

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