Lamb on the Run: Don’t ‘spring forward’ �” or ‘fall back’

Daylight Savings Time starts Sunday for most of the country�-but not Arizona�-

�-Maybe state lawmakers couldn’t figure out how to adjust their sun dials and just said “the heck with it”�-Mexico goes on Daylight Savings April 6�-

�-We’ll be on the same time as California and an hour earlier than New Mexico.

•Seen on license plates, reading to keep my sanity behind the wheel �- “APRAISE” �- “ELLEN 6” �- “BLUE 666” (blue devil?) �- “FLEA” on a VW Rabbit �- “TOO HOT” on an Arizona motorcycle �-

•He should know better�-in Kentucky earlier this week, a man dressed like Elvis was seen walking down the sidewalk a little before 8 a.m�-

�-Someone gave him a ride to the Jessamine County Courthouse for a court appearance, but the judge held him in contempt�-for being drunk�-

�-Said he must have been celebrated too much the night before�-

•Must be those long, cold nights in Alaska�-Gov. Sarah Palin stunned some reporters on Wednesday telling them that she “will be delivering an addition to the first family”�-

�-It will be her and her husband’s fifth child�-

�-She said she’ll be able to handle running the state�-

�-An AP story said three months ago Palin was modeling for the fashion magazine Vogue and reporters agreed she doesn’t look like she’s seven months pregnant�-Her other children are 18, 17, 13 and 6�-

�-I wonder who packs the school lunches at her home�-

•Arizona’s Pretty Good Canyon in the northwestern part of the state is actually a lot older that we all thought�-And I’m sure you think a lot about the Grand Canyon�-

�-In Friday’s issue of Science, scientists now say the canyon started forming 17 million years ago, instead of the 6 million years previously thought�-

�-The scientists said the canyon started from the west and then another canyon started later from the east�-

�-The two broke through to meet each other about six million years ago�-

Scientists, led by a team from the University of New Mexico, used an improved uranium-leading dating technique which can test the ages back tens to hundreds of million years�-

�-Friday’s New York Times in its story of the discovery repeated an old joke about the canyon�-A prospector seeing the canyon for the first time said “Something awful happened here”�-

•And if you’re a true Arizona history fan, the Tumacacori National Historical Park launches it’s centennial celebrations starting Saturday�-A highlight will be dedication at 2 p.m. of the Emery Oak in front of the visitors’ center�-The oaks gave Arizona its name�-The Basque word for oak is “Arizona”�-There’s a ranch not too far away in Mexico known as Arizona�-No charge for any of the centennial events�-

Jim Lamb’s a reporter for the Green Valley News who sometimes pays as much attention to his driving as he does to reading license plates.

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