By now, most people have noticed that daylight is beginning a
little earlier each morning. That means that spring—and Daylight
Saving Time—is near. In 2013, the big shift happens on Sunday,
March 10. You should set your clocks forward at 2 a.m., meaning,
yes, you'll lose an hour of sleep. But you'll get an extra hour
of daylight at the end of the day. The time change will last
until Nov. 3, 2013, when clocks will fall back an hour. When you
change your clocks in the fall and spring, the Canton Fire
Department and Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services
reminds you that it is also a good time to change smoke and
carbon monoxide detector batteries and check to make sure the
devices are in working order. The county Fire Department’s Fire
Safety Education Division also provides battery-powered smoke
detectors free of charge for senior citizens and residents in
need. "Every year in Georgia, there are fire fatalities in homes
that did not have smoke alarms, or where the alarms did not
function because of dead b