Daylight-saving time: Some hate it, others love it, and still others couldn't care less.

At least that's the way it appeared in a random sampling this morning, the first workday after the time switch Sunday.

Daylight-saving-not "Savings" - time or DST began at 2 a.m. Sunday and ends the first Sunday in November.

Bob Woods is one of those people who dislike it. The management systems analyst for the city of Albany said he and his wife, Vickie, would just as soon clocks would stay the same.

"I saw a study that said the perceived savings may not be there," he said. "I heard energy usage actually goes up during this time."

Woods, who commutes to his job from Salem, said he was just getting used to having "significant" sunlight in the mornings. "It makes it easier to wake up and commute. I wish it would stay on standard time year around," he said.

Nick Cloward, assistant manager for Knecht's Auto Parts in Albany, feels the opposite: "I love it. I get up early when it's dark outside and it makes for an easy morning with my coffee, and then I have a long afternoon to play with the kids and work on cars. I am glad to see it."

Cloward says it's good for business, too: "People can make it in to buy parts after work and get the work done that they need to do in daylight."

Larry McGinnis said DST is also good for his Albany heating business. He can get more work done in the evenings, especially if he has to be up on a roof. He would like to see DST go year-round.

Karen Barton also likes the extra daylight. The director and teacher at Montessori Sundborn Children's House prefers doing school work later in the evening when it is light, and her farm chores are easier when they can be done in the daylight.

At the Golf Club of Oregon, general manager and pro Don Koon said DST helps business. Golfers can play later into the evening, and the extra daylight hours allow workers more time to clean mats at the driving range and pick up balls and get them washed before going home.

"Personally, daylight saving time

doesn't have any bearing on me. I don't get much out of it," he said.

That is about the same way Bill Yutzie of Bills' Flower Tree feels. And Dick Conolly, the city of Albany's parks and facilities maintenance manager, finds DST a minor irritation.

Larissa Saemenes, the bookkeeper at Linn Benton Tractor Co., does not like to lose out on that hour of sleep when clocks are moved forward but believes the country is saving energy by going to DST.

She remembered to set her clocks ahead because she had a lot to do on Sunday, including being at church on time.