Ind. Teen Hopes to Turn Time Into Money

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Eighteen-year-old Evan Kelso is offering to change every digital clock in a customer’s home or car after all of Indiana goes to daylight saving time this weekend for the first time in more than 30 years. His fee: $10.

Kelso, a senior at Bishop Luers High School, said he came up with the idea as Indiana lawmakers sniped about time zones and daylight-saving time. He said he and his father are always trying to think up new ways to make a little extra cash.

“I just kind of sat there and thought, `We got to capitalize on this,’” Kelso said.

His offer includes changing the time on microwaves, ovens, answering machines, cars, computers, watches and VCRs. For an extra $1, he’ll also install new batteries.

Kelso expects the time-change predicament to affect senior citizens the most. He plans to work from Sunday into next week – which is his spring break from school.

The biggest challenge is changing VCRS.

“There are so many makes and models. God knows, they are impossible to do anyway,” Kelso said.