November 22, 2009
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Citizens Prepare Small-Town Life for Impact of Millennium Bug

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'We're trying to encourage a path between complacency and panic,' Wells interjected in the diner conversation recently when someone began speculating about a 'worldwide financial meltdown' from the millennium bug.

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'If we were the only people worrying about this, there would be a catastrophe,' he said. 'But we're not the only ones.'

Contacts:
Ian Wells, activist, Lowell Y2K project, Lowell, Mass., 978-452-4996; web site: lowellonline.org/bna/y2k.

Paloma O'Riley, organizer, The Cassandra Project for Community Action, Louisville, Colo., 303-664-5227; web site: millennia-bcs.com.

Cynthia Beal, owner, Red Barn Natural Grocery, Eugene, Ore. Robert Theobald, futurist, Spokane, Wash., 509-835-3569.

Background:
Mary Jane Collipriest, press secretary for Sen. Robert Bennett, Washington, D.C., 202-224-5444. The Year 2000 Information Center web site: www.year2000.com. Year 2000 National Education Task Force, 800-289-2646; web site: http://www.y2knet.com. Rogue Valley y2k Task Force, Medford, Ore., 541-608-9265; web site: www.rv-y2k.org. 'AWAKENING: The Upside of Y2K,' edited by Judy Laddon, Tom Atlee and Larry Shook (The Printed Word, 1998).

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