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Runy Wiley
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What do you anticipate the new millennium will bring and what are you doing to get ready?
"My gut feeling is that we are headed into a golden age. More walls will be coming down, communication within families and between countries will open up and violence and war will become an unaccepatable way of dealing with disagreements and women will rise up and be heard and be a major force in worldwide peace. To get ready for this, personally, I have begun a daily ritual of 'going within' to find my own inner peace so that I can start visualizing it on a planetary level."
-- Carole Baker, 41, Montgomery, fine art studio owner.
"I sense that many people will overreact for no reason at all. I am eager to be a part of the new millennium."
-- Karen Cartwright, 30, Newport, pharmaceutical sales.
"Greater respect for sustainable living on the planet -- recycling everything and not buying unneeded items."
-- Nancy Motz, 35, West Chester, editor.
"I anticipate that the country will wake up and face the issues that harp us as a nation before we all explode. I am educating myself about problems and helping find solutions."
-- Deesha Dyer, 21, Corryville, sales associate.
"I expect more of the same greed and materialism, until the decline of this society is complete."
-- Marty Lim, 37, Hyde Park, server
"I'm not worried. I lived through the Depression years."
-- Ruby Wiley, 72, Erlanger, supervisor..
What, if anything, do you think you need to do to prepare yourself, your family and your community for Y2K problems?
"Keep good money records on paper; mostly have to just trust the power companies."
-- Teresa Brolley, no age given, Erlanger, art director.
"Take a deep breath and let the cards fall where they may."
-- Donna M. Scott, 32, Cherry Grove, server.
"Stay prayerful and hope for the best."
-- Noi Rosser, 32, Walnut Hills, graduate student.
"We will continue to pray and learn how to survive without all our conveniences."
-- Dena M. Reed, 42, Mount Auburn, clerical worker.
"Nothing. The Y2K problem is mostly under control in this country."
-- Debra Blatnik, 38, Montgomery, information technology manager.
"I don't fear some kind of 'impending doom.' However, I am going to have a supply of bottled water, canned goods, a case of really good champagne, etc., just in case there is a temporary breakdown in our systems. I'm going to keep my kids close at home as the calendar turns to 2000 and shoot lots of video footage to record this incredible event. I'll probably have a lot of parties, cook a lot of great food and CELEBRATE!"
-- Carole Baker
What should women have learned from Monica Lewinsky in 1999?
"Don't date married men. Get a puppy. They love you back. They don't lie."
-- Polly Hager, 36, Colerain Township, self-employed house cleaner.
"I learned more from Congress and Clinton. Monica taught me a new hairstyle."
-- Nancy Motz
" 'Everybody plays the fool, sometime, there's no exception to the rule.' "
-- Deesha Dyer
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Photo By Jymi Bolden
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Carole Baker
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"Get a life. If you decide to have an affair with a married man, accept the consequences. Nobody makes you repeatedly and voluntarily give blow jobs to the president."
-- Marni Penning Minadakis, 28, downtown, marketing director/actress.
"If you play the game, expect the shame."
-- Ruby Wiley
"Keep your mouth shut! (In more ways than one.)"
-- Cynthia Grow, 49, Miamitown, marketing vice president.
"We cannot vote a man into the presidency simply because he is cute; we cannot depend on our sex appeal to further our careers; always know WHO you are marrying before you get married; see how stupid these women are who try to get ahead with sex and without brains?"
-- Name withheld
"It never pays to fool around with a married man, no matter what he says, and that we need to start building little girls' self-worth at a very young age."
-- Ginger Halterman, 32, Deer Park, child-care center director.
