When Jan. 1 rolls around, electricity should be flowing into homes and the bills should follow soon, said officials at the city's Y2K town hall meeting Tuesday. Despite dire predictions elsewhere, Jones County business and government officials predict a relatively smooth electronic transition into the year 2000. Bruce Evans, vice president for customer relations for Central and South West Corp., told members of the Kiwanis Club of Abilene Wednesday the electric utility's four companies have solving the Year 2000 problem as their top priority this year. It's the Year 1999, and many of us are already consumed by the Year 2000. The Abilene Chamber of Commerce is looking forward to next year and what we need to be ready for it.
History does repeat itself.
At least, it seems like it does. Poring through Abilene history books, newspapers and other sources, there is instance upon instance of conflicting dates for an event. All Rights Reserved. Site users are subject to our User Agreement . We also have a Privacy Policy .