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COLORADO SPRINGS SENIORINTERNS IN WIRTH ’S WASHINGTON OFFICEColorado Springs resident Tomasita Ortega, 62, spent the last week of April interning ii Senator Tim Wirth’s (D-Colo.) Washington office, a few steps from the nation’s capitol “The internship is a front-row seat to learn about how our nation’s gevemment operates,'Wirth said. “Attending Senate hearings, watching the Senate deliberate on bills, andlearning how Coloradan's requests for information arethese are part of thehandledbusy week the interns spentmy officeOrtega was one of six senior citizens selected from125 applicants by a non-partisan, independent committee of 10 former senior interns. Interns were selected on the basis of their involvement in community affairs, interest in government, and their involvement in community affairs, interest in government, and their plans for sharing what they learned in Washington with their local communities.From Wednesday, April 25, to Saturday morning, April 28, the senior interns participated I’ve been involved in in the 16th Annual Wirth Washington Seminar. This year’s seminar focused on thecommunity affairs a long time,Mdramatic developments in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, the growing evironmentalting information out and getting information in. Going to Washington helped me understand what I’m talking about”Ortega said. “It’s a way of get- crisis, and the outlook for the U.S. economy.4«TtI’m so happy every time I think about this that my heart goes into my throat,” Ortegasaid. “I always wanted to learn more about government so that I could use it to help others.Ortega stresses the need for the United States to pay more attention to the problems of Ortega was bom in Pueblo and has lived in Colorado Springs since 1946. She married inolder people, and says that her Washington internship helped her in addressing the needs 1949 and has five daughters, ten grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.Ortega was chairperson of the El Paso County Welfare Advisory Board and has been co-of senior citizens.Ortega spent one all-expenses-paid week in Washington from April 22 through April 29. chairperson of Community Agencies Working Together, which facilitated the process forlocal community groups to work together cooperatively. She received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs in 1981. Her degree in distributive
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Colorado Springs Hispania News
Colorado Springs, Colorado, US
Wed, Aug 08, 1990
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