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Colorado Springs resident Tomasita Ortega, 62, spent the last week of April interning in SenatorTim Wirth’s (D-Colo.)Washington office, a few steps from the nation’scapitol.“The internship is a 1 front-row seat to learn about how our nation’sgovernment operates,”Wirth said. “Attending Senate hearings, watching the Senate deliberate on bills, and learning how Coloradans’ requests for information are handled— these are part of the busy week the interns willspend in my office.”Ortega is one of six senior citizens selected from 125 applicants by anon-partisan, independent committee of 10 formersenior interns. Interns were selected on the basisof their involvement incommunity affairs, interest in government, and their plans for sharingwhat they learn in Washington with their localcommunities.“I’ve been involved in community affairs a longtime,” Ortega said. “It’s a way of getting information out and getting information in.”Ortega stresses the needfor the United States to pay more attention to the problems of older people, and says that her Washington internship will helpher in addressing the needs of senior citizens.I1I
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Colorado Springs Beacon
Colorado Springs, Colorado, US
Tue, May 01, 1990
Page 29
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