Ortman

Patricia Ortman is a retired women's studies professor who lives in Northwest Washington and paints lovely scenes of children with kittens and pansies and colorful abstracts.

Running for a good cause: Girls' lives Petula Dvorak 2010

The foundation came full circle when Ortman met Asfaw's mom, who runs a local Ethiopian deli.

Running for a good cause: Girls' lives Petula Dvorak 2010

"I'd get sick just getting over there, the trip alone would do me in," Ortman told me.

Running for a good cause: Girls' lives Petula Dvorak 2010

Anyway, my wonderful technical director and friend, Jake Ortman, informs me that the outage should be brief.

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"Then the economy tanked, and we didn't know what to do," Ortman told me.

Running for a good cause: Girls' lives Petula Dvorak 2010

This represents a compromise, said Sen. Julianne Ortman, R-Chanhassen, as she argued in favor of the tobacco borrowing.

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Chris Ortman, Homeland Security spokesman, said his agency and the Pentagon were working with the company to determine the breadth of the attack and "provide recommendations to mitigate further risk."

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It became a brilliant recession-era story of philanthropic survival and reinvention, uncomfortable as Ortman was dabbling in the world of sinewy carb-loaders.

Running for a good cause: Girls' lives Petula Dvorak 2010

"The highest-risk cities in our country continue to face the most significant threats," said DHS spokesman Chris Ortman, who added this year's grants "focus the limited resources that were appropriated to mitigating and responding to these evolving threats."

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That's part of why I like this cause so much, Ortman said.

Running for a good cause: Girls' lives Petula Dvorak 2010