[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 128 (Thursday, September 20, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1575-E1576]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                IN RECOGNITION OF THE ED KEATING CENTER

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 20, 2012

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of the Ed 
Keating Center, a Northeast Ohio organization dedicated to helping 
those who are recovering from alcohol and drug addiction.
  The Ed Keating Center was founded in 1998 by Jack Mulhall, Phyllis 
Eisele-Curran and Dennis Eckersley. The Ed Keating Center is named for 
Edward J. Keating, a legendary sports agent, who conquered his own 
alcoholism, and is remembered for providing a chance at sober living to 
the most destitute of those addicted to alcohol and drugs.
  The Ed Keating Center is a non-profit organization and sober living 
facility for those addicted to drugs and alcohol that serves adults

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regardless of their financial well-being. It offers a six month in-
house rehab program, a three-quarter house program and a work release 
program for its patients. At any given time, the Ed Keating Center is 
home to about 150 men and women.
  The Center's driving principles are that a chance for sober living 
should be available to any man or women with a sincere determination to 
overcome their alcoholism or addiction, without regard for their 
ability to pay. The Center also survives solely on the donations and 
support of individuals and organizations who believe in communities 
helping themselves.
  Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me in the important work 
performed by the Ed Keating Center.

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