[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 38 (Friday, March 15, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E314]
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CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF HARLEM'S BELOVED ADVOCATE FOR EDUCATION ARTHUR 
                           ``ARTIE'' GEORGES

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                         HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, March 15, 2013

  Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise with great sadness as I pay tribute 
to one of Harlem's distinguish dynamic and influential members, Arthur 
``Artie'' Georges, who passed away on January 29, 2013. As I speak with 
profound sorrow, I ascend to celebrate a life well lived and to 
remember with fondness the accomplishments of a remarkable leader.
  It is without question that Artie's outstanding contributions to the 
Holcombe Rucker Basketball League, the National Association of Each One 
Teach One, Inc. and our famed Harlem Week Golden Hoops places him in a 
very special category in a long line of remarkable men who have given 
so much to our children and to the Greater Harlem community and beyond. 
Artie's passion for public service is well documented by his important 
and outstanding 30-year career work as a Methadone Maintenance 
Treatment Counselor--at a time when heroin crippled and took the lives 
of so many of our best and brightest young men and women.
  Artie served his Nation proudly in the United States Army and was a 
loyal member of the Colonel Charles Young American Legion Post 398. An 
advocate of education, he loved being a part of the Central 
Intercollegiate Athletic Association and Basketball Tournament Weekend; 
the Pelham Fritz Basketball League Scholarship Fund; and the John 
Hunter Memorial Camp Fund.
  Great men like Artie are precious gifts we temporarily have in this 
world, but their assistance, contributions and accomplishments are far 
remembered and everlasting. Artie was a dear friend and was known to 
many of us as a brilliant hardworking community leader who dedicated 
his life work to the education of our youth.
  Mr. Speaker, as we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the 
Emancipation Proclamation and the 50th anniversary of the March On 
Washington, let us celebrate the life of our beloved Arthur ``Artie'' 
Georges who dedicated his life to our youth and the Black American 
Experience.

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