ERAS Holds ‘Pet Academy’

You are invited to East Ridge Animal Service’s first ever Citizen’s Pet Academy.

The event is Thursday evening from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the East Ridge Community Center next door to City Hall on Tombras Avenue.

During this first Academy, we will be introducing the shelter staff, how you can help and the most violated ordinances in our city. There will be a question and answer session at the end.

Everyone is invited, keeping in mind, if you do not live within East Ridge city limits the ordinances in your area may differ. Our goal is to reach our community and to better educate you on animal care and welfare to better the lives of our citizens and pets. Hope to see you there!

Look for future academies which will include topics such as your pet’s health and training.

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.

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