Mission Oaks Candle Lighting Slated for Monday

December 10, 2016 By Dick Cook Leave a Comment

A long tradition in East Ridge continues on Monday evening, as Mission Oaks will have its Christmas candle lighting.

For many years the subdivision has observed the practice of its homeowners lighting candles along their sidewalks in observance of the holiday season.

The event is scheduled for 6 p.m. Organizers said in the event of rain, the candle lighting will be held on Tuesday.

Firefighters from the East Ridge Fire Department will be on hand taking donations for its Needy Child Fund.

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.