‘National Night Out’ Set for Aug. 6

Join the City of East Ridge and various members of our Police, Fire, Animal Control in the 2019 “National Night Out.”

National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live. In addition, it provides a great opportunity to bring police and neighbors together under positive circumstances.

The event is slated for Tuesday, August 6 at City Hall and begins at 6:30 p.m. City officials said there will be free food, activities, and information about how to keep yourself, your family and your neighborhood safe from crime.

“We are looking forward to the opportunity to build our relationships with the citizens of East Ridge,” said Stan Allen, Acting Police Chief. “We hope to have a huge turnout.”

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.