'Service of Hope and Remembrance' at ERUMC

The East Ridge United Methodist Church is having a special event this Sunday to commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the events of 9/11.

A special “Service of Hope and Remembrance” will be celebrated on September 11 at 10:45 a.m., church officials said. The event will include worship, special music and remarks by civic leaders, including the East Ridge Fire Chief and Police Chief. Also part of this celebration will be the church’s opportunity to honor those who are currently serving as first responders in the Chattanooga area and all are encouraged to attend this service and luncheon.

Following the service there will be a free lunch in the church’s Family Life Center building. East Ridge United Methodist Church is located at 1601 Prater Road. For more information, please contact the church at 423-892-8451.

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.