There is a Treasure in East Ridge

There is a treasure in East Ridge.

It is located in the Southern corner of the City Hall, and it is the library. Our library is beautiful. You should come to the library and enjoy its coolness and that wonderful, nostalgic smell of good books just waiting to be read; free WiFi, comfortable seating, and digital and audio materials. There are free computers available for limited use as well.

The staff includes Gail, Donna, and Jennifer; the director, Patty, has been here for over 20 years, I am told. There is a large children’s room filled with books and seating, and a second area for pre-teens and young readers. Various programs fill the calendar year-round at the library; there is a drive underway now to raise money and membership for Friends of the Library. There is also an adult reading program for the summer, as well as one for children. My mother and I compete to see who can read the most books and have the most stickers on our lists of completed books! The real prize is being able to have all of these books in such a wonderful place, here in East Ridge.

Entrance to the library is either through the City Hall itself, or via a parking lot adjacent to the library in the back and side lot of City Hall.

Hours:

Monday and Wednesday, 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM

Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Closed on Sundays.

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (423) 867-7323 (READ)

I plan to write several book reviews, if my kind host Dick Cook will allow it! I read just about every genre, so don’t worry about a potential focus on “just” chick books.

_ Roberta Jackson

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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