‘Rossie’ is the Pet of the Week

Rossie is East Ridge Animal Services’ “Pet of the Week.”

The five-year-old female mixed breed is spayed and, as always with every animal you adopt from ERAS, up to date on her vaccinations. The 27-pounder is heartworm negative, as well.

Officials with ERAS said that for this week only, Rossie’s adoption fee has been waived.

Don’t miss out on this sweet little lady. You never know, she just could turn into your new best friend.

For more information about ERAS click on the link below: http://eastridgetn.gov/Government/Departments/Animal-Services.aspx

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.