E-Reader Class at Library

Staff from the East Ridge City Library will host an E-reader class at the library on August 2 at 9 a.m.

The class will teach people how to download an E-Book on any internet enabled device, such as a Kindle, Nook, tablet, etc.

The class is free and anyone can register, library officials said. However, space is limited so anyone interested in taking the class needs to reserve a spot.

One may register at the library or call 423-867-7323. Or you can register via the city library’s Facebook page.

The library is located on Tombras Avenue inside City Hall.

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.