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Christmas Nights of Lights Closed Saturday

December 26, 2015 By Dick Cook and Contributed Article Leave a Comment

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The Christmas Nights of Lights, scheduled for tonight at Camp Jordan, has been cancelled due to the flooding  in the park.

East Ridge Parks and Recreation Director, Stump Martin, said a big crowd was again expected tonight.

“We told Titan Lights Show executives Ritchie and Dodd King two years ago that we experience the creeks overflowing in the park from time to time,” Martin said. “But, we never anticipated it happening the day after Christmas.”

The 1.5-mile, drive-thru show is expected to open back up on Sunday evening at dark and continue nightly until January 2 at Camp Jordan Park.FLOOD2

The King family has been wading through water all day working on the lights.

“We will continue to check to see when the water will crest and then start subsiding back to where we can open the park back up,” Martin said. “Deputy Chief Mike Flynn alerted us of the conditions of the park and we decided to close the gates.”

The Santa’s Village, that is hosted by East Ridge Fire and Rescue, will also be closed tonight. The proceeds from the village go to the East Ridge Needy Child Fund.

Filed Under: FEATURED POSTS, News, SLIDER

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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