OLPH to Celebrate 85th Anniversay

Our Lady of Perpetual Help will be celebrating its 85th anniversary in a big way this weekend.

From 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, the festivities will kick off with live music by the Tennessee Players. There will be local food truck vendors to satisfy the appetites of those in attendance. The food trucks will be from I Love Tacos and Belli-ful Bistro. For the thirsty who are over 21 years of age, beer and wine will be served.

Just to add to the fun, there will be a cornhole competition and school tours from 6 to 8 p.m.

On Sunday, the 10 a.m. Mass will be celebrated by Bishop Richard Stika. Afterwards, refreshments will be available and school tours will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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.