Classic Car Show at Camp Jordan Arena

This Saturday, Aug. 4, the River City Corvette Club is putting on its 8th Annual Classic Car Show at Camp Jordan Arena.

The show is being held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.. Proceeds from the event will benefit the East Ridge Needy Child Fund and Hospice of Chattanooga.

The car show will give out 82 awards including first and second place prizes in 11 classes. Those classes include Rat Rods, Bikes and Imports, Charities Choice, Best Wheels, Best Interior, Best Exterior, Best Engine and Best Club Participation.

For those interested in displaying their cars, pre-show entry fee is $20. Day of show entry fee is $25.

Parking for show participants is on a first-come basis, officials said. No spots will be held.

For more information contact Amy Allen at 423/309-9047, or Chuck Logan at 423/309-6109.

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.