ERHS Alumni & Supporters to Meet

Alumni and supporters of East Ridge High will meet Monday at the high school.

The East Ridge Alumni and Supporters Association, which formed after the condemnation of Raymond James Stadium, will meet in the school’s library at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 7. Officials with the organization said that all interested parties _ not just those who attended or graduated from East Ridge High School _ are invited to attend.

One topic expected to be discussed during the meeting involves the group’s plans moving forward for next year, officials said.

The group is offering memberships for $50 per year, with renewals at $25 on a yearly basis thereafter. Learn more about East Ridge Alumni and Supporters Association by visiting its Facebook page.

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.