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Pastors Ron Cook and E. Jonathan Thomas, from left, speak Wednesday at the Avondale Youth and Family Development Center in Chattanooga, Tenn., about plans for a series of Jan. 24 community prayer gatherings. The prayer events will be held in four community centers in an effort to address violence and other community problems. Pastors Ron Cook and E. Jonathan Thomas, from left, speak Wednesday at the Avondale Youth and Family Development Center in Chattanooga, Tenn., about plans for a series of Jan. 24 community prayer gatherings. The prayer events will be held in four community centers in an effort to address violence and other community problems.

By Times Free Press Staff June 28, 2015 2 min read

The most memorable quotes in the Chattanooga Times Free Press for June 21-27.

“As a resident on this road, I love the result. There are a lot fewer people flying down the road. So on the whole I have to say I like them. Which goes against some of my principles – maybe my principles aren’t that strong after all.”

– Germantown Road resident Dale Cook on city traffic cameras, which will be phased out under a new state law

“The young kids out here are just looking up to dope boys. They don’t know that they have other options.”

– Tim Baker, who recently opened Baker’s Barber College in Brainerd to help men learn a trade and earn a living