Quote from: hooter on March 13, 2007, 10:41:38 AMThursday is supposted to be 81 and nice. Any takersI'm in Hoot.... Any ideas on where to go??Dan
Thursday is supposted to be 81 and nice. Any takers
If any one is interested....thought I would pass this along....Please mark your calendars for March 17th for a motorcycle ride.... Now... here is the story.... A couple of months before Christmas, one of my motorcycle officers became sick with flu-like symptoms while working an accident. He was nauseated and got sick by the road and called another officer out to help him out. As luck always has it, when he got back on his motorcycle to come to the station, the battery was dead. After jumping off the motorycle, he rode back to the station with another officer following. He was obviously weaving while driving but we just thought he was feeling sick. He got back to the station and went home. After his symptoms just continued to get worse, he went to the hospital. After some tests, all of the usual hospital stuff, it was decided to do an MRI. When they did the MRI, a tumor was found in his brain. A subsequent surgery was performed, removing part of his skull, just to assess the tumor. Well... it the worst possible news. The tumor was in Stage 4 and inoperable. For the past couple of months, he has been going thru chemo treatments and ratiation treatments in an effort to slow or reduce the tumor. The bottom line is that the prognosis is not good. The doctors do not expect him to live past October of this year. Officer Robert Hodges is 44 years old, married, an 8 year old son and of course, mounting medical bills. Now... here is what March 17th is about. The citizens of Southlake are truly amazing. They have learned of Robert's situation and we had a citizen with "connections" step forward and offer to do "something". He and the motorcycle officers decided that a motorcycle ride would be appropriate since Robert is a motorcycle officer. The ride is the Shamrock Run starting at Bedford Harley Davidson. It will start there, proceed like a toy run with a police escort through the metroplex and end up back at Bedford Harley. Now... here is the amazing part... Craig Ludwig with the Dallas Stars is going to be there The Stars Ice girls will be there Hooters girls will be there Sports memorabilia will be there for silent auctions (signed Stars jerseys, etc) Live music by the "Bulldog Blues Band" The fee is $20 and that gets you food with $2.00 beer All of the food and beer have been donated Every single penny raised with this event will go the Hodges family in an effort to set up a college fund for the 8 year old boy. Every single item (food, band, memorabilia, beer, etc. has been donated. Russ Martin is going to advertise it Craig Ludwig is going to advertise it on his talk show Dallas Stars are going to advertise it at the American Airlines Center I will send out a flyer as soon as I get it. I apologize for the long email, but thought you would want to know the story. Please feel free to send this to anyone that might want to show up at the event or ride. Thanks... Texasheat
Quote from: icemanhail on March 13, 2007, 10:20:35 AMHey Silvertribal Driver:The run is with Honda Suzuki North. I am sure there are several stops on the way. The service manager that is organizing the ride stated that they have mapped out their route on the way up and it zig zags through north Texas and into Oklahoma so I am sure there will be gas and bathroom breaks in some of the small towns. On the way back we are heading straight south on IH35.I want to meet up with you sometime soon and check out the new bars on your bike.-IcemanOK, Sounds good.. Unless something comes up, I'm planning on doing that ride with you guys. Keep me posted.
Hey Silvertribal Driver:The run is with Honda Suzuki North. I am sure there are several stops on the way. The service manager that is organizing the ride stated that they have mapped out their route on the way up and it zig zags through north Texas and into Oklahoma so I am sure there will be gas and bathroom breaks in some of the small towns. On the way back we are heading straight south on IH35.I want to meet up with you sometime soon and check out the new bars on your bike.-Iceman
I could be the bodyguard outside the bars...hey I love that idea...some dorky dude sittin around outside a bar watching the bikes? hahaha I'm down with any direction, but for me, I would really prefer to stay out of a bar. Been there, done that...can't do it again. Bad experiences.
