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
