Friday, July 17, 2009

The Officer Jim Sell Memorial Cruise was envisioned initially to honor and pay our respects to this brave community servant. This year, we're also using it to raise funds for all new tactical vests for our Sheriff's Department and for our local D.A.R.E. program. We will have a limited number of Memorial Cruise shirts available and will take in donations at Jim's memorial in Gassville.

The cruise is part of the Buckethead Bash event and will be primarily T-Buckets. However we're honored to be led by the Blue Knights and the Christian Motorcyclists Association. We're also opening the cruise to any other classic/show vehicles to help raise awareness of and recognition for the brave men and women of law enforcement here and everywhere.

The cruisers will stage at the Baxter County Fairgrounds at 5:00pm and leave at 5:30. We will receive police escort thanks to the gracious members of the Baxter County Sheriff's Department. The caravan will travel to Norfork to regroup then follow the course of that fateful day's chase back to Gassville ending in the park in Gassvile at the site of the memorial to Jim Sell.

We're looking for this year's cruise to be the biggest yet. Please come join us! If you don't participate in the cruise, then we invite you to line the streets in Gassville to welcome and thank the cruisers.

If you'd like to find out a bit more of what happened to Officer Sell, you can read the essential story at the Officer Down Memorial Page.

For more information about the cruise, please contact Bob Chester at 870-425-8000 or 425-5900.

Thank you so much!