Help for a deputy

by AMELIA A. HART

amelia.hart@mynassausun.com

Nassau County Sheriff Tommy Seagraves is hosting a charity motorcycle ride Saturday, June 21, for one of his own: Deputy Terri Evans who has battled breast cancer for two years, causing a financial hardship for her family.

Seagraves said Evans has taken a "turn for the worse." She was taken to a hospice center in Jacksonville earlier in the week and Segraves said if she returns home before the charity ride, he will re-route the ride to pass in front of her home.

The 90-mile ride will begin and end at Peters Point on Amelia Island, looping into Jacksonville and through Callahan, Hilliard, Yulee and Fernandina Beach.

Registration begins at 8 a.m. with kickstands up at 9 a.m.

Entrance fee is $20 per bike. The event includes door prizes, 50/50 drawing and a silent auction. Seagraves said deputies collected more than $8,000 in door prizes from local businesses.

"We hurt," he said. "We're like a family here at the Sheriff's Office and when one of ours goes down, we go down too."

Hot dogs, hamburgers, French fries and drinks will be sold at Peters Point at the end of the ride, and the Park Street Band will perform. Seagraves said bounce houses will provide entertainment to children.