Phillip Bledsoe, left, member of The Blue Knights motorcycle
club, accepts a $500.00 check from the East Rockingham
Men's Club Public Relations Chairman Bill Dennis. The E.R.
Men's Club gave the money to help sponsor a charity ride and
concert Saturday August 25, 2007 at the Cole Auditorium in
Hamlet. All proceeds will go to the family of Hope Mills police
officer Sgt. James Heath Hardin age 35, who died of heart
failure chasing a suspect. Because Sgt. Harden died and was
not killed in the line of duty, his family was denied the usual
compensation for an officer killed. He is survived by his wife
Shelly, a nine year old son Mason and a thirteen year old
daughter Samantha.
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