On Saturday March 11th we ate at the Egg Connection on Ft. Lowell. This was our first adventure to their place of business. The Pueblo Riders were there as well having breakfast. On this ride there were Alan & Susan, Bill (Rev), Bruce, Ken, and yours truly. Here is a pictures of the group:
On Saturday February 11th we had our monthly breakfast ride. This month we went to KG’s Westside Café. Terry, Ken, Terry and yours truly made the morning ride. Unfortunately others who said they were going to attend had other pressing matters to attend to. Here are the boys having breakfast.
On Saturday December 10th BKAZIX had our monthly Chapter Breakfast Ride. This month we went to the Sunny Daze Cafe, 4980 S Campbell Ave. Our attendees for this month were Bill (Rev), Alan & Susan, Ken McCoy, Robi & Bear Campbell, and of course yours truly. Before breakfast we were treated to Sunny Daze Cafe’s favorite Sunny Puffs, aka Beignets. Here are a few pictures from Saturday’s breakfast:
On Saturday December 10th BKAZIX had our monthly Chapter Breakfast Ride. This month we went to the Happy Rooster Café on Sarnoff Rd. Today’s ride brought out the following members and family: Steve E., Robi & Bear C., John F., Ken Mc., Bill & Antje C., Alan S., and his wife Susan W., Brad A., and yours truly. We had a great conversation and great food as well. Here are a few pictures from this mornings breakfast.
While our turnout was only five members today this is pretty good since our last ride was back in April of this year. Those in attendance were Alan Stewart, Susan Wagner, Ken McCoy, Bill (Rev) Calkins and yours truly. Alan & Susan even braved the “Cool” weather to ride their bikes from Vail. Here are few pictures of the riders.
On Friday October 28th myself, Carl Lewis and several LEO’s made a Memorial Ride to honor Barry Headrick and Jim Smith who passed on this date in 1974 and 1980 respectfully.
We met at the Valero gas Station on Oracle Road where we continued on to Irene’s in Globe. Four bikes with five riders departed for Globe. We met three more riders @ Irene’s. After a great Mexican food lunch we all split up and headed back toward Tucson in different directions.
Here are a few pictures from the ride:
On Friday 9/16/22 the Elks Lodge # 385 had their yearly POW-MIA Memorial Services. This is held every year on the 3rd Friday in September @ EVERY Elks Lodge in the United States to honor those who never made it home. Here are a few pictures from this years ceremonies.
On Wednesday September 7th 15 riders met at Viv’s Café on Catalina Highway for breakfast and a ride up Mt. Lemmon to Sky Valley to honor fallen Officer Robert Cummins. Those from BKAZIX were Alan Stewart, Susan Wagner, new Member Brad Atkinson & his wife Marcia, and your truly. During breakfast we heard “Someone’s bike just fell over.” We got up and looked and sure enough Alan Stewart’s BMW was on its side. Apparently a P/U who was parked next to him cut to soon when backing out and clipped Alan’s bike. It scraped his crash bars, pushed bar into the engine block and dented it, only with a few other things. After getting all of the information Alan returned to finish breakfast. Once breakfast was over 11 bikes with 13 riders headed up Catalina Highway for Ski Valley. Once at the top we pulled into the parking lot of the Iron Door and chatted for awhile. We looked at the damage done to Alan’s bike along with normal bike talk. It was a balmy 70 degree at the top of Mt. Lemmon. One by one people slowly broke up and rode back home. When I got to the bottom of Catalina highway the temperature was 95. By the time I made it back to the NW Side of Tucson it was 102. All in all it was a great day for a ride to honor Officer Robert Cummins. Below are the pictures of the days activities.
On Tuesday July 26th Carl, Tony, Jill, Jim, Mike, Lee, and yours truly had a ride for Officer William Katzenstein who died on this date in 1902. Here are some statistics from his fateful date.
On July 26, 1902, the Tucson Fire Department lost its first member in the line of duty. Between 11:00 pm and midnight there was a fire in a store on South Meyer Avenue, near Broadway Boulevard. Officer William Katzenstein was on patrol nearby when he heard the alarm alerting the citizens of fire. He rushed to the scene, as did hundreds of other people. Officer Katzenstein had to physically prevent people from taking objects from the store and kept them back from the fire. Officer Katzenstein was also the Assistant Fire Chief, so he went to the “Occidental” and removed his gun and left it with the clerk. He then went to the corner of Broadway and Meyer and began opening the fireplug. It was at this time that Theodoro Elias moved up behind Officer Katzenstein. Elias had been stalking the officer for some time because he had arrested his friend some five weeks earlier.
Just a few hours before the fire, Elias had wagered with several of his companions that Katzenstein would be dead before midnight. Elias saw that Officer Katzenstein had removed his gun and Elias fired two shots. The first shot hit Officer Katzenstein in the ear and dazed him. He fell to the ground, but got back up. He had no weapon to defend himself and Elias fired again, striking Katzenstein just beneath the right eye. He fell to the ground and died in the arms of a doctor who was only ten feet away when the shots were fired. Elias was pursued from the scene and captured on the steps of the courthouse.
Officer Katzenstein was an officer with the Tucson Police Department for two years and a member of the Tucson Volunteer Fire Department for four years. He was survived by his wife and daughter.
On Sunday July 3rd Carl Lewis, John Figueroa, Tony Ruh, Susan Wagner, Alan Stewart, and yours truly did a Memorial Ride for Officer William Elliott. We met at the Eric Hite Substation on Golf Links road and proceeded to Butter My Biscuits for breakfast at the intersection of AZ-92 and AZ-92 in Sonoita. BUtter my Biscuits is a new no frills restaurant with great biscuits & gravy. Here are a few pictures from the days ride.
