Benefit concert held in Mission for DPS Trooper

All proceeds will benefit Trooper Moises Sanchez; Eight bands lined up

Mission, TX- The City of Mission has teamed up with the South Texas Sheepdogs and several other local sponsors to host a music festival benefiting Texas DPS Trooper Moises Sanchez who was shot in the line of duty.

The event, dubbed STXSD Music Festival, will be held at 5x5 Brewing Company at 801 Bryan Road in Mission. Festivities will start at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 20, and run until 11 p.m.

There will be a stellar lineup of bands, food trucks, adult beverages, charity auctions and even a WWII airplane flyover. The event is free and open to the community, but there will be a suggested $10 donation box at the door. Proceeds from the concessions, food trucks, drinks and auctions will go directly to Trooper Sanchez and his family.

The outpouring for the law enforcement officer has been overwhelming in the Rio Grande Valley. Thousands are expected to show up to continue that support.

Vet recalls close calls in Vietnam

Dave Cole, a resident of Texas Trails RV Resort in Pharr, spent four years in Vietnam in the Army's Security Agency. He has lived in the Valley for 16 years.

Dave Cole is a Vietnam War vet who has seen a lot of things to say the least. His story is one of a man who was looking for something – and it wasn't to be an accountant.

Cole is from Grand Island, Neb. In 1966 he had just finished his first year in college and didn't want to go back – the accounting life wasn't something he could see in his future. And he couldn't imagine what he might see in that near future, but a phone call started him on a different path.

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