10-4 Magazine December 2024

10-4 Magazine / December 2024 35 Ice, The Beer Garden (which served Pro Mix 559), Aiko Ramen and Sophia’s Kitchen. Other vendors that didn’t stretch your waistline included Keyes Truck Center (who sponsored the Kid’s Zone), Scentsy, Prickly B, Stay Loaded, Borrachos Apparel, 10 Lug Mafia and The Custom Rag, West Coast Foam, True Shot Training Academy, Freitas Signs, EZ Pilot, Purpose Built, Valley Truck Solutions, West-Mark, Cab-Air Solutions, and PDI. Retuning this year, DJ Dan Utica and Top-Pick spun some good tunes during the day, and then California Creedence played great live music on Saturday night. This year, the Soza Memorial Truck Show named Rita E. as their very first Dyslexia Scholarship recipient. She is a local 7th grader in Merced and has been doing well in her classes since starting her Individual Education Program. Her mother says she has seen a significant improvement in her grades and in her positive attitude. We wish you luck Rita. Keep up the good work! Scholarships were just another way that The Soza Memorial Truck Show wanted to make a difference in the lives of local kids who may not have the ability to travel to the next city or county to receive the special treatment they need for their dyslexia. Our past cover trucker (July 2023) Cody Davis lead the judges and started doing the difficult task of choosing the winners of the Show and Shine all day Saturday, and then returned to judge the fantastic light show later that evening, as well. However, they had to take a break to watch the tractor pulls, along with the rest of us, on Saturday late afternoon. Bryan Massetti of MLMMotorsports put on another great event, and the truck and tractor pulls this year were again a huge crowd pleaser. With 45 pickup trucks and tractors pulling a sled, with more horsepower than you could imagine, this was an awesome event to witness. To