Veteran John Bencken, on the motorcycle, encourages his service dog Susie to look at the camera while gathering with dog trainer Rose Sclafani, standing left, Veterans Liaison Travis Kruciak, second from left, Training Director Kathy Rider, second from right, and Public Relations Director Clayson Lambert, with the Veterans Assistance Dogs of Texas, at a fundraiser for that charity and for the Lone Star Rider’s Riding for a Cure mission benefitting the American Diabetes Association on Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Flying L Ranch Resort. Both groups considered the benefit put on by the Motorcycle Grand Tour of Texas a success.