COLORADO SPRINGS

Soldier killed in Afghanistan remembered as family man

A Colorado soldier who was killed in Afghanistan is remembered as a family man who lived every day for his four daughters.

Family and friends gathered April 6 in Colorado Springs to pay their respects to Sgt. 1st Class Will Lindsay, of Cortez. The 33-year-old was remembered for his bravery as a soldier, but also for his time at home playing Barbies with his daughters, watching endless Disney movies and making German chocolate cake and other treats for his family.

Andy Lord, who served with Lindsay, promised that he and his teammates would always be family to Lindsay’s wife and daughters.

Lindsay, a member of the Second Battalion of the 10th Special Forces Group, died last month during a firefight in Kunduz Province. Another Fort Carson soldier, 29-year-old Spc. Joseph Collette, of Lancaster, Ohio, also was killed.

THE GAZETTE

AURORA

Educator accused of taking gun to school, threatening staff

An administrator at an Aurora high school was arrested after police said he brought a handgun to the school and threatened other staff members.

Tushar Rae was arrested on charges of carrying a concealed weapon at a school and making violent threats.

Rae, 30, is dean of instruction at Aurora West College Preparatory Academy.

An arrest affidavit filed in district court says Rae took a gun from his waistband during a meeting April 3 with Principal Taisiya Tselolikhin, placed it on a countertop between them and threatened to shoot two school administrators.

Rae and the principal had argued the day before about school testing, the affidavit said.

During the confrontation, Rae used an expletive and told Tselolikhin, “You shouldn’t have said what you said. I don’t want to hurt you, I’m going to hurt all the people around you,” according to the affidavit.

Tselolikhin left the room and placed the school on lockdown, and police were summoned.

Rae was arrested later that day at his home. He was released on bail. Aurora police were posted at the school and at the homes of several school staff members.

AURORA SENTINEL

LONGMONT

Skydiving company owner defends actions after client death

The owner of a Colorado skydiving company says he and his staff were involved in search efforts after a client went missing and was later found dead.

Mile-Hi Skydiving owner Frank Casares spoke publicly for the first time recently about the October death of 23-year-old Logan Polfuss, who was last seen alive aboard a Mile-Hi airplane.

Casares says his Longmont company never stopped searching for Polfuss once he was reported missing and that employees were with police on the helicopter that located the accident site.

Questions arose regarding when Mile-Hi began looking for Polfuss, citing reports that his girlfriend reported him missing hours later when he failed to return home.

LONGMONT TIMES-CALL

DURANGO

Bullet came close to potentially killing deputy

Authorities say a sheriff’s deputy in Colorado came within “a half of an inch” of a possibly fatal injury after being shot while trying to prevent a suicidal woman from killing herself.

San Juan County Sheriff’s Office Undersheriff Steve Lowrance was shot in the face April 2 when 30-year-old Amanda Christine Maes of Colorado Springs fired a round, taking her own life.

San Juan County Sheriff Bruce Conrad says the bullet – a .380 round from a handgun – traveled just off center of Lowrance’s lower lip and about an inch off center of his face. Conrad says the bullet directly hit and knocked out a lower front tooth and exited through Lowrance’s cheek.

Lowrance was expected to fully recover from his injuries.

DURANGO HERALD

Shrull named Grand Junction Daily Sentinel managing editor

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel has appointed Dale Shrull as managing editor.

Shrull was promoted from sports editor, the position he held for two years.

Shrull replaces Mike Wiggins. Wiggins and Erin McIntire, a former reporter at the Daily Sentinel, purchased the Ouray County Plaindealer newspaper.

Shrull joined the Sentinel in April 2013 as a sportswriter.

He previously worked at newspapers in Glenwood Springs, Rifle, Montrose and Cortez.