Photo by Pat Sunderland

Fallen heroes remembered

Lee Marts VFW Post #3571 and Ladies Auxiliary conducted Memorial Day services at Delta City Cemetery (pictured) and Mesa View Cemetery Monday. “Memorial Day is a day to honor the brave American service members who sacrificed so much for our freedom,” Sen. Mark Udall said in a press release issued Monday. “As a member of the Senate Intelligence and Armed Services committees, our troops, veterans and those serving in harm’s way are never far from my thoughts. So as we mark this Memorial Day, I encourage all Coloradans to join me in remembering those who have fought and died for us — and thanking our heroes serving in the military today, as well as their families.”

BrownSwayde Jones, 35, Michael Brown, 27, and Christopher Dickerson, 26, have been charged with murder in the first degree following the death of a man in Colorado Springs. Jones and Brown are Delta residents; Dickerson is from Montrose.

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