A memorial service was held Sunday at Buckley Air Force Base for Nathan Schuldheiss, a special agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, killed Nov. 1 by an improvised explosive device in Balad, Iraq.
Schuldheiss, 27, is survived by his mother, Sara Conlon of Golden, and her husband, Kris Mills; his father, Lt. Col. (ret.) John Schuldheiss; and his sister, Erin Dreeszen.
Nathan Schuldheiss was a civilian employee of the Air Force and volunteered for his assignment to Iraq.
Before going to Iraq, he told his mother, “If I don’t come back, I want you to know I’ve lived a full life.”
Schuldheiss was born May 25, 1980, in Oregon City, Ore. He graduated from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash., in 2002 with a degree in political science.
Two sentenced for poaching mule deer
PINEDALE, WYO. — Efforts by officials to combat the ongoing poaching of mule deer in the Pinedale region of northwestern Wyoming has netted two more poachers, officials said Friday.
Michael J. Meeks of Pinedale and Cody R. Post of Riverton were convicted in the 2006 Halloween night poaching of a trophy buck mule deer west of Pinedale.
Officials said that the convictions are another effort to protect the mule deer that spend the winter in the Pinedale-Big Piney-LaBarge area.
Both men were charged with taking the antlered deer out of season, using an artificial light when they poached the animal and abandoning the game meat.
They were each sentenced to $8,540 in fines and restitution, totaling $17,080. Both lost their hunting, fishing and trapping privileges for five years.
