Loma News

Grand Junction - It was an ordinary day for Shawn Votruba when he was Mountain Biking on Mary's Head Loop in Loma the day after Christmas 2011 until he heard a man in serious pain.

Survivors include her husband, Fred; two sons, Brian of Loma and Russell of Southold, N.Y.; three daughters, Leslie Smith of Bethesda, Md., Lynne Smith of Potomac Falls, Va., and Christina Karsten of Grand Junction; her mother, Kathleen S. Speed of Grand Junction; one brother, Thomas A. Speed of Grand Junction; and seven grandchildren.

Survivors include his wife, Shirley; two sons, Leon of Las Vegas and Steven of Berthoud; one sister, Donna Bashara of Grand Junction; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Survivors include one daughter, Dorothy Stoner of Loma; two stepdaughters, Donna Konces of Fruita and Carolyn Swift of Grand Junction; and three grandchildren.

The Bureau of Land Management is implementing a new camping permit system for the Ruby-Horsethief stretch of the Colorado River to better manage the increasing use of the popular area between Loma, Colo., and Westwater, Utah.

Mesa County Sheriff's Department deputy Danny Norris launches a fixed-wing airplane called the Falcon near Loma on Friday.