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Trail Mix The Official Publication of the Indiana Trail Riders Association, Inc.
September, 2018
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INDIANA TRAIL RIDERS ASSOCIATION, INC. Post Office Box 185 Farmland, IN 47340
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Post office Box 185 Farmland, IN 47340
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Membership renewal due by Hoosier Horse Fair
Indiana Trail Riders Mission Statement The purpose of the Indiana Trail Riders Association is to promote trail riding and equine activities in Indiana and the surrounding area. The Indiana Trail Riders are involved on the local, state, and national levels striving to promote and improve trails and campgrounds. We work actively on the legislative and administrative levels as well as sponsoring and organizing workdays on several recreational properties in the hope that the natural beauty we have enjoyed on horseback will be available for future generations as well.
MARK YOUR CALENDERS Sept. 14-16, 2018
ITRA Fall Ride Oct. 27, 2018
Tippecanoe SP Ride Nov. 3, 2018 Clark
Deam Lake Fundraiser Nov. 17-20, 2018
O’Bannon SP Clean-up Nov. 23-25, 2018
Brown Co. SP Clean-Up
Versailles State park clean-Up By Nancy Brunnemer
We had a productive day on Saturday and Sunday, August 4 and 5. ITRA had 17 volunteers that worked 98 hours on Saturday and 12 hours on Sunday with a total of 110 hours. We were able to pushed some mud off of several areas, create better drainage, lay down some gravel, do repairs on a major trail project from last year, pick up trash, nip back brush that was growing across the trail, and remove brush from around some trail signs. There are many, many, oh so many muddy areas that we plan to work on in the future. We now have several local volunteers that expressed an interest in doing some of trail repairs in the near future. There were comments about wanting to see more water spigots in the campground. It turns out that additional water spigots are coming soon!! The campground looks great!
Versailles is a great park, and we continue to be dedicated to help with improvements.
765-748-6153
President John Allen 9825 South 100 East Clayton., IN 46118 317-691-2573 [email protected]
Vice President Larry Sidell 273 East 1200 North Batesville, In 47006 812-934-4086 [email protected]
Treasurer Cynthia Harnish 9398 S 875 E Walkerton, IN 46574 574-360-0555 [email protected]
Secretary Phyllis Legan 1498 S. Co. Rd. 775 E Coatesville, IN 46121 765-246-6426 [email protected]
Greg Hersberger (Chairman) ‘20 4962 South 250 West Portland, IN 47374 260-729-1208 [email protected]
Barb Ferguson ‘21 2430 S. Glenn Lane Salem, IN 47167 812-967-3161 [email protected]
Bob McPheeters ‘19 27799 North 100 West Anderson, IN 46011 765-683-0665 [email protected]
Greg Wilkins ‘21 6505 S. Cr. 475 E. Selma, IN 47383 [email protected] 765-748-6153
Nancy Brunnemer ‘20 7178 North 500 West McCordsville, IN 46055 317-443-8771 [email protected]
Karen Humphreys ‘21 3419 North 425 East Danville, IN 46122 317-892-3769 [email protected]
Chris Riehl ‘19 3158 E. 200 S Dillsboro, IN 47018 812-320-7818 [email protected]
Mary Williams ‘20 14978 East 191st Street Noblesville, IN 46060 765-534-5192 [email protected]
Duane Davis ‘21 7180 N 900 W Huntington, IN 46750 765-238-0746 [email protected]
Rita Lockridge ‘19 7010 East 300 North Lafayette, In 47905 765-714-5019 [email protected]
Yvette Rollins ‘19 12784 E. Rollins Lane Springville, IN 47462 812-797-4540 [email protected]
Cindy Wyse ‘20 1993 West 750 South Trafalgar, IN 46181 317-503-1690 [email protected]
Scotty Eskridge ‘19 P. O. Box 234 Knox, 46534 574-896-5159
Debbie Maschmeyer '19 507 Henryville-Bluelick Rd. Henryville, IN 47126 502-931-6221 [email protected]
Jim Tremain ‘20 PO Box 502136 Indianapolis, IN 46250 317-833-6189 [email protected]
Membership Chairperson Bonnie Miller 8181 W. 100 S Farmland, IN 47340 765-468-6716 765-748-0064 [email protected]
ITRA Web Site Administrator
Trail Mix Editor Mary Williams 14978 East 191st Street Noblesville, IN 46060 765-534-5192 [email protected]
Trail Guide Editor John Allen 9825 South 100 East Clayton, IN 46118 317-691-2573 [email protected]
Deam Lake SRA Horse Campground
CLARK DEAM HORSE TRAIL FUNDRAISER
Silent Auction Items needed, Pitch-In dinner (6:00 pm) All proceeds go to DNR
Foundation earmarked for Clark/Deam Horse Trails
Contact: Barb Ferguson (812) 967-3161 [email protected]
Debbie Maschmeyer (502) 931-6221 or Sue Keith 812-620-1629
The Indiana Trail Riders *STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
The purpose of the Indiana Trail Riders Association…is to promote trail riding and equine activities in Indiana and the surrounding area.
The ITRA is involved on local, state and national levels striving to promote and improve trails and campgrounds.
We work actively on the legislative and administrative levels as well we sponsoring and organization workdays on several recreational
properties in the hope that the natural beauty we have enjoyed on horseback will be available for future generations as well.
The corporate address is Post Office Box 185, Farmland, Indiana 47340.
The corporate address is Post Office Box 185, Farmland, Indiana 47340.
ITRA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ITRA APPOINTED POSITIONS
This Trail Mix Newsletter is the Official Publication of the Indiana Trail Riders Association. It is published six times a year in odd
numbered months. Editorial material, photos, and notices of upcoming events should be submitted to
[email protected] or mailed to Mary Williams 14978 East 191st Street Noblesville, IN 46060 by the 10th of even months.
ITRA Calendar
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November 17-20, 2018
O’Bannon State Park
O’Bannon Fall Clean-Up Contact Greg Hersberger:
260-729-1208
November 23, 24, 25, 2018
Brown County State Park
Brown County Fall Clean-Up
Contact John Allen: 317-691-2573
November 3, 2018
October 27, 2018
Tippecanoe State Park
Tippecanoe Fall Ride Contact Scotty Eskridge:
574-896-5159
Sept. 28. 29, 30, 2018
Prairie Creek Reservoir
Muncie Light Horse Club Round-Up Contact Greg Wilkins:
765-748-6153, 765-284-1785
Midwest Trail Ride Norman, Indiana
ITRA Fall Ride and Silent Auction
For Reservations contact MTR: 812-834-6686
Sept. 14, 15, 16, 2018
Members are always welcome to contribute articles about their trail riding
experiences. Please send articles to Mary Williams, Trail Mix Editor.
See ya on the trail!!
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Midwest Equine Trail Foundation
Contact Chris Riehl For Contributions and Grants at
Midwest Equine Trail Foundation 3158 E. 200 S
Dillsboro, IN 47018
ATTENTION: All Indiana Trail Riders
There is a new way to support
Midwest Equine Trail Foundation, Inc. Anyone who has an Amazon
account can go to www.smile.amazon.com and choose Midwest Equine Trail Foundation as
your designated charity. Amazon will donate 0.5% of your purchase price to
M.E.T.F. Remember, only purchases
at smile.amazon.com, (not www.amazon.com or the mobile
app,) support charity. Amazon donations are issued four times per year (February, May, August, and
November) for donations generated in the previous quarters. What a free
and easy way to support Indiana horse trails!!
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ITRA Membership Dues
Family Membership $30.00
Association (Club) Membership
$100.00
Thank you to everyone for their
continued support!!!
ITRA Still Needing Donations for Skid Steer Attachments
Thanks for your past support!!
ITRA Updates
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ITRA thanks the following organizations for continuing their 2018 ITRA Associate Memberships:
Marshall County Horse Association
Muncie Light Horse Club Salamonie Campers & Trail Riders
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A Word from
ITRA’s
President, John Allen
Trail Tales By Calamity Jane
The Buzzard and the Dove By Pastor Dean Manuel
Our Beginnings By Arlene Smoot
Editor’s Note: This is a reprint of a series of articles that first appeared in the September, 2014 Trail Mix with this article appearing in Nov., 2014. These articles are being reprinted upon members’ request.
So, continuing, Indiana Trail Riders Assn. was formed after the "big" meeting took place at the Rallye Ground in the Horsemen's Camp. Edwin J. Simcox was Secretary of the state of Indiana and issued the Certificate of Incorporation for Indiana Trail Riders Association, Inc. on the 1st day of June, 1982. The first board of directors had 5 members - Jan Vinson - Bill Rumbaugh - Douglas McCormick - Leslie Simmons and Forrest H. Skinner. The post office address of the principal office of the new corporation was P.O. Box 720 Nashville, IN 47448 which was Jan Vinson's address. She was considered the resident agent of the corporation. Meetings were held at night in Nashville, IN. I worked and therefore could not attend any of these meetings. After a few years, Beverly Jones was elected president of ITRA and made a lot of changes. Bev lived in Farmland. She changed the address of the corporation to its current address. She also changed the board meetings to a weekend time and that is when I became active. The board meetings were held at various restaurants over the state. We started having annual meetings that were held at a large shelter house in Brown County State Park. That shelter house was always running over with people at those meetings. We had so many people coming to those meetings, we had to ask to see their membership card to be sure they were actually members. More next time ---- Arlene Editor’s Note: Arlene had graciously agreed to write a series of articles about the founding of ITRA.
Boy howdy, ain't it been a year so far. I thought that winter was never gonna go away and spring never show up. Made it really hard to get hosses worked, gardens planted and then tryin’ to get first cuttin' hay made was purt near impossible. Why I'd look at the weather and them rascal's said it was clear sailin' for no rain and I'd get my hay down and then it'd rain and I don't mean a mere sprinklin' but rain in near Biblical portions. And you know what???? It takes as much work to put up bad hay as it does puttin' up good hay. I'm sure hopin' the rest of the summer and the fall is a whole lot better than this here spring and first part of summer was. I'm way behind in my ridin'!
Working on our addition a few years ago I had some neat things happen. One morning I looked up and saw a Buzzard perched on top of the peak of one of the vents. Now to some that might mean ohhhh a bad thing. Buzzards for some reason reflects death. But With the Sun behind it you can hardly tell it’s a buzzard. Kind of like yes we will face death someday, but With Gods Son we have everlasting life!
The Dove,
As I was working on the lookout tower of our house a Dove on the same spot landed and had several times where the buzzard landed. It sings its song, and I am so close to it I can see its breast swell as it does its song. I take encouragement from this little bird as I work up high off the ground and think how just the previous year I was in the hospital almost dead. And how God gave me a 2nd chance to serve him. And how I must shout it from everywhere that Jesus is Lord! Even from a team of horses going through the park on Sunday Morning! So thank you Jesus for the Life you have given me, and it’s my prayer to serve you even more tomorrow! I choose the dove! After all it’s the symbol of the Holy Spirit coming down.
Matthew 3:16
After his baptism, as Jesus came up out of the water, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and settling on him. Peace, love, and Gods Dove to you! Pastor Dean Manuel Horseman's Camp Christian outreach 7595 Bob Allen Rd Freetown IN 47235 Facebook Hcco Park 812 345 1642
The internet is many things to many people. I, for one, really love its ability to teach and to bring you new ideas. Perhaps it may even change the way you look at the world. A case in point is that the other day I was idly leafing through Facebook and came across a post about trail riding. The author, as many do, was listing his complaints. What a shocker!!! On further reading I saw that one of their pet peeves was when they talked to horse people the trail riders usually say, I “just” trail ride, like it was something they were ashamed to admit.
Lo and behold, I saw myself right in the middle of that group. For many years since returning to horses after a youth spent contesting and showing, I placed “trail riding” third in my list of what I did with my horse. I now know that I am not alone in the way I looked at my chosen use of the horse. The Facebook author went on list his reasons that it peeved him but by then I was thinking of my own life and no longer interested in what he had to say. However, it struck me that he was right. Many of us take a twelve hundred pound animal of prey and put it in situations that it would avoid if given half a chance and then say we are “only” trail riding. The arena horses that I rode growing up were good at what they did but they were not anything close to the dead broke mare that I have today. I can’t say that I ever fell off of my arena horse but can’t count the times I’ve been dumped on the trail. With the exception of some eventing horses, riders of contests and shows are relatively safe in the saddle. So why do we say we are “only” trail riding? In my case, maybe it was admitting the youthful “fear nothing” attitude has left me and by trail riding I am somehow a lesser rider. The training is just as important for trail riding as it is for shows and contests. Trail riding is as challenging and perhaps more dangerous as anything I ever did in my youth. So thanks to the internet I realized that I will never say I “just” trail ride but will say with pride “I TRAIL RIDE”.
Anyway, that’s something to think about the next time you saddle up your twelve hundred pound animal of prey and “just” go for a trail ride.
ITRA thanks the following contributors on behalf of Norma Wells:
OurHhealth LLC Jona & Jeffrey Wells
Benjamin & Natasha Evans Marshall County Saddle Club to METF
Salamonie SSR Clean-Up
On National Trails Day the following volunteers spent 129 hours working on the horse trails: Greg Hersberger, John Brunnemer, Gary Hunter, Susie Hunter, Jerry Bird, Renee Bird, Brett Young, Steve Fetters, Carol Fetters, Megan Fetters, Terry Elzroth, Kyler Farr, Tracey Farr, Pat Dye, Ashley Kloth, Betsy Newell, Mark Kneller, Teresa Brubaker, and Wes Brubaker.
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ITRA on the Trail
Nose Flies at Little Missouri State Park By Nancy Brunnemer
Nose flies! I had never heard of them, ever, until I was in North Dakota this summer. We were at Little Missouri State Park near Killdeer, North Dakota. The flies go up the horse's nose and drives them crazy. It happened to two of our animals in their pens. It would have been very dangerous to go in the pen to spray them once the flies were in their nose. They were striking out and bucking and impossible to get near. I sprayed from outside the pen as best I could until it had some effect on him. Then I could go in and spray him better. After that we put Vicki's vapor rub in the nose and had no more problems.
It was the prettiest riding I have ever seen!
Buffalo Wyoming By Bob and Ginny Brittain.
Think about this… We were about 1400
miles from home, camping and riding in a
primitive camp call Hunters Trail Head. We were
up well over 8000 feet, 20 miles on the west side
of Buffalo, Wyoming. And we run into Andy and
Carolyn from Indiana!! And they are members of
Indiana Trail Riders. Look at what her sweat shirt
says in the picture. They camped right across
from us at O’Bannon last fall. Small World!
ITRA
members
Andy and
Carolyn.
Whitewater State Park Clean-Up By Jamey Harvy
Thank you to all of the people who came out this weekend for our first official ITRA Whitewater State Park cleanup. We got so much done. Kay Gilliland Parks, Frank Parks, Barry Harvey, Greg Hersberger, John Brunnemer, Suzy Lafuse, Liz Ging, Isabelle Weiler, and Bryce Sasser. We hope to see more at the cleanup in August! A special thank you to Shane Coffman, who is not a member, but rented a skid steer for our cleanup.
Annual Cowboy Challenge will be organized by Karen Humphries on Saturday at our Fall Ride. The adult winner will receive a one year ITRA membership while the youth winner will receive a specially made quilt shown on the left. Ribbons will be awarded for other placings.
ITRA Fall Ride and Silent Auction Events Information at MTR
Friday, September 14, 2018 Spaghetti Dinner @ 5 pm Tentative scheduled. Donation please. Bob McPheeters’ campsite. Euchre tournament begins in Mess Hall @ 7:30
Saturday, September 15, 2018 Silent Auction @ 9 am. Please bring any donated items to the Mess Hall and fill out an auction sheet. Place your items on the tables Cowboy Challenge @ 3 pm in the MTR’s arena.
Pitch-in Dinner @ 6 pm Mess Hall—ITRA will furnish the meat. Please bring a covered dish. Silent Auction ends @ 7:30. Live Auction begins @ end of Silent Auction—Donated Quit from Hoosier Backcountry Horsemen All proceeds go to ITRA and ITRA’s Trail Fund.
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