Intermountain Draft Horse and Mule Association Newsletter

March 2012

Thank you to everyone who came out to the Winter Festival and gave rides. We know the weather wasn’t the greatest towards the end, but we still had a great turn out and a awesome time. Our up coming event, is the Spring Clinic on March 24^th at the Rexburg indoor arena. The fun will begin at 9:00 a.m. Please try to be on time, so we can keep on schedule for our fun day. Please bring your items to donate for the Auction. The day will go as follows:

9:00 a.m.

* Utility Obstacle Course: Team /Single, wagon or cart
* Kids Calf Wrangle: Ages 5-8 and 9-12 prizes for all who participate
* Log Skid

 12:30 ish

         * Lunch: The club will provide soup, please bring your favorite dessert or a side dish
                         to share. Sally Bielby will also be making her club famous scones!
        * Auction

2:00 p.m.

* Horse Pulls
     -Light Weight
     -Medium Weight
     -Heavy Weight
There will be teams available for anyone who would like to try their hand at driving. This will be a fun filled day for all of your friends and family.

****We will be accepting 2012 dues at the clinic or you can send them to Maigan Summers  at
1913 E 97th N Idaho Falls, ID 83401

***Up Coming Events*** 

Please remember these dates are tentative

Plow Days -April 28^th

                                                             Wagon Train-July 13^th &14^th

Play Day - Aug 11^th
Spud Dig -October 6^th

President: Maigan Summers 208-206-0159
Vice President: Von White 524-353- or 681-5353
Directors: Laun Cook 745-7511 or 313-7279
                Dell Mangum 680-0087
                Kevin Manhart 529-2871 or 313-0177

Billy Ray Luthy

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Billy Ray Luthy, 79, of Rexburg, died Sunday, March 4, 2012, at his home in Archer.

He was born Jan. 30, 1933, to Henry Lewis Luthy and Helen Mary Wilcox. He was the second of four children.
Bill was raised in Herbert, Idaho, where he worked on his family's farm and attended a one-room schoolhouse. Later, he moved to the valley in Archer, Idaho, where he continued school at Madison High School and graduated in 1951.

He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was stationed in Germany as a tank driver for almost two years during the Cold War. Upon returning home from his military service, he was called as a counselor in the bishopric in Archer.

He has since served faithfully in many auxiliary and leadership positions in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
On March 27, 1959, he married his eternal sweetheart, Nelia Gay Smith, in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. They started their married life in Ririe, and later moved to Archer, where he took over his father's dry farm and ranch. Together, they raised four sons on their family farm.
Bill has had a lifelong love of horses and animals. He especially loved draft horses, and he owned several teams and used them to feed his cattle during the winter. Bill was well-known for his gift of training his draft horses. He had his team trained so that they would respond to his voice commands.
Bill had many talents, which consisted of oil painting, sculpting, carving, wood burning, and sketching with pen and ink. He blessed the lives of many through sharing his beautiful artwork. He was especially gifted in western art and wildlife. He also built several miniature-sized replicas of teams and wagons, which he kept displayed with much of his other artwork in the basement of his home.
Bill was very devoted to his family. He loved family gatherings, where they would have traditional root beer floats, and where the children loved hearing stories of his youth. He was a favorite of all of the grandchildren, nephews and nieces. Bill was a wonderful example. He was loved by all and will be deeply missed.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by his wife, Nelia Gay Luthy of Archer; his four sons, Kevin (Kim) Luthy of St. George, Utah, Brent (Beverly) Luthy of Rexburg, Byron (Elaine) Luthy of Rexburg and Kerry (Kendra) Luthy of Honeyville, Utah; two brothers, Kay (Shirley) Luthy of Ririe and Dwayne (Johnie) (Ellen) Luthy of Sugar City, Idaho; one sister, Mardean (Dennis) Pope of Rexburg; 21 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 10, at the Archer LDS Chapel. The family will receive friends from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at Flamm Funeral Home and again from 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Saturday at the church prior to services. Interment will be in Sutton Cemetery.


Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Luthy family.

Lewisville Long Shot

Here is a link of  Nick Barney with Buck and Andy!

http://kifi.m0bl.net/r/whuvt

Congrats Nick!!

Pictures from Winter Fest 2012

Just a few pictures from winter fest! Hope everyone had fun!

Joel Brighton and his team

Sally's new covered wagon, pulled by Kim Welker's team! Custom made by Orrin Welker



Alan Zohner and his team.



Dallin and Maigan Summers and their team

Orrin Welker and his team

My apologizes to Von and Laun for not getting pictures of their teams.

Winter fest

Hey don't forget to come out to winter fest tomorrow Sat Feb 18th. It starts at 11:00 and goes till 4pm. Bring a team and a wagon and give rides or come get a ride! It will be held by the water park that is down from the fair grounds in Rexburg.


Questions call Von White 381-5353 or Maigan Summers 206-0159

Spring Clinic

Spring clinic will be held Saturday March 24th in Rexburg at the indoor arena. The fun will begin at 9 AM! We will have a cone course, log skidding, barrel races, and even some events for the kids. We will be doing a pot luck lunch. Don't forget about the auction (start round up things to donate!) Then we will have the horses pulls! More information to come, so keep watching!

Our Buddy Dell Mangum!

Dell writes: This was on the road above Montpeiler reservoir... It rained the next day.... But what a neat place for a wagon ride... Here a link to an article that outdoor Idaho did on Dell! http://idahoptv.org/outdoors/shows/pathwaysofpioneers/DellMangumTrain.cfm