Magrath Alberta

Many of you know that I am going to be spending my summer in Magrath, Alberta this summer. I'm going to be working with Current and the Canadian Convention of Southern Baptist again, (same program I was a part of last summer. I wanted to post some pictures of the town so you could get a look of the town. These are all I was able to take on my visit to the town in March. I'm sure I'll be posting many more throughout the summer.

For those of you that are on the Magrath team this summer, hope these pictures help you see the place and get you excited about the summer! Pictures are below.


Magrath Golf Course


Road sign on main highway leading to town from Lethbridge


Magrath Public Library (sorry for the car in the way) I promise it's not mine!


Front of 1 of 2 Mormon churches in town


Side view of same Mormon Church


Not a Mormon church (I think it's United but I'm not sure)


View of School from back


Baseball Field at School


School Gym


Silo on outskirts of town


Another Silo on outskirts of town


Another sign on the Highway leading to town


View looking west of town to windmills
It is extremely windy in Southern Alberta and Magrath


2nd Mormon church in town (Yes there are 2 Mormon churches
in a town of about 1500

Hope you enjoy the pics and I'll look foward to keeping everyone updated over the course of the summer

Attention Attention!!!

Due to excessive nagging, okay maybe just a little nagging, I would like to personally thank Michael How for taking these wonderful pictures. May his life be prosperous because you took these pictures and next time I see Michael I will give him a bag of goldfish crackers for his hard work on this project and blog.

New Orleans Update

Hey everybody, I know it's been forever since I updated, but here's a quick one for you. If you remember last fall, I posted some photos of my slightly moldy former room and dorm in New Orleans. I'm in New Orleans this week takinga week long class so I got to go in my still to be completed room and I got these two pictures of my dorm. The first photo is of my room, and the second one is of the dorm lobby. I'll try to post some more updates after I get home from New Orleans around the end of May. Until then, things are continuing to get better around here and classes are progressing. Have a great week!

Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Domination

NFL Draft was this past weekend, and as if there was any doubt, the first day, and really the entire draft was dominated by the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) With all the talk of "the best conference" that always abounds, especially ACC vs. SEC, I just thought I would throw out some numbers from this year's draft. Joe, I'm sure you will comment on this! For all you guys that say that the ACC is a basketball conference, you are right, but uh-oh, guess what, now here's another point proving the ACC's domination in football too. Day 1 analyis from Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports "The ACC dominated the first round, with a staggering 12 selections. That's a draft record for a conference. The impressive lineup included four players from Florida State and three from North Carolina State, including the overall No. 1 pick in Williams. Even Miami squeaked out another first-round pick (Kelly Jennings to Seattle at No. 31) to extend its streak of first-rounders to 12 consecutive years."
Not too bad if you ask me. Here are my numbers that I personally counted up. If I'm wrong on my overall draft numbers let me know, math is not my greatest asset.

First Round Picks

ACC- 12 (including overall number 1, and 4 of the top 10)
SEC - 4 (first pick from SEC team? QB from Vandy?)

Overall Draft Picks

ACC- 51
SEC - 36

The overall numbers might not seem too dominating, but they are pretty staggering, especially when you consider the results from Rounds 1 and 2. Round 1 and 2 selections are historically the guys who are going to play the most, after round 2 there is a steep decline Here are the numbers from Rounds 1 and 2

Rounds 1 and 2 -most likely to have significant playing time in NFL

ACC- 19
SEC - 10

Interesing comparisons, not bad for a basketball conference wouldn't you say?
Anybody want to compare the NBA draft numbers? I wouldn't advise it unless you are and ACC guy!