Ole Miss vs USM Baseball 2010

Ole Miss asked that I take digital images of two interstate baseball games--Ole Miss vs USM and Ole Miss vs MSU, both at Trustmark Park, home of the AA Atlanta Braves farm team.

Tuesday, March 23rd was the first game. While the weather was great, it would have been a better game to photograph if it had started earlier than 6:30pm. But, I'll take the good weather and run.

The first image is the Ole Miss baseball coach, Mike Bianco. He has created a very competitive SEC baseball program. It seems he is well respected by his players, the administration, alumni and the SEC.

The starting pitcher for Ole Miss had a rocky start. Two walks, one hit batsman and a balk led to four runs in the bottom of the first inning. But, the next five innings no runs scored on him.
Ole Miss bats started to the top of the first inning with two runs and finished the evening with an 11-6 win. Next up Mississippi State University.

Lake Harbour Dr. church of Christ Ground Breaking

Dianne and I moved our membership to Lake Harbour Dr. church of Christ March 1, 2008. What our spiritual life needed, the leadership and membership has provided! At the time of our addition, the church was approximately 160 attendance on Sunday mornings. Now we have broken the 200 barrier on a regular basis!

Due to that growth and the future growth of this congregation the leadership determined a strong need to make changes to our facilities. More classroom space, larger sanctuary, larger greeting area, more parking, larger office space are the major areas.
















With excellent pre-planning, involvement and prayer, the church made an outstanding monetary pledge to the needed areas of our facilities. Coupled with that pledge was an incredibly quick purchase of church bonds to gather the necessary funds for this committment.


Sunday, March 7, 2010, we had a wonderful lunch and ground breaking ceremonies, which included the Mayor of Ridgeland, our bond company and our contractor's construction manager.While it will be a few more weeks before the actual ground and building work begins, patience will be the key word as we combine classes and do without certain parts of our facilities over time. But, the end result will be worth the temporary incoveniences!

Church Wii Bowling Tournament

Danny and Lynn Spain are very active in our local congregation. They are very much servant-type people, both in the church setting, community and business. One of the recent activities they developed was a Saturday night meal from Waffle House and a Wii bowling tournament.

If you aren't familiar with the different video gaming units, Wii is one of the more recent offerings. There were four "projectors" and screens to have four bowling lanes for the competition. Teams were created and the games began.



There was no doubt that everyone had a wonderful time from the time we ate, bowled and heard who the winning individuals and teams announced.

What a wonderful evening of food, fun and fellowship. Thanks Danny and Lynn--mission accomplished!