Fun Tyme Entertainment Award

Description: Sandra Gerbers, a businesswoman and webmistress from Green Bay, Wisconsin, operates the Fun Tyme Entertainment Awards Program "to provide recognition to webmasters for excellence, hard work and creativity" by giving awards "to those who show outstanding interest in making their web sites the best that they can and making the web a better place for all." Sites are evaluated on design, content, graphics, creativity, load time, and navigation. Comments: "Not everyone will agree with some of this site's content but for the open minded it is a good view. Of special interest to me was the poetry section. The poetry is a straight shot from the heart, moving and so full of feeling! The site over-all is well done and easily showcases its content well. Well Done!" Citation: "The Fun Tyme Entertainment Awards Program salutes your dedication and congratulates you on being a winner of our Gold Award. Our awards are not easy to obtain at any level and to win our award is a great achievement. You being a winner shows that you have put the effort needed into your site and have made it an asset to the www." Awarded: 16 February 2012

Casey's Celtic Charm Award

Description: Wendy and David Russell, co-owners and cowebmasters of an educational site devoted to wirehaired fox terriers, Casey's Celtic Charm, operate an awards program that "is strongly motivated by [their] desire to highlight the 'Best of the Best' websites on the Internet. While there are an infinite number of websites on the Net, there are finite numbers that leave an overwhelming feeling of being awe struck by both the content and the structure of the site. The mission of Casey's Celtic Charm Awards Program is to recognize and bring attention to these exceptional sites which demonstrate a unique blend of knowledge and technology." Sites are evaluated on content, design and layout, navigation, and lasting impression. Citation: "Our evaluators have now completed the review of your site submission. We are extremely proud to present your site with the Casey's Celtic Charm Silver Award. Thank-you for giving us the opportunity to review your work, the visit was most inspiring. Your effort and dedication shine throughout your pages. You are truly deserving of our highest accolades, and for making the World Wide Web a much better and nicer place for us all to visit." Awarded: 5 March 2011 as an upgrade from Casey's Celtic Charm Award: Bronze [Award Sites! 5.0]

Webmaster's Response:

I accept this award in memory of my family's wirehaired fox terrier, Angel, aka Pooners or Poonie Dog (1972-1986). She strayed into our lives when she was about six months old. The family who had owned her couldn't deal with such a "lively" and "energetic" puppy. Soon after we took her in, we realized just how truly "special" she was when we came home one day and found the recliner over six feet out of place. Angel had dragged this heavy piece of furniture across a carpeted floor by the flap on the footrest and obviously had stopped only when her haunches hit the hearth! Though she had shredded the flap in the process, no one in our family was angry with her; we all marvelled at the strength and tenacity of this young little dog. She always loved to play tug-of-war with a length of rope or an old towel; she usually won because once she clamped on, she would not let go! Until the final year of her life when she went blind, she never tired of chasing down an old tennis ball, inside or out. She was a smart, affectionate, loyal, tough, fearless, and feisty member of our family; she fit right in. I still miss her; she was such a great dog...

— Matt Wallace, aka The Compleat Heretic