hat Readers Continue to Say...

"Top 5% Web Designers Award winner! The Top 5% Web Designers Award is awarded to web site developers who, after careful review, display a commitment to high design standards. We are pleased to say that your site has exceeded what we look for." -- E&G Web Designer Directory, Chesterfield, New Hampshire, USA

"I am pleased to give you the Den of Soft Winds award." -- Elsangel, webmistress, Soft Winds

"Congratulations!! Your site was reviewed and approved for the 1998 Cameo Services Creative Inspiration Award." -- Marita Emmert, webmistress, Cameo Services, Youngstown, Ohio, USA

"Míc, I looked at your site and it is a wonderful job. We made you our state site of the day." -- Jan Eglen, sysop, The HUB, HomeTown Net, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA

"Congratulations! Your web site has won our Award! You are now an official winner! Again, congratulations and enjoy your New, Cool Award!" -- Dave Elliott, contest administrator, MnetWeb Services, Great Bend, Kansas, USA

"Pau Hana Award site review for...The Beeline. Pau Hana literally means: 'Finished Work.' It's a time when Hawaiians reflect back with pride on the day's hard work. It's a time of celebration! This is not to say you have finished work on your web site, for we feel a great site is always a work in progress. It is to celebrate the hard work you have already put in on your page, and to reflect upon the hard work with pride! We like your family-friendly website and have decided that you have earned our Pau Hana Award! You are a virtual web Swiss Army Knife! Thank you and Aloha!" -- Chris S. Ellis, webmaster, Topher's Castle, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

"I'm really impressed, the site looks great, the layout is superb." -- Jerry Farnsworth, artist, Bloomington, Indiana, USA

"Hi Míc, Your site has been awarded the G Page Cool Award. You have created a nicely designed and cool Web site. I really enjoyed my visit and will be back soon." -- George Farrell, webmaster, G Page, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

"Congratulations. I have visited your site and hereby present you with the Realm's highest award, HTML Excellence Award." -- Michele "Iceprincess" Feile, webmistress, Iceprincess's Realm, Mount Jewett, Pennsylvania, USA

"Congratulations! You have just been awarded the Laslo's Web Page Design Excellence Award for the year 1997." -- Laslo Fodor, webmaster, Laslo Web Design, Ltd., San Francisco, California, USA [Beekeeper's note: The Beeline was a repeat winner of the Laslo's Web Page Design Excellence Award for the year 1998.]

"Congratulations! I am very proud to present the 'Orchid Award for Page Excellence' award to you in recognition of your hard work in the creation of such an excellent page. I think you have done an outstanding job on your site! Once again, congratulations on an excellent Wen site!" -- Linda Fortner, webmistress, The Orchid Lady, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

"Míc, After reviewing your site we found it to be creative and full of content. Congratulations, you have won the Global Award of Excellence. Your site is easy to navigate, friendly and enhances the originality of our Internet community. It is nice to see so much attention made to a site. We would also like to inform you that The Beeline is nominated for our Top Site of the Month Award for February. Good luck! God Bless," -- Jim Foster, webmaster, Prism Band, Adkins, Texas, USA [Beekeeper's note: The Beeline was later awarded the Top Site of the Month Award for Most Informative Website.]

"Congratulations! Your site has qualified for the Gifted Fox Award. Keep up the great work!!!" -- Katherine Fox, webmistress, Open Your Doors to the World Web Design and Collectibles, Davis, California, USA

"Very nice site! You do indeed deserve the GOLD. Lots of great information and a nice clean format. Congratulations." -- Jan France, graphics director, MBI Business Software, Sacramento, California, USA

"Hello Míc, I had a look around and I found the site great, perfect navigation, once you know where to go, fantastic design and something new, refreshing on the wWeb. Yes, of course you have won my award. Congratulations and greetings from The Netherlands (Holland to you)." -- Luuk Francken, webmaster, Luuk Francken, Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands

"Hi Míc, I've looked at your site and am pleased to say that it meets the criteria for the TaFWeb Silver Award. I wish you the best of luck with your site and hope you continue to develop it." -- Terry Franks, webmaster, The HTML Students' Support Page, TaFWEB, Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK

"Congratulations! Your site has been chosen a SuccessMall.com 'Marketing Hot Site Award' winner! 'Great combination of free resources and valuable marketing services... a wealth of information!' Once again, congratulations! Keep up the good work. Best regards," -- Martin Franzen, founder, SuccessMall, Malmoe, Sweden

"Míc, I have made an award that I would like to send. I have been wanting to do smaller awards. So this gave me the perfect opportunity to make one. Hope you like it. You are the first recipient. :) " -- Theda Fritz, webmistress, Theda's Eclectic Pages, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

"Congratulations, you have won our Web Design Gold Award! We have reviewed your site and have decided that it is truly worthy of our Web Design Gold Award. We found your site to be free of errors, attractive and to contain some very useful content, that we are sure will have people coming back to your site." -- Bonnie Gauthier, webmistress, Design Innovations [Beekeeper's note: The Beeline later received the Award of Excellence.]

"Congratulations! We reviewed your site versus the Academy criterias and are very happy to inform you that you were successful in the certification process." -- Sylvian Gauthier, chairman, The WeB Academy, Notre-Dame Ile PerrotE, Quebec, Canada

"Hello, Congratulation for your great homepage!!! Very nice design, infos and navigation. You won my 'Austrian Award' for Special Guest and Great Homepages. Best Regards from Austria..." -- Martin Gebhart, webmaster, Salzburg, Austria

"Congratulations! I reviewed your site and was very impressed! Your design is superb. It was very well organized and layout was overall excellent. Congratulations again." -- Billie Glorvigan, webmistress, Terras' World, Apache Junction, Arizona, USA

"Hi Míc and congratulations! Your site was reviewed for originality, usefulness of information, and graphic design. Your site only enhances the originality of our Internet community. Job well done! :o) Best regards," -- TinyRay Grier, webmaster, Montgomery, Alabama, USA

"Congratulations from Pure Illusion Awards. We are honored to inform you that you have won the 'A Step Above the Rest Award.' Currently only 11% of the people that apply for our awards win. You have done a fine job. I will have you up on the winners list today." -- Sandy Groff, webmistress, Pure Illusions

"The Beeline offers a unique approach to a Web directory. In adding so many platforming stages you have shown a sincere interest in enhancing the user's enjoyment of the site. You have put forth a monumental effort and we acknowledge it by awarding you our 4 Star Site Review and our 'Blue Diamond' Award for superb content." -- Wally Gross, webmaster, Surfer's Choice Awards, Technomax, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

"Hi Míc: A most comprehensive directory and service for your community. You must eat, drink, sleep and dream in HTML. We respect the effort you have put into your Web site. Believe us we know how much dedication is involved. Please accept our Best of the Web award. Surfer's Choice is a database of 'Best of the Web' sites. Each site submitted to us must pass our strict standards for content, presentation, overall appeal, download speed and compliance with proper coding in any HTML, Java, ASP, or any other application used by the site. Congratulations on being selected as a Surfer's Choice Best of the Web winning site!!" -- Wally Gross, team leader, Surfer's Choice Awards, Technomax, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada [Beekeeper's note: The Beeline was also selected for Surfer's Choice Best of the Web Sites' What's Cool - The Top 10%! list.]

"Hallo! Den Net@Page Design Award haben Sie schon gewonnwn!!!" -- Christoph Grygierzec, webmaster, Net@Page, Giessen, Germany

"Hi, Ich habe mich riesig über Dein Interesse an meinem Award gefreut. Das Surfen hat viel Spass gemacht und isch denke anderen Usern auch. Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Keeper Award! Du hast ihn Gewonnen! Gruss" -- René Hagspiel, webmistress, Keeper Awards, Diepoldsau, Switzerland [Crude translation: "Hi, I was enormously pleased with your interest in my Award. The surfing was very fun and I also think so for others so congratulations on the Keeper Award! You have won it! Greetings,"]

"This is really a neat site! Whoever designed this has my vote. Also thanks for listing SMUG (Serious MAC User Group)." -- Dave Haium, vice president, SMUG, Bloomington, Indiana, USA

"Congratulations! Your web page has been selected to receive the 'Fly With Eagles' award presented by Hart Enterprises. We surf the Net looking for worthy web pages. And, in some cases, web pages are recommended to us. Your respect for proper Net Ethics and your ability to display your web page in a logical, informative, and creative format places you among only a handful of webmasters that have received this award." -- Bruce Hart, LTC USA (Ret.), Hart Enterprises, Fallston, Maryland, USA

"I have reviwed your site. Congratulations!!! You have won the A+ Web Design Approved Award. Your site is well designed and is an interesting addition to the World Wide Web." -- Toufique Harun, webmaster, A+ Web Design

"Hi Míc, It is my pleasure to present to you Wings' Award for Creativity for your Website *The Beeline*. When I visited your page, I could see the hard work and talent used to create such an outstanding site, not only in design, but in content as well. I spent a good bit of time at your site this morning and found so many useful tips and links. I will be returning many times to use your Website. It's a fantastic contribution to the Internet." -- Deb Hays, webmistress, Wings' Special Place, El Paso, Texas, USA

"Congratulations! You won the Jeff Hobrath Art Studio Web Award. I had fun browsing your site...keep up the good work:)" -- Jeff Hobrath, owner, The Jeff Hobrath Art Studio, Telford, Pennsylvania, USA

"Congratulations! You have won the Mark of Excellence Website Award for your clean website design, informative content, and advanced HTML coding." -- Marc Holt, managing director, Holt Worldwide Co. Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand

"Míc - Your new web site looks great!" -- Jennifer Hooker, administrator, Indiana University Athletics, Bloomington, Indiana, USA

"Congratulations, I have visited your site and I think it certainly deserves an award. No doubt that you will receive many awards for a site of this nature. Your site has been given the Platinum Award for Outstanding Quality. Congratulations once more." -- Glenn Humber. webmaster, Juno Enterprises, Birmingham, England, UK

"Dear Cool Site Maker: Congratulations! You have been chosen as an Internet Cool Site of the Day Website and will be featured today [9-15-97]. Every day The Ice Queen selects and reviews one of the most notable Web sites of that week. Congratulations again Cool Site Maker, keep up the good work." -- The Ice Queen, Internet Cool Site of the Day & Cool Central Expert, Channel Cyberia, Internet Magazine, London, England, UK

"Congratulations! You have just won The Vivek Award for your web site." -- Vivek Jain, webmaster

"The EDS Award is a very popular award and difficult to achieve. You have a very nice and functional web site. Clean smooth layout and some fine pictures. The content goes beyond what anyone could possibly imagine. Yow have so much to offer!!!" -- Michael H. Jensen, president, European Distant Suns, Denmark

"Congratulations! Your site has been awarded the 'Key to the Web Award.' This is given to fun and useful sites that show a high level of design quality." -- Bob Johnson, webmaster, KeyNet Corporation, Fountain Valley, California, USA

"Congratulations Míc! Your site has qualified for the Petals of Life Award of Excellence!" -- Janine Johnson, webmistress, MDJ, Inc., Jackson, Tennessee, USA

"Dear Míc Miller, Upon review of your site, 'The Beeline,' we would like to offer you the Cum Laude Award for excellence in design, content, and website structure from LuminEssence Web Publishing, and invite you to join the ranks of our Luminariae. We grant this honor to less than 10% of the sites we review. Congratulations." -- Cynthia L. Johnston, webmistress, Cum Laude Award Committee, LuminEssence Web Publishing, Fairfax, Virginia, USA

"Congratulations. Great site." -- Martin P.R. Jordan, webmaster, Conemara, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

"Congratulations! Your page wins the Sigillum Qualis '98 Award for pleasing design and content in a more 'serious' vein. 'Sigillum Qualis' means 'Sign of Quality' in Latin." -- John R. Kahn, attorney at law, San Jose, California, USA

"The American Legion Monterey Cypress Post 694 of Marina, California has reviewed your Webpage and found it to be in keeping with our theme of helping to make a better America. It is our pleasure, and honor to present your site our Gold Wing of Excellence Award. We only bestow this award to sites that offer a public service to the Internet community, display American family values or have themes oriented around missing children, pets, public services, and others who have presented a meaningful message to the community. The site must also clearly show an excellent understanding of Web authoring. Once again, congratulations on your award!" -- Art Kapsalis, chairman, Adjunct American Legion - Post 694, Marina, California, USA

"Congratulations! Please accept my award for your hard work!! You site is listed on my winners page." -- Ichirou Kataoka, webmistress, Bakauma's, Nishinomiya, Japan

"Hello, I have reviewed your site and found it to be creative and full of content. Congratulations, you have won the World Sports News Web award. Keep up the good work." -- Elie Khoury, general manager, World Sports News, Antelias, Mount-Lebanon, Lebanon

"Your site has won the 'ArtPro of the Web Award.' Your site is excellent! Keep up the good work. Sincerely," -- Deleas Kilgore, webmistress, ArtPro Web Design, Amarillo, Texas, USA

"Congratulations. I'm pleased to announce that your site has won the 'Cool Site Award' for excellence. This award is given for content, design, and easy access of information." -- Erhard Kuijken, webmaster, XIPPI, Lommel, Belgium

"Quality as a Lifestyle is proud to announce that your site is selected as the HIGH QUALITY SITE of the week. Congratulations..." -- Savas Kutdemir, webmaster, Quality As a Lifestyle, Istanbul, Turkey

"Guess what? Your site has been reviewed and has been selected to receive the MyHotBox Nifty Site Award! Why? Because you're cool, and she knows you put a lot of hard work and effort into making your site stand out above the rest!" -- Autumn LaMattery, webmistress, MyHotBox, San Diego, California, USA

"Hi Míc, After reviewing your site, I am pleased to present you with the Silver Lace Award. Your site is very well done and nicely presented. Congratulations!" -- Gunnar Larsson, webmaster, Pixbo, Sweden [Beekeeper's note: The Gold Lace version is reserved for garden-related sites.]

"Congratulations. Your site has been awarded the Award of Excellence, the highest award presented by Smoke Free Awards." -- Les Leonhardt, president, L&L Productions, Stratford, Ontario, Canada

"Hi. I just surfed your site, it looks great!!! Congratulations! Your site has gone through some serious testing here at Webcenter and it has passed with honors." -- Daniel Lidén, webmaster, WetWired, Orebro, Narke, Sweden

"Your site looks terrific!" -- Brian Lim, vice president of marketing, Fination, Potomac, Maryland, USA

"Míc, Congratulations, you have won the CIR Bronze Trophy. 'This prize is hardy congratulations for a job well done. A site that creatively applies current web design trends in such a way as to not appear run-of-the-mill is an accomplishment. A Bronze site is one we would happily tell a friend about.' Your Beehive concept is great. We especially liked it for its unique 'look and feel!' Great job all around. Keep up the great work!" -- Craig Lindberg, chairman, Chicago Internet Review, Chicago, Illinois, USA

"Hello!!! I have visited your page and I find it very nice. It really deserves my award. Keep up your very good work." -- Sannah Lindgren, Sannah's Webdesign, Skogas, Sweden

"Dear Míc, After checking your site carefully, I have decided you do indeed deserve the A to Z Outstanding and Informative Site Award. I understand the work that goes into the building of web pages and the dedication it takes to maintain it. So let us be the first to congratulate you on the efforts. I am honored to give this award to you. I feel that you deserve it for all the hard work that you have done. This award will not be given out to just anyone, only to those who truly do have outstanding and informative sites. Congratulations and good luck in the future." -- Carole "Nightowl" Lippert-Burrows, webmistress, A to Z Services, Edmonds, Washington, USA

"This place is huge! I can see your emphasis everywhere. You are truly an important voice in the world of personal communication. It's bookmarked for sure -- I'll be back." -- Keith Little, publisher, AdageBooks, Rockledge, Florida, USA

"Congratulations...I have visited your site and I was very impressed with your Web page design...only the best of the best receive this award." -- Randy Lockhart, webmaster

"Hello, Your site review has been completed. Congratulations! Your site, The Beeline, has been selected to receive the Silver Exceptional Sites Award. This award is given based upon merit only. Sites are judged based upon overall appearance, speed, navigation, use of technology and quality of content. We found your site to be nicely designed, easily navigated and a great contribution to our Internet community. Keep up the great work. You have a great site and deserve to have it recognized. The best of luck to you in all your endeavors." -- Shelley Lowery, Exceptional Sites Review Team, Web-Source.net, Eufaula, Oklahoma, USA [Beekeeper's note: The Beeline later received their Gold Exceptional Sites Award.]

"Hi Mic, I have reviewed your site and you have done a fantastic job with it. Congratulations, you have won the Golden Diamond Award for Website Excellence. Keep up the excellent work." -- Karen Lyster, webmistress, Auckland, New Zealand