May 2, 2001 Dear Janice, Thank you for applying for one of my awards. I have had the great pleasure of visiting your web site, and found it to be well-designed, and full of extremely informative and entertaining content. The time, effort and research invested in you web site is quite evident! Therefore, I am very pleased to present you with my "Excellence on the Web Award." Again, thank you for inviting me to evaluate your web site, and best wishes with all future endeavors! Sincerely, S. Leigh Marin Leigh's Corner

February 25, 2002 A friendly hello to you Janice, Thank you very much for your kind application for my humble award. I like your site very much, I could feel a lot of head and heart. You spent a lot of effort in creating this site - lot's of fantastic photos and interesting content. The design is very good - no discussion about it; the creativity and the ideas are just great. Keep on with your good work and enjoy the award ! Greetings from Germany, Michael

June 17, 2001 A friendly hello to Janice, I Thank you very much for your kind application for my humble award. In the meantime I checked out your site some times and enjoyed it. Congratulations: this means bronze!! An interesting site with much information-for sure an important resource in the web for all interest visitors. Design, quality, content and function are o.k.-well done! Keep on with your good work and enjoy the award! Greetings from Germany, Michael Webs Awards Level 8.5

September 30, 2001 Dear Janice, Thank you for applying for the Mona Lisa Select Site Award, and for the opportunity of reviewing your very lovely site. The graphics are pristine and the poetry is alluring. Your site content places North Carolina Outer Banks points of interest into a compelling historical context. We applaud your efforts and would like to offer the award to your site. There are many sites that apply for the award but few meet most of our defined criteria for winning the award. Yours did. Congratulations! We would be delighted if you accepted the Mona Lisa Select Site Award and display it with prominence and pride. http://library.thinkquest.org/13681/data/millennium/congrats.htm?tqskip=1 I look forward to hearing from you. Best personal regards, Steve Feld Award Master Why is the Mona Lisa Smiling? Learning About Leonardo http://library.thinkquest.org/13681/data/davin2.shtml?tqskip=1 Webs Awards Level 7.5

October 13, 2001 You´ve built a wonderful website about a marvelous place. I´ve already checked Your website, when You´ve applied for the Asder Award, and I´m still impressed. It´s therefore a pleasure for me to present You the Museumsaward. Congratulations Wolfgang 13.10.2001 Webs Awards Level 10

November 7, 2001 Hi:) Attached is your award! Thanks for applying. I enjoyed your site very much! We hope you enjoy your visit with us. Peaches

May 10, 2001 Dear Janice I Magro, Recently, we visited your website NC's Outer Banks: A National Historical Treasure and found it to be an excellent online travel resource. To recognize your contribution to the internet travel community, we have awarded your site the RealAdventures Distinguished Travel Site Award. About The Award: The travel industry is one of the fastest growing segments of the online community. There are thousands of travel-related sites on the web, and the RealAdventures Travel Awards are designed to recognize websites which provide valuable online services for travelers in an attractive, easy to use format. Recipients are given this award by RealAdventures.com in recognition of their contribution to the online travel community. Award-winning sites offer content which is beneficial to the travel community, while retaining an ease of use which allows users to easily find what they're looking for.

May, 2001 Offers four levels to websites that are exceptionally well constructed to honor the hard work, thought, and effort webmasters have put into their sites. Sites are judged on Content, Layout, Graphics, Color Scheme, Navigation, Linking, Loading Time, and Originality.

July, 2001 Offers four levels to websites that are exceptionally well constructed to honor the hard work, thought, and effort webmasters have put into their sites. Sites are judged on Content, Layout, Graphics, Color Scheme, Navigation, Linking, Loading Time, and Originality.