Winners of the Cunningham Award of Excellence

The community of believers at Mathews United Methodist Church is in essence a family. We know that it is vital for any family to spend quality time together, celebrating each other’s successes and supporting one another during the difficult times. That “together time” can be found through the many worship and fellowship opportunities offered at Mathews UMC. We invite you to stop by and “check us out” at your earliest convenience! We welcome anyone of any description without prejudice – you should see some of us! We might just be the community of believers for you at this time in your spiritual journey.

(Awarded 7/6/2006)

As one of only seven Marine Corps squadrons to utilize the PBJ-1 twin-engine medium bomber against Japanese forces, Marine Bombing Squadron Six-Thirteen (VMB-613) operated in the Central Pacific during the last year of the Second World War. Being the only Marine Corps squadron to employ the cannon-armed PBJ-1H in combat, VMB-613 was trained in anti-shipping operations with a mission to harass and prevent the re-supply of bypassed Japanese forces in the Marshall and Eastern Caroline Islands. Filled with long monotonous hours of patrol, the Marines of VMB-613 performed their duty in an exemplary manner against a demoralized and increasingly desperate enemy, while maintaining the finest operational safety record of all Marine Bombing Squadrons. These efforts, of both the aircrews and the ground support personnel, ultimately contributed to the success of American naval operations in the Pacific. This is the story of Marine Bombing Squadron Six-Thirteen's contribution to victory in the Second World War.

(Awarded 7/6/2006)

Helena P. Schrader's novels reflect her extensive travels, her experiences in many nations and cultures, and her solid background in history. To these she adds a remarkable talent for envisioning interesting characters and bringing them to life. Readers of her novels on ancient Sparta, medieval Europe, and Europe and America during World War II find themselves transported to a historical place and time that is vivid and accurate, seeing it through the eyes of her characters and experiencing it through their adventures. And like all good novels, her stories raise basic life questions (concerning love, death, honour, and spirituality) that transcend any one place or time.

(Awarded 7/6/2006)

This is Conny's website highlighting his patch collection. Conny lives in Stockholm, Sweden. He is working for the Swedish Police as a Security officer in the Custody He is a fairly new collector with about 1100 different patches, and different model cars in scale 1:43. Conny's website has a Trade list, a Wanted list, and Conny offers his own Award Program.

(Awarded 7/6/2006)

Our purpose is to identify and honor all designers world wide for their efforts, hard work and skills. As a design award program, creativity should be the main criteria in all judgments. The Dir Award program will hold Monthly Web Design contests, two Semi-annual Design competitions, a Student and an Annual competition in which participants will be able to choose from 8 categories. All participants will be notified as when submitting the project, when becoming a nominee, when the review process ends and when the final decision is taken. (Awarded 7/6/2006)

This is a resource web site for teachers, parents, and students involved in the researched-based reading intervention READ180 Program. The site provides classroom organizers, bulletin boards, forms, lesson ideas, interactive literacy games, projects, and more. I have been blessed in both life and in teaching. This website provides me the opportunity to share some of my expertise with the global educational community.

(Awarded 7/6/2006)

Gerard Butler USA began a little over a year ago, as a website dedicated to a remarkable man and a remarkable talent. We celebrate our one year anniversay August 2, 2006. We celebrate our friendships forged from our love of Gerry every day of our life. Dedicated to all those friends who have found common ground in one remarkable actor, Gerard Butler.

(Awarded 7/8/2006)

Symi belongs to the Dodecanese islands complex and lies 24 nautical miles NW of Rhodes and 255 nautical miles from the port of Piraeus. The Mayor and the Town Council are always close to the visitors of our island. For those of you who have already chosen Symi for your vacation, I wish you have a good time. For the ones who are still thinking of where to go, think no more. Think about those three factors: aesthetics, history and culture... Symi is the best island for your vacation!

(Awarded 7/6/2006)

Stryker's World is a family friendly website where you can read original poetry, see orginal art and play a couple original freeware games. I highly recommend the Candy is Dandy game! It's a lot of fun. A "First Person Shooter" game is in the works and should be available soon. It's a website for all ages, and lots of fun.

(Awarded 7/20/2006)

Topps says, "I've been a huge fan of Ray since I first saw him playing a character called Carlin (during my cinema going days in Scum back in 1979) about the hard and shocking story of life in a British Borstal for young offenders. Soon after I watched Ray in Quadrophenia playing a mod called Kevin based in the 1960's. Less than a year later in 1980 I was more than hooked after watching Ray playing Kenny in the TV drama FOX, which followed the lives of a small time East End gangster family in England. Twenty Six years later I'm even more hooked especially as we now get to see alot more of Ray than we used to. It seems to have taken a long time, in my opinion, for Ray to get the recognition he truly deserves."

(Awarded 7/26/2006)

This website covers all aspects of Billiards, including Snooker, Carom Billiards, and Pool. The website covers the rules of the games, billiards history, and billiards terms are explained. The site also has billiards related old pictures, and some jigsaw puzzles. A great Billiards site!

(Awarded 7/26/2006)