In December, we hosted the Capitol Hill Seattle Tourney — a gift to you, our beloved reader, as a celebration of our first year on the hill, a tribute to the neighborhood’s icons and, most importantly, an easy way to come up with ideas for something to write about during the holidays.

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Little did we know that the contest would become a testament to both the (nearly!) indomitable spirit of humankind and the remarkable tenacity of typhus-carrying critters.

In December, we hosted the Capitol Hill Seattle Tourney — a gift to you, our beloved reader, as a celebration of our first year on the hill, a tribute to the neighborhood’s icons and, most importantly, an easy way to come up with ideas for something to write about during the holidays.

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Little did we know that the contest would become a testament to both the (nearly!) indomitable spirit of humankind and the remarkable tenacity of typhus-carrying critters.

Finally, the victors — and the runners-up — have received their just rewards. We teased about this last week but procrastinated. Delivering walnuts, it turns out, isn’t something you can just squeeze in. You need to plan it out. It takes effort.

The squirrels in both Volunteer and Interlaken Park were, typically, modest and demure. In fact, no individual squirrel would come forth to accept the champion’s portion of the 10 lbs. of unshelled English walnuts. So we left some in a pile of stumps in Interlaken and the rest under this tree in Volunteer Park. Yum!

Meanwhile, we haven’t heard a squirrelly peep from the 2nd place finishers — though, according to UPS, there was one Stranger staffer willing to come forward to claim the prize. Mr. Nipper, did you enjoy your nut bucket? Yum!

Again, congratulations to all of our competitors and good luck in 2007’s tournament.

–j/k