...flower lei. The most difficult award to present was for Strangest Item since there were so many to choose from: a Grinch head, an old-fashioned egg beater, a crutch. But the award for the oddest item found in a creek went to Gail French...

...said. "We painted Rugrats at Evergreen Ford, and Jean Schjtuk who decorates her house to the hilt asked for a big Grinch head this year." (The owner of Evergreen is closely connected to the Rats; his son was a director for one of the cartoon's...