Good morning and welcome to Summit Up, the world's only daily column that had no idea a grocery story could inspire such passion. When we heard the news that a Whole Foods may be coming to Frisco, some folks in the newsroom literally jumped for joy, threw confetti around and pulled a string that released a bunch of colorful balloons from the ceiling.

We didn't even know that was there! If we had, we might have pulled it on other joyous occasions, like when they had 2-for-1 cheese-dipped chalupa-loompa crispy wraps at the Burrito Barn. Or when they had krab legs 10 for a buck at Ghetto Mart. Heck, we might even have pulled the Festive Balloon Ripcord when the Broncos had one of those OT wins last fall — even if we knew deep down in our unbelieving hearts the whole thing was a house of cards doomed to fall down around our ears.

Anyway, it's never a bad thing to have choices, and competition, we say. So Whole Foods, bring it on! Just, y'know, have a li'l ol' sale once in a while so we locals can afford to come in and buy a lettuce leaf or something.

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It's time once again for Weird Animal Haiku from local eighth grader Heather Johnston. Heather as you may know has been suffering under the yoke of this onerous assignment we gave her: Write a week's worth of Weird Animal Haiku for no other reason than we asked her to! Today we feature the mysterious narwhal:

The Narwhal creature

Really just has a cool name

That's all that matters.

Yes, it does have an interesting name. And what a strange critter it is: a whale-like sea denizen with a unicorn's horn sticking out of its head. Here's the Wiki-skinny on the beast:

“The narwhal, or narwhale, Monodon monoceros, is a medium-sized toothed whale that lives year-round in the Arctic. One of two living species of whale in the Monodontidae family, along with the beluga whale, the narwhal males are distinguished by a characteristic long, straight, helical tusk extending from their upper left jaw. Found primarily in Canadian Arctic and Greenlandic waters, rarely south of 65°N latitude, the narwhal is a uniquely specialized Arctic predator. In the winter, it feeds on benthic prey, mostly flatfish, at depths of up to 1500 m under dense pack ice. Narwhal have been harvested for over a thousand years by Inuit people in northern Canada and Greenland for meat and ivory, and a regulated subsistence hunt continues to this day. While populations appear stable, the narwhal has been deemed particularly vulnerable to climate change due to a narrow geographical range and specialized diet.”

No surprise there for just about any cool, weird animal we like: Its habitat is endangered and there's always some jackass who wants to kill it and eat it. Sorry Inuit people, but how could you see this amazing creature and just think “lunch?” Then again, if you're way up north like that, there's probably no Whole Foods nearby where you can get lightly killed, organic, free-range narwhal substitute or whatever. You've gotta just gun for whatever critters pops out of the ice, and if it's a cute baby harp seal or a narwhal or whatever, well, tough titties: Inuit hungry!

Anyway, thanks Heather. We look forward to the bonus critter if you do it: the leafy seadragon!

Happy Friday, Summit County.

We out.