Sunday, June 10, 2018
A Councilwoman Proposes at the Derby Bout
Posted By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill @jfumikocahill on Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 2:59 PM
Rough as this world is, romance isn't dead. Maybe because it's wearing a helmet. In the final Humboldt Roller Derby bout of the season last night, just before the Saplings skated on, the ladies in pads and helmets burst into Erasure's "Always," complete with synchronized dance moves. Team member Brawn Luc Picard (aka Eureka City Councilperson Natalie Arroyo) held a sign aloft proposing to her beau Jason Lopiccolos.
Arroyo presented her fella with a pendant with her thumbprint on one side and "corazón," Spanish for "heart," on the other. Lopiccolos, a teaching associate in phycology and invertebrate zoology at Humboldt State University, said yes, saving everyone from one of those awkward Jumbotron moments and giving us all the feels. Dab your eyes and enjoy photographer Mark McKenna's shots of this extremely Humboldt proposal (man-bun and everything).
Speaking of Humboldt Roller Derby, Natalie Arroyo
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Jennifer Fumiko Cahill
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Jennifer Fumiko Cahill is the arts and features editor of the North Coast Journal. She won the Association of Alternative Newsmedia’s 2020 Best Food Writing Award and the 2019 California News Publisher's Association award for Best Writing.
Jennifer Fumiko Cahill is the arts and features editor of the North Coast Journal. She won the Association of Alternative Newsmedia’s 2020 Best Food Writing Award and the 2019 California News Publisher's Association award for Best Writing.
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