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According to his obituary, recently deceased Rat City Rollergirls Superfan Ken Cluckey, "was a giant-hearted man who fully lived his belief that life is about service. He served his country in WWII, the Korean conflict, and as a Customs Inspector until retirement. In his community, he was a Boy Scout Leader and Little League Baseball Coach. He participated in the Breast Cancer 3-day Walk twice. He also volunteered as an advocate for residents of Fircrest, at the Fremont Soup Kitchen and Food Bank, and was a beloved fixture at Ballard Food Bank for nearly 20 years.

Surprisingly, USA Today provides this relatively balanced look at a new trend in public workers' health coverage.

“So I heard that you only mascot as a banana if you’ve taken LSD. Is that true?” the derby fan asked.

Well, no. Oddly, that question has been posed to me more than once. I do not know where the rumor started, but my guess is that it began because of my day job as a historical researcher—and, hey, we all know how badass historians are!