Topics in This Issue:

-Hot Dog!  

-Support Local Teachers 

-KIDCO Afterschool 

-Gun Violence

-Friends of Aphasia 

-More Health News – Kevin Dahl  

-Plastic Blocks 

-Park Tucson Phone App 

-Transit Conversation  

-Water Supply and PFAS

-Reid Park Zoo Pollinator Garden

-Pima Animal Care Center    

-COVID

Hot Dog!

Let’s start out with some important news – Joey Chestnut retained his hot dog eating contest title last week! And there’s a Tucson tie-in.

Also known as “Jaws”, Chestnut crammed down 63 dogs in 10 minutes. That’s 6 and a half hot dogs per minute – one every 10 seconds. This might fall under the label of ‘don’t try this at home’ - or maybe ‘only try this at home where nobody can see you.’

Chestnut is 38. His own record for wolfing down hot dogs is likely safe for a while at 78 hot dogs in 10 minutes. But he’s not limited to dogs. “Jaws” has also eaten 32 Big Macs in 38 minutes, 82 tacos in 8 minutes and 5.9 pounds of funnel cake in 10 minutes.

For the uninitiated, this is a funnel cake. What’s in the picture is probably about a half a pound, so multiply that by 12.

Joey beat an Afghanistan war veteran who has previously eaten 275 jalapenos in 8 minutes, and the women’s winner’s diet coach who last year ate 50 hardboiled eggs in 3 minutes and 4 seconds.

On the women’s side Miki Sudo regained her title by eating 40 hot dogs in 10 minutes. She had to sit out last year’s competition because she was pregnant. Coming in 2nd was Michelle Lesco from Tucson! Michelle won last year’s competition, confirming our local City of Gastronomy fame. The hot dog eating championships have been held every year since 1916.

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