Pizza and pets bring crowds downtown

Short­en­ing the Old-Time Jam­boree by a day did noth­ing to lessen the fun at the pop­u­lar sum­mer cel­e­bra­tion.
In its 38th year, the Jamboree’s annual pizza-eating con­test and pet parade con­tin­ued to pro­vide big draws.
This year’s pizza eat­ing con­test, spon­sored by Dar­rell and Denise McCarty of Olde Towne Pizza, fea­tured mainly teens and younger chil­dren who had appetites beyond their years.
The title and new cham­pion was John Reid, 17, of Amherst, who man­aged to down an entire pie, swal­low­ing the final bite as time ran out.

This is an excerpt from a story by cor­re­spon­dent Carl Sul­len­berger. For more Jam­boree cov­er­age, read the July 13 issue of the Amherst News-Times.

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