{"id":25271,"date":"2021-05-13T22:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T02:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=25271"},"modified":"2021-05-13T22:05:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T02:05:00","slug":"mr-batavia-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2021\/05\/13\/mr-batavia-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Batavia 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" data-attachment-id=\"25272\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2021\/05\/13\/mr-batavia-2021\/mr-batavia\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mr-batavia.jpg?fit=1280%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Mr-batavia\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mr-batavia.jpg?fit=900%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mr-batavia.jpg?resize=900%2C900&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mr-batavia.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mr-batavia.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mr-batavia.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mr-batavia.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mr-batavia.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Submitted information\/photo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congratulations\u00a0to Mr. Batavia 2021, Faraz Idrees! He is pictured in the center with Sean Pies to his left who finished in 2nd place and Jonah Epps on his right who finished in third.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The winning charities this year are: Anna\u2019s Wish who will receive 50% of the donations. The Dave McCarthy Foundation and The Michael Napoleon Foundation will each get 25% of the donations as runners up.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The link to watch Mr. Batavia is:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7AeVcEwJJjU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/7AeVcEwJJjU<\/a><br>The Go Fund Me will be up through May 18th here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gofund.me\/d1ba42bb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/gofund.me\/d1ba42bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information\/photo Congratulations\u00a0to Mr. Batavia 2021, Faraz Idrees! He is pictured in the center with Sean Pies to his left who finished in 2nd place and Jonah Epps on his right who finished in third.\u00a0 The winning charities this year are: Anna\u2019s Wish who will receive 50% of the donations. \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2021\/05\/13\/mr-batavia-2021\/\">Continue reading<i 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