{"id":2722,"date":"2017-11-21T23:00:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T04:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=2722"},"modified":"2017-11-21T23:00:53","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T04:00:53","slug":"batavia-protesting-burnt-fingers-for-a-good-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2017\/11\/21\/batavia-protesting-burnt-fingers-for-a-good-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/Protesting burnt fingers for a good cause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CWJZ3QSory8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>Andrew Young, a fourteen-year old student from Alexander has been named as a finalist in the nation-wide Dreamvention contest sponsored by Frito-Lay for the best new invention idea.<\/p>\n<p>His invention, the \u201c Toaster Shooter\u201d encouraged a group of people in Batavia to join him in his fight to end burnt fingers on toast, as they protested today on the corner of Union Street and Main Street.<\/p>\n<p>The contest ends November 27, 2017 at midnight and the winner will be determined by the number of votes cast for each of the five finalists.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew has a chance to win $250,000 if he gets the most votes.<\/p>\n<p>You can vote once each day on each device that you own.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a fight to the finish this week and Andrew asks the community to please continue to vote for him every day.<\/p>\n<p>About Andrew Young Information about Andrew and his \u201cToaster Shooter\u201d invention can be found at www.andrewsinvention.com. About Dreamvention Details about the Dreamvention contest can be found at www.mydreamvention.com as well as the contestant information <a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?redir_token=krf_gfE8fhY-iBG7ArDnjUHrCf98MTUxMTQwOTQzNUAxNTExMzIzMDM1&amp;event=video_description&amp;v=CWJZ3QSory8&amp;q=http%3A%2F%2Fmagicbulletmedia.com%2FMNR%2FDreamvention%2F%23video\">http:\/\/magicbulletmedia.com\/MNR\/Dream&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Young, a fourteen-year old student from Alexander has been named as a finalist in the nation-wide Dreamvention contest sponsored by Frito-Lay for the best new invention idea. His invention, the \u201c Toaster Shooter\u201d encouraged a group of people in Batavia to join him in his fight to end burnt \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2017\/11\/21\/batavia-protesting-burnt-fingers-for-a-good-cause\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[53,23],"tags":[660,661,615],"class_list":["post-2722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alexander","category-genesee-county","tag-andrew-young","tag-dreamvention","tag-toaster-shooter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-HU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2508,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2017\/10\/27\/genesee-county-alexander-community-rallies-behind-teen-at-inventors-fair-friday-evening\/","url_meta":{"origin":2722,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/ Alexander\/ Community rallies behind teen at Inventor&#8217;s Fair Friday evening","author":"aka","date":"October 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"An Inventor's Fair was held on Friday night at Alexander High School to encourage the community to rally behind 14 year old Andrew Young Jr. after it was announced on Monday that he is one of five finalist in a nationwide invention contest sponsored by Frito-Lay. 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