Andrew Young Jr. https://www.thebatavian.com/ en https://www.thebatavian.com/themes/barrio_batavian/images/thebatavian_logo.png Andrew Young Jr. https://www.thebatavian.com/ Local Matters © 2008-2023 The Batavian. All Rights Reserved. Fri, 03 May 2024 13:45:16 -0400 https://www.thebatavian.com/themes/barrio_batavian/images/thebatavian_logo.png Wed, 13 Dec 2017 09:35:00 -0500 Breaking: Teen inventor from Alexander wins national contest with $250K prize https://www.thebatavian.com/howard-b-owens/breaking-teen-inventor-from-alexander-wins-national-contest-with-250k-prize/500060

Andrew Young Jr., the 14-year-old Alexander High School student who saw a commercial for an invention contest while watching the Ellen Show and decided to enter his idea for the "Toaster Shooter," has won a nationwide contest sponsored by Frito-Lay.

The grand prize is $250,000.

"We are blown away," said Andrew's father, Andrew Young Sr. "I don’t know that’s kind of hit us yet. We thought we did a good job and we though we might have won but we didn’t allow ourselves to think we had won so we’re still waiting for it to sink in, including Andrew."

Andrew is in school this morning and not available for comment.

Speaking of school, that's the plan for the $250,000 prize.

"He's not going to be able to buy the Lamborghini like he thought he would," said his father, laughing. "It's a college fund. It's 100 percent a college fund. He wants to go to M.I.T. so we're going to need every penny of it."

Andrew was among five finalists selected to compete in a voting contest. For more than a month votes were collected on the MyDreamVention.com website with multiple votes per person, per device allowed.

The Youngs worked hard to promote the contest locally and in Rochester and Buffalo to help drive votes.

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Invention contest nears final hours of voting https://www.thebatavian.com/howard-b-owens/invention-contest-nears-final-hours-of-voting/478552

Tomorrow (Monday) is the final day of voting in the Dreamvention invention contest sponsored by FritoLay with a $250,000 grand prize.

Andrew Young Jr., a 14-year-old high school student from Alexander, is one of five finalists.

Click here to vote for his invention, the Toaster Shooter.

You can vote once each day (so today and tomorrow) from each of the devices you own -- computer, smartphone, tablet, etc. The contestant with the most votes wins.

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https://www.thebatavian.com/howard-b-owens/invention-contest-nears-final-hours-of-voting/478552#comments https://www.thebatavian.com/howard-b-owens/invention-contest-nears-final-hours-of-voting/478552 Nov 26, 2017, 1:19pm Andrew Young Jr. Invention contest nears final hours of voting Howard Owens <p><div class="video-filter"> <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/EFPHQ8ReuiQ?modestbranding=0&amp;html5=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;loop=0&amp;controls=1&amp;autohide=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;theme=dark&amp;color=red" class="video-youtube vf-efphq8reuiq" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0"></iframe> </div> </p> <p>Tomorrow (Monday) is the final day of voting in the Dreamvention&nbsp;invention contest sponsored by FritoLay with a $250,000 grand prize.</p> <p>Andrew Young&nbsp;Jr., a 14-year-old high school student from Alexander, is one of five finalists.</p> <p><a href="https://www.mydreamvention.com/invention/toaster-shooter">Click here to vote for his invention</a>, the Toaster Shooter.</p> <p>You can vote once</p>