Rep. Kaptur’s Inaugural Photo Contest Winners Announced
July 19, 2016
Winners Receive American Flag Flown Over US Capitol
Toledo, Ohio – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) announced this week that the winners of her inaugural Facebook photo contest are Kyle Burr of Avon, Ohio and Jacob Bollenbacher of Bellevue, Ohio. As a prize, Burr and Bollenbacker receive an American flag flown over the United States Capitol.
Burr and Bollenbacher won the contest based on the total number of total ‘likes’ their submitted photographs received on Kaptur’s Facebook page, Twitter page, and Instagram page.
Burr is a rising sophomore at Avon Lake High School and an 8-year Avon Lake resident. The photo captures the Avon Lake Marching Band on their Memorial Day parade route. As a sousaphone player in his high school band, Burr could not take the photo himself; however, he gives photo credit to his mother, whom he asked to capture the moment. Kyle’s photo received a total of 72 ‘likes’ and won the ‘Ohio 9th Congressional District’ category.
The 19-year old Bollenbacher took his photo at Bollenbacher Farms in Bellevue, Ohio as his cousin, Brent, operated the combine. The cousins wanted to show their patriotism during the 2016 Fourth of July weekend as they finished up their wheat harvest. “We bought two of the biggest flags we could get. The whole neighborhood saw and we even received calls about how cool it was,” said Bollenbacher, whose photo received a total of 75 ‘likes’ and won the ‘State of Ohio’ category.