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Bledsoe tops voting in RTL baby photo contest

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William James Bledsoe is the winner of the 34th annual “People’s Choice” baby photo contest, sponsored by Huntington County Right to Life.

William, born Jan. 17, 2015, is the son of Eric and Kathi Bledsoe, of Huntington. He received 43,710 votes, which netted him a cash prize and portrait.

The contest’s runner-up was Henley Freds, born Feb. 6, 2015. The daughter of Drew Freds and Amy Stoffel, of Huntington, Henley received 40,550 votes and a cash prize and portrait.

Third place went to Jemma Raeanne Bell. Jemma was born April 11, 2014, and is the daughter of Bryon Bell and Nicole Emley-Bell, of Huntington. She received 20,456 votes and a cash prize.

The winner in the drawing for a portrait was Kallen Scheiber. The son of Zach and Brittanie Scheiber, of Huntington, Kallen was born April 15, 2015.

The contest received 24 entries this year. Prize portraits with free sittings were donated by Portraits by JoLene.