Gwyneth Hayes, of Carlisle, Pa., with Darius, an 11-month-old American Bobtail longhair cat. She says he will be full-grown in abouth three years.
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Bill Lee, of Okemos, judging kittens.
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Bill Lee, of Okemos, jokes that any cat who licks him gets 50 additional points.
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Sabrina Grisier, of Archbold, and SabrinaMews Persians, with two cream and white Persian cats.
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"Amore" a four-month-old Long-haired Sphinx, with Laurie Patton, of Columbia, S.C.
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Lucy McLaughlin, 4, pets two Savannah cats, "Motzie", left, and F2, and "Peanut", an F3 with her mom, Theresa Cooper, left, and Jackie Cooper, all of Toledo. The cats are owned by Deborah-Ann Millette, of Plainfield, Ohio and Norman, Okla.
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One was born in Cyprus, the other was born in Russia, and moved to Germany as a youth; but both are of the breed "Aphrodite", and there are 18 of them in the United States after six were born Friday the 13th. Aria, of Cyprus, and Adonis live in Plainfield, Ohio.
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Seven-months-old "Wolfie" one of a new breed, the Lykoi, with Lauri Schiff, of Newport Beach, Calif., left, and Jack Paap, of Toledo, with 18-month-old daughter Holly Paap.
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Chris Unangst, of Toledo, is master-clerking: compiling the results of each competition for recording by the executive office. She is also a judge.
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Ken Kershaw, of Las Vegas, with "Tailor Swiff", a domestic shorthair.
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B.J. McDowell, of Plainfield, Ohio, with "Aria", a seven-month-old Aphrordite who holds a Cyprian passport.
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"Willie" a Main Coon cat, is named the long-haired champion.
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