The Herald Republican – July 24, 2013

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GOOD MORNING Professionals coming to bowl in Angola ANGOLA — Angola Bowl and Farmers State Bank along with Roto-Grip are teaming up to sponsor the Farmers State Bank/ Roto-Grip Open Friday through Sunday at Angola Bowl. Some of the best bowlers in the world will be bowling at Angola Bowl, said a press release. It is the first time ever in the history of Angola Bowl that professional bowlers have come to town. The public can bowl with the pros Friday starting 6 p.m. at the bowling alley. The tournament starts at 8 a.m. Saturday and runs through Sunday. People are invited to stop by Angola Bowl to watch. There are spots available to bowl Friday. Call Angola Bowl at 665-9312 to make a reservation.

GOP, Democrats face off over immigration

Frankie Clifton, center, had the supreme champion goat in Tuesday’s Steuben County 4-H Fair goat show. Holding her hardware are cousin

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans took a tentative step toward offering citizenship to some unauthorized immigrants Tuesday, but hit an immediate wall of resistance from the White House on down as Democrats said it wasn’t MIKE MARTURELLO enough. Alexandria Claudy, left, and fair queen Rebecca The dismissive reaction to the Kain. GOP proposal to offer eventual citizenship to some immigrants brought illegally to the U.S. as children underscored the difficulties of finding any compromise in the Republican-led House on the politically explosive issue of immigration. That left prospects cloudy for one of President Barack Obama’s top second-term priorities. Congress is preparing to break for a monthlong summer recess at the end of next week without action in the full Jackie House on any immigration legislaWeisenfelder tion, even after the Senate passed a shows her sweeping bipartisan bill last month goat during to secure the borders and create a the Steuben path to citizenship for the 11 million County 4-H immigrants already in the country Fair goat show Tuesday illegally. At a hearing of the House morning. Judiciary immigration subcomWeisenmittee Tuesday on how to deal with felder won showmanship immigrants brought here illegally as children, Judiciary Chairman Bob honors for Goodlatte, R-Va., suggested that “we goats and as a nation should allow this group will compete of young people to stay in the U.S. in tonight’s legally.” House Republican leaders Supreme have embraced offering citizenship Showman to such immigrants, and Goodlatte competition. is working on a bill with Majority Weisenfelder Leader Eric Cantor toward the goal. has been a It is something of a turnaround runner up in the showman- for Republicans, many of whom in ship competi- the past have opposed legalizing tion for goats immigrants brought here as kids. And some Democrats and immigraher previous tion advocates said it was a welcome two years at development showing the GOP has the fair. moved forward since nominating a presidential candidate last year, Mitt MIKE MARTURELLO Romney, who suggested that people here illegally should “self-deport.” Yet even before the hearing began Democrats dismissed Goodlatte and Cantor’s not-yet-released legislation, saying that any solution that doesn’t offer citizenship to all 11 million immigrants here BY MIKE MARTURELLO mikem@kpcnews.net illegally falls short. Over Twitter, White House CROOKED LAKE — When senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer slammed today’s Supreme Showman “the cruel hypocrisy of the GOP competition takes place, two Steuben County 4-H’ers will enter immigration plan: allow some kids the round robin as past champions. to stay but deport their parents.” That drew an angry response Ashton Sellers and Austin from Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., Penick are past champions of the who chairs the immigration subcomtitle. This is the first year that mittee. After reading Pfeiffer’s tweet previous champions are being aloud at the hearing, Gowdy labeled allowed in the large animal Pfeiffer “a demagogic, self-serving, competition. When it comes to showmanship, political hack.” Cantor spokesman Rory Cooper Sellers may have set the bar. also responded to Pfeiffer, asking “This is my first year back in over Twitter: “If White House since my sixth year,” Sellers said. opposes effort to give children path She won the title in her sixth to staying in only country they year of 4-H, in 2009. Now she is know, how serious are they about in her final, 10th year of 4-H and will be representing the started calf immigration reform?” In fact, Democrats and immigraproject in the show, which starts tion advocates pushed hard in at 7 p.m. in the horse arena then moves to Rensch Hall at 7:15 p.m. past years for legislation offering citizenship to immigrants brought for the remaining animal breeds. Sellers has been a showmanship as youths. The so-called DREAM Act passed the House in 2010 when winner six times in sheep, twice it was controlled by Democrats, but in both started calf and swine and once in horses and dairy. That’s 12 was blocked by Senate Republicans. But now, with a comprehensive showmanship titles in addition to the supreme showman title and the solution like the one passed by the

Picnic had right ingredients to become goat champion

TLC holding fundraiser at Pint ANGOLA — The Transitional Living CenterSteuben Inc. will be hosting a Dine and Donate fundraiser on Saturday, Aug. 10 from noon to 9 p.m. The event will take place at Pint and Slice, 60 N. Public Square. A silent auction will be held during the event. All proceeds from the auction as well as 10 percent of the day’s sales at Pint and Slice will go to TLC-Steuben Inc. From 6-9 p.m., acoustic cover artist Brant Arnos will perform outside the venue. For more information, call Jana Schlosser at 226-1140. TLC-Steuben Inc. assists area women and children who are victims of domestic violence.

BY MIKE MARTURELLO mikem@kpcnews.net

CROOKED LAKE — Frankie Clifton ended up with her goat, Picnic (more on that later) after her brother, Gage, turned it down, and she thought she had a good entry for this year’s Steuben County 4-H Fair. “Gage always gets the grand champion,” Frankie said as she walked away from Rensch Hall to have her photo taken with her Supreme Grand Champion Goat. “I didn’t expect to beat him or anyone,” Frankie said, looking over the others with whom she competed on Tuesday morning. But she had been told her Saanen dry doe might just have what it took. Frankie won the grand champion dry doe title, besting her brother, who was reserve grand champion, and went on to take top honors, who had the grand champions in milking doe and pygmy doe. The goat judge liked what he saw in many of the animals in the show before choosing Frankie’s

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Sellers has 12 showman titles

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Ashton Sellers steadies one of her entries in the Steuben County 4-H Fair sheep show on Monday night. Sellers took three top awards in the show and will enter today’s Supreme Showman competition with 12 showmanship titles under her belt in her 4-H career.

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