European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 04, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday september 4.1989 first rate animal led to bum steer officials suspect Columbus. Ohio not it has come to this two fairs where generations of future Farmers have stood with Pride and Joy beside their winning livestock fear that they have been duped into awarding a top prize to the same steer under different names. The clue to solving the Case is in the color of the animal s Navel hair. The steer has been impounded until the True color shows. There is much More than Pride a stake in a first place ribbon. There is Money in this Case $28.000. And fair officials think Money could account for the duplicity that might have occurred at the Ohio state fair training ground where Young people from Rural America have Learned Les sons about responsibility Honor and Pride for More than a decade. At the Center of the Case is Hank crossbred steer that won first prize at the Ohio slate fair in August. Then there is Carl the steer that look second place in an Illinois county fair in july. The problem is Iacre arc Many peo ple who think that they arc one and the same animal. And those people Felt their Case was strengthened when the Stepfather of the boy who raised Carl in Illinois disclosed thai the family had sold Hank to the Young woman who won first prize Wilh the steer at the fair Here. But nobody will know for sure until the Shock of hair grows out around Hank s Navel. In photographs of Carl the hair is White an unusual and distinguishing characteristic. Hank arrived at the Ohio Fairgrounds with Shorter Navel hair that fair officials said had been darkened with a Dye. As for How Long Hank May be held. Jack Foust the general manager of the Ohio fair said we figure we should know by next  if Hank and Carl should be one i would Call into question not Only who actually raised and cared for the Ani Mal the primary criterion for eligibility at the fair but also in what state the animal was truly eligible to compete. For decades youths around the country typically members of a local 4 h club or the National Fra Organiza Tion have fed and cared for livestock from Jan. I up until the state fair late inthe summer. A Blue ribbon made it More than worthwhile. Even red and White ribbons could be cause for Cele bration. But times have changed. It costs a lot More to raise a steer and people Are often More concerned with the auction Price than the prestige of a Blue ribbon. It was Hank s Blue ribbon that pushed his Price to $28,000 at the Sale of champions auction aug. 14. Some people decry the emphasis on Money. Fred Arnold coordinator of the state s county fairs and a member of the stale fair Board for 27 years said it was the Pride of having a Champion that meant  in Ohio to assure that the Young per son s entry in january is the same Ani Mal that shows up on the Fairgrounds a print is made of the nose the livestock equivalent of a fingerprint. Hank entered by Susan scaly 18, of Tiro Ohio was duly printed in january and again at the fair before bringing top honors aug. 7. Rules at the Iroquois county fair i Illinois where Carl won second place Are not quite As stringent. So Uherc is no official print of carps nose on record. Carl was Cal Rcd by Jeremy Simmons 12, of Donovan iii., if the other fair had done thai we would t be having this problem said Foust. It was in Illinois where suspicions first arose Alicr local Ocsid cols realized Hal Carl though regarded As a very Good steer had not been entered in the state fair  officials Learned of the possibility of a Rule violation two weeks ago after a lip from Illinois. On the basis of the Strong similarities shown in photo graphs the fair officials began an investigation to determine if Hank was raised on an Ohio farm by scaly. While parents of Bolh winning exhibitors have told officials that Hank a Dcarl arc iwo different animals they have been unable to produce what investigators consider Cony inciting Evi Dence. True the weights differed slight it looks like a cow Jam but inc cattle Are proceeding at a steady Pace. They re entering the coliseum at Falcon height minn., for judging in the Minnesota state fair. The Minnesota judging went by Hank was entered 45 pounds heftier than Carl but such a Chang can easily be explained by additional feeding in the weeks Between  appearance by Carl would Clear up the whole matter. But in a recent interview with the times Republic of Watseka iii., Donald Kopsell Jeremy s Stepfather said that the steer had died shortly after the Illinois fair and was shipped to a slaughterhouse in Milwaukee on aug. 1. To add to the confusion Kopsell said that he had sold Hank to the scaly moving fairly fast smoothly enough unlike proceedings at the Ohio state fair where there was an uproar Over the first prize won by a steer it s claimed was also a Winner at an Illinois county fair. Family last Winter when it was a calf. While officials in Illinois await a decision from Ohio there is the problem of compensation for the other competitors if the animal is disqualified. Even if Hank is ruled ineligible and the Shea Lys Are asked to forfeit the $28,000 he brought at auction the change in his standing would come too late to make a difference for the four runners up their prices were decided at the Sale o  second place steer brought $6,200. Bush Breaks no catches fish on final Day Kennebunkport Maine up after Days of Media hype and humiliation. President Bush broke the Jinx on his fishing Rod sunday bringing a note of personal Triumph to the approaching endow his 20-Day summer vacation. Arms raised in a a for Victory stance. Bush ventured out into the Blue Waters of the Atlantic around 11 15 . In his speedboat Fidelity vowing this is bound to be the Day that his reputation As an Angler would be salvaged. Luck it seems was with him. Less than a half hour later White House spokesman Bruce Zanca announced overan electronic pager system to reporters that Bush who has been frustrated by the Good Luck others have had in the Waters just off his Seaside Home had snagged a bluefish at 11 30 . No one could say for sure what caused the turnaround in his fishing fortunes. But As he boarded Fidelity for the Outing Bush was handed a Cap emblazoned with uss bluefish donated by a local Fisherman and was told by an aide that they guarantee you la catch a fish with that  last full Day of what has been an Active respite from the pressures of Washington began for Bush Wilh a game of horseshoes breakfast with Church leaders and services at St. Ann s episcopal Church. Bush was to return to Washington monday. It will be a dramatic change from the routine he has maintained since his Arri Val in Maine aug. 16. Although Bush has spoken of the mental refreshment that he enjoys from retreats this Seaside family estate even he was compelled sunday to admit that he was ready to go Back ready to go to  during services at St. Anns Bush reminisced about the Many years that his family has worshipped there reflected a bit on the challenges that await in Washington and said tomorrow it starts All Over. Dea seizes books with pages soaked in heroin Dallas up Federal drug agents who seized 11 pounds of South West asian heroin last week Are now expressing concern Over the method used to smuggle the illegal drug into the United states. Federal drug enforcement Agency agents wrapped up a yearlong investigation Friday Wilh the seizure of the drug shipment valued at $12 million 9n the Street and inc arrests of three pakistanis in Dallas. However Dea agents said the smug gling technique was to Liquify the drug and saturate pages of Ordinary books. The books were then taken through  checkpoints without detection. The smugglers later soaked the pages in a chemical to extract the heroin. Special agent Phil Jordan in Dallas said this was the first time the drug has actually been found soaked into a Book s pages. He said the chemical used to extract the heroin was not found during the drug bust. Agents had been tipped off about the process when they raided one Man s apartment in Dallas and found a pan used to Cook the drug Back into the pow dered form. Each Book yielded about a Pound of the narcotic which is grown in Pakistan Afghanistan and Iran. The suspects being held for arraign ment after labor Day Are Mohammad Sal com Shah 30, of Brooklyn . Sha had Iqbal 27, of Staten Island . And Shaukat Khan 45, of Dallas