LYNDORA — Tanglewood Senior Center hosted the 32nd Annual Championship and Household Pet Cat Show this past weekend, and it would be difficult to imagine more pampering, preening and brushing taking place on a movie set.

"You find a lot of eccentric people," said Darrell Swan of Canandaigua, N.Y. Then, with a coy look to his wife: "They treat cats better than they treat their husbands."

The show, sponsored by Butler Cat Fanciers Inc., brought in more than 100 cat owners from Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland and even Ontario, Canada.

Swan's wife, Karen, and daughter, Tammy, brought Dale, a Sealpoint Persian in the Himalayan division, to the Butler show just two weeks after being crowned a grand champion cat two weeks ago.

To become a grand champion, a cat must earn 200 show points by defeating 200 other champions in competition.

The champion has been in the news before, so to speak.

He competes under the name Limited Edition. His mother was named Classified, and his grandfather, Newsprint.

"It's great meeting different people and seeing different breeds," said Tammy Swan. "A grand champion is just a bonus."

Laurie Ann Stepanian, a retired Slippery Rock University professor, entered two round-faced Birmans and a black Siberian in the show.

The Butler Township resident said Siberians have only recently become one of the 40 breeds eligible to be judged in Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA) competitions.

"It's not easy to get a new breed accepted," said Stepanian. "It's a long process."

There were four classes for entry in the show: championship, premiership, kittens and housepets.

The championship class features "whole" animals, while the premiership class showcases spayed and neutered animals — a category not accepted by the American Kennel Club.

"Cat Fancy, thank God, believes in spaying and neutering and allows these animals to be shown," said Stepanian.

Patricia Maddox brought her Sealpoint Siamese, a blue-eyed cat named Pattans' Night Moves, or "Mover" for short, from Nashport, Ohio.

"Siamese are among the oldest breeds in the CFA," said Maddox. "They've been in competition for more than 100 years."

She has been showing cats for 22 years, and breeding them at Pattans Cattery for nearly as long.

Cindy Kasper of Senecaville, Ohio, entered a regal-looking Maine Coon dubbed Dooney Bourke, after the high-end handbags.

"We're both teachers and this is a great way to relax," she said of herself and husband Joe. "This is our semi-retirement."

"It's like an addiction," said Jor Kasper. "It's an expensive hobby, though."

Sharon Powell spent the day judging longhair and shorthair cats. "Each breed has its own different standard," said Powell, who has been a judge since 2003.

Each cat is judged on a 100-point system. Some are evenly judged on coat, body and head features. Others are very specific.

"A Cornish Rex has 40 points allocated to coat alone," said Powell. Siamese, however, have 30 points dedicated to their head and face shape.

"Other than my family. the loves of my life are the Cleveland Indians and cats," said the Wadsworth, Ohio native, who works for the Indians.

The highest scoring cat in each class, based on regional and national points, received a framed certificate and free entry in the 2008 show.

All proceeds from the show will benefit the Tigger Neutering Fund.

Here are the results from the 32nd Annual Championship and Household Pet Cat Show this past weekend in Lyndora.<B>Best Kitten in Show</B>Grovewood's Simom Says of Lushell, brown tabby Persian, 5 months old, owned by Lucia and Shelby Hollabaugh of Mount Clair, Va.<B>Best Cat in Championship</B>Kinross Vanilla Ice, blue tabby and white shorthaired Scottish Fold, 9 months old, owned by Bruce and Ev Russell of Ontario, Canada.<B>Best Cat in Premiership</B>Birmist Daytripper of La Menage, Seal Point Birman, 1 year and 2 months old, owned by Laurie Stepanian of Butler.<B>Best Household Pet in Show</B>Lucky, brown tabby and white, 4 months old, owned by Jennifer Daniels of Pittsburgh.