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Article: Offending word prompts removal of painting at Sarpy County Fair.

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Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE)
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August 5, 2007
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Byline: Jason Kuiper

Aug. 5--A picture can be worth a thousand words, but on a painting displayed at the Sarpy County Fair Saturday, only one word mattered.

A woman visiting the Sarpy County Fair Saturday night didn't appreciate an obscenity contained in a painting of Jesus. Fair organizers agreed and took it down.

From about five or six feet away, the objectionable piece was beautiful, said fair president Rich Jansen, but there was a tiny message at the bottom containing the obscenity.

Jansen said that as soon as organizers received the woman's complaint, they took the painting down. He said the message wasn't noticed until the ...

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