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Former Sidney teacher chosen as 2017 Kentucky Derby artist

Jim Cantrell, a former Sidney art teacher, was chosen as the official artist for the 2017 Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks races.

He received the call from Churchill Downs last summer and completed the art in the fall.

Cantrell said it was an honor to be chosen.

"At first I didn't understand it, but it's turned out to be, not an ordeal, but it's something I'm not used to," he said. "All this celebrity, people stopping me on the street and that sort of thing."

Cantrell was reluctant at first, gallery owner and wife Jeannette Cantrell, said.

"He was called in July and at first said 'I don't t...

 

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