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Two years shy of a half century, Dwain Leiber sells his garage

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Two years shy of one half century that included surviving several Riley Creek floods, Dwain Leiber, who turns 78 in June, decided it was time.

The 1957 Bluffton High School graduate and owner of Leiber Garage since 1969 used a racing term to describe his decision to sell his business.

“The wheels started turning,” he said.

“They started turning when Tom Dotson approached me to buy the garage,” Dwain laughed.

Madison Soper, Sydney Staton, Icon student artists of the month

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Two Bluffton High School seniors who are putting together the class of 2017 graduation slide show, are the Icon's artists of the month.

The students are Sydney Staton and Madison Soper.

Sydney Staton
She has taken Photography I and Photography II as her art classes at BHS.

"Next year, I plan to go to Bluffton University and major in Mathematics and minor in Computer Science. I also plan to play soccer for Bluffton, in the fall," she said about next year's school plans.

Where else could you chat with kings and queens of history?

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LOTS OF PHOTOS BELOW - ALL BY JAMIE NYGAARD

King Tut was there. So was Queen Elizabeth, an FBI agent, King David, a professional photographer, athletic trainer and others.

There were countries represented also - from many continents. The Bluffton Middle School opened Night at the Museum doors on May 1.

Sixth grade students have chosen a country to display and show its culture.

Seventh grade students have chosen a famous person to display and share why that person is famously remembered.

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Here are April births reported from Bluffton Hospital:

It's Bluffton High School prom weekend

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AND THE ICON HAS LOTS OF PHOTOS BELOW!

Bluffton became a tropical paradise on Saturday thanks to efforts of the Bluffton High School junior class.

It was prom night, and the host class created its tropical paradise for seniors and guests in Marbeck Center at Bluffton University.

Because of predicted rain, the traditional promenade, which is just as much fun as prom itself, took prom attendees through Founders Hall to Marbeck. And, inside Founders, all the prom parents and friends had front row seats to view this year's prom styles.

Judith Greavu, Jaye Bumbaugh, Anita Lehman; several other area artists in show

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Several artists with Bluffton connections were winners or had works accepted in the Spring Show at ArtSpace/Lima, 65-67 Town Square.

The show is open through June 3 in The Ellen Nelson Gallery of Artspace, according to Bill Sullivan, director.

Area artists winning awards include:

Winner of The Jack Earl Award for best of show
Judith Greavu, Bluffton
Innishowen Tide Pool, bronze, fused glass
She has several additional pieces in the show

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