Volunteers prepare art for winter

Abby Ickes, 19, Maddelynn Isprecht, 9, Matt Ickes, 9, Nathan Ickes, 13 and Andrew Ickes, 10 clean the “Dance of Creation” statue in Downtown Dowagiac.  About a dozen volunteers from the Dowagiac area and the Dogwood Fine Arts Festival gathered in downtown Dowagiac Saturday to wash, wax and buff Dowagiac’s 15 statues in preparation for winter. Leader Photo/AMBROSIA NELDON

Abby Ickes, 19, Maddelynn Isprecht, 9, Matt Ickes, 9, Nathan Ickes, 13 and Andrew Ickes, 10 clean the “Dance of Creation” statue in Downtown Dowagiac.
About a dozen volunteers from the Dowagiac area and the Dogwood Fine Arts Festival gathered in downtown Dowagiac Saturday to wash, wax and buff Dowagiac’s 15 statues in preparation for winter. Leader Photo/AMBROSIA NELDON

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