The No. 15 Ohio Northern women's basketball team extended their winning streak to 10 games with a 83-50 victory at Adrian (Mich.), Saturday afternoon at Merillat Gymnasium.
The Polar Bears are now 11-1 on the season, while the Bulldogs fall to 3-8.
Junior Cenzie Yoder led the way for ONU with 18 points on 8-of-12 shooting. She also grabbed seven rebounds.
All 14 players who appeared in the game for Northern scored at least two points.
ONU used a 19-0 run to open up a 30-11 lead with 7:15 left in the first half.
The holiday season is sliding to an end and things will get back to normal any minute now. But until then, you can embrace one last tradition, one last thing to bind us to each other as we look ahead to the new year.
How about we drop something?
The most famous drop in the United States is the dropping of the New Year's ball in Times Square, New York City. Thousands gather to watch the ball make its one-minute descent, arriving exactly at midnight.
The end of the year is a time ripe for looking back in all sorts of ways. The favorites in movies and television are one of those ways. I took a look at movies and television in 2012. How do your opinions compare?
Movies
For sheer box office force, the top ten movies of 2012 leaned heavily towards comic book heroes, with adolescent fantasy novels and big-screen animation making up most all the rest.
According to Box Office Mojo the top grossing movies of 2012 were:
What's happening in Hardin County in January? Lots of activities. Here's the county activity schedule from the Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance.
Drive Time Driving Instruction, 4171 State Route 235, Ada, is offering $20 off students who register for classes in January. The next Ada class begins Sunday, Jan. 13. For details: click here.
These look more like October temperatures than December. Here's the high, the low and precipitation and snow recorded for the past seven days in the Ada area.
Michael Harnishfeger, Ada Police Chief, provided The Icon with the Ada police call logs from Dec. 17 to Dec. 23.
December 17
Traffic stop warning for loud exhaust
Assisted another agency
Handled suspicious person complaint on E Lincoln
Traffic stop warning for marked lanes
December 8
Traffic stop warning for red light
Handled suspicious vehicle on Main St
Handled threatening complaint on N Main St
Traffic stop warning for equipment
Report taken for miscellaneous
Guss Holbrook, 95, formerly of Harrod, died at 8 p.m. Dec. 25, 2012, at his residence.
He was born Oct. 22, 1917, in Bonanza, Ky., to George W. and Rachel Music Holbrook, who preceded him in death. His stepmother, Bertha Holbrook, also preceded him in death. In April 1937, he married Dorothy Gibson, who preceded him in death. On Aug. 13, 1966, he married Betty Holbrook, who survives in Lima.
Carolyn J. Courtney, 72, died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, at 5:54 a.m. at Lima Memorial Health System, Lima.
She was born on April 2, 1940 in McGuffey, Ohio to Adam Francis and Doris (Baughman) Edens, and they preceded her in death. She married Jack Courtney and they are divorced.
Carolyn worked for 10 years in the Paint Shop at Excello Corp in Bluffton. She was a member of the Alger Assembly of God Church. She was a graduate of Ada High School in 1958 and attended UNOH for Medical Office Mangement until she needed to quit for health reasons.
Immediate Past President Harold Friesner called the 12th meeting (December 18th) of the 2012–2013 Kiwanis Year to order at 12:00 p.m. at the New China Restaurant, downtown, Ada.
Karen Kier and Dr. Adam Ferguson were welcomed as guests.
The birthday of Bryan Marshall (December 28th) was noted.
The membership anniversary of Bruce Neely (December 1, 1975) was noted.
The wedding Anniversary of Bryan and Colleen Marshall December 17th) was also noted.
In business:
-Bryan Marshall, Treasurer, updated members on club finances.
-Secretary Brian Myers Dr. Mark Shull with a 50 Year Legion of Honor award