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Happy 2013 from The Ada Icon!

Happy New Year

Here's a "penny post card" from 1924 wishing all Icon viewers a Happy New Year in 2013.

No. 15 women's basketball runs win streak to 10 games with 83-50 victory over Adrian (Mich.)

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.

On New Year's Eve, you could drop the ball in NYC or the Walleye in Port Clinton

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.

Tops in movies and television in 2012

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:

Here's the what and where in January in Hardin County

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.

Click for January calendar of events.

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