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Oh, what a beautiful morning!

How many photos of the frosty outside did you take this morning? Technically, it's called hoar frost. Here's an explanation: "Under clear frosty nights in winter soft ice crystals might form on vegetation or any object that has been chilled below freezing point by radiation cooling. This deposit of ice crystals is known as hoar frost and may sometimes be so thick that it might look like snow." WE WELCOME INCON VIEWERS' PHOTOS. PLEASE SEND YOUR FROST PHOTOS TO: [email protected].

Ada on the ball Monday night!

You can't have a Super Bowl without an Ada-made Wilson football. It follows that you can't have a NCAA Division I football title game without an Ada-made Wilson football. Watch this video from ABC News for Ada's 15 minutes of fame. (Thanks to Monty Siekerman for alerting The Icon to this story.)

Vote for your favorite soup on Friday at Liberty National

Liberty Natinal Bank, Ada, invites Icon viewers to stop in to the Main Street office on Friday and vote for your favorite soup.

It's the bank's "Soup" er Bowl Cook off. There will be several soups available to taste. Persons stopping by the bank may vote for their favorite flavor.

Seeing the light

There's a new window in Ada and it's becoming more and more familiar. Here's one of the windows on the First United Methodist Church under construction this winter.

University to host ninth annual Polar Bear Invitational Mock Trial Tournament

Ohio Northern University’s mock trial program will host the ninth annual Polar Bear Invitational Mock Trial Tournament from Jan. 17-18. The competition will take place in ONU’s Pettit College of Law, Hill Building and Dukes Memorial. More than 200 students from 16 colleges and universities representing five states will participate in the tournament.

Ada chamber accepting nominations for 2014 business of the year

The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce wants to recognized Ada's outstanding business of 2014 and you can help make the selection.

The chamber is currently accepting nominations for the 2014 award. An application form is an attachment at the bottom of this story.

The winner will be announced at the chamber's annual celebration dinner at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 21, at the Wishing Well in McIntosh Center on ONU's campus.

Cost is $15 per person.

Basis for eligibility:

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