I just thought I’d let you all know that WANE TV has done a follow up on Chris HAkes and his arrest. WANE TV Channel 15 was the only online source I could find about Chris Hakes after the original arrest was made public. Read the rest of this entry »

I was sitting at home watching tv when all of the sudden we lost power and I heard the wind picking up. I stepped outside to see some of the highest winds I’ve seen pass through the area in a long time. Where I live there wasnt a lot of rain or hail but the winds were incredible. Read the rest of this entry »

Indiana prepares for their primary elections on May 6th.  Unlike years past Indiana voters can actually make a difference this year in determining the Democratic Party candidate for President.  I urge all Decatur Indiana voters to plan on taking advantage of this opportunity to serve your country and participate in this years primary election. Read the rest of this entry »

Wimzit.com and the Decatur Indiana Community site has joined partners with Rent.com to help you find rental houses, apartments and condo’s in the  Decatur, Fort Wayne and Bluffton Areas.  If you have ever looked for a rental house in the Adams County area you know how hard it can be to locate one without knowing the area.   Read the rest of this entry »

Wimzit.com the home of this site ” Decatur Indiana Community” is starting to get heavy search engine traffic.  If you have a local organization  in North East Indian that is hosting a function or event and would like some publicity email us at Read the rest of this entry »

Bellmont High School’s Saturday evening showing of the musical ”Beauty And The Beast” was excellent.  It was a huge improvement over the opening night performance.  Most all of the issues they had in the previous showing were corrected.  All the performers did an excellent job.  The crowd gave a huge standing ovation at the end of the show expressing their overwhelming satisfaction with the musical.  Hats off to all those that participated both on stage and off.  Job well done.

I went to the Bellmont High School’s opening night of “Beauty And The Beast”.  The play was pretty good overall and the costumes were great.  They have a few bugs to work out with the microphones as the orchestra was a bit to loud and drowned out some of the singing.  All things considered opening night went pretty well. Read the rest of this entry »

Indiana voters can go see ex-President Bill Clinton this evening at Bellmont Middle School. Bill Clinton will be speaking at the Bellmont Middle School gym at 7:30pm.  Capacity for the middle school gym is around 1000 people and seating will be first come first serve.  Bill Clinton visits Decatur, IN Read the rest of this entry »

Bellmont High School located in Decatur, In will be performing the musical “Beauty And The Beast”.  You will have the oppotunity to come and enjoy the show on April 18th, 19th and 20th.  You can contact the shool office to purchase tickets in advance.  The Bellmont Brave Generation show choir will also be traveling this weekend to Hanover, In to perform in a show choir competition hosted by Southwestern High School Epirit.  I believe this will be the final show choir competition of the year for the Bellmont Brave Generation.

I have discussed 2 of the largest employers in the Decatur Indiana area that produce world class products that draw people from across the country. We have produces some of the most recognized luxury motor homes, and speed boats, It’s only fitting that Decatur Indiana should be the home of Lingenfelter Performance Engineering, Inc.

If you not familiar with the Lingenfelter name then you definitely are not a Corvette enthusiast.  John Lingenfelter has won 13 NHRA national event titles and holds countless speed records.  Lingenfelter Performance Engineering is the premire companies when it comes to making high performance engines and accessories for Corvettes , Vipers, Cadillacs. Lingenfelter Performance Engineering  has been featured numerous times in magazines such as Car And Driver, Motortrends, Corvette Fever and Road&Track.  So if you looking to beef up your stock Corvette and have $20-50,000 to spare, you can rest assured your getting a quality product. 

As you can see in my past 3 articles Decatur Indiana might be a small community in the heart of Amish country, but we are definitely not without out some national recognition.  These three companies I have discuss build some of the world’s most sought after products and draw people from across the country . When people ask you why anyone would want to come to Decatur Indiana, just ask them “Why haven’t you been here before?”.