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 »

Congrats to all you Bellmont High School Seniors about to graduate. Its a great accomplishment and just the beginning of your life as an adult.  Those planning on attending the Graduation ceremonies are being held June 1st at the Bellmont High School Auditorium. 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 »

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.

The Bellmont Brave Generation Show choir and ladies ensemble(L.E.G.S) will be competing this weekend at Homestead Senior High School in Fort Wayne, IN.  The choir competition at Homestead always brings in top choirs from throughout Indiana.  Last weekend the Brave Generation won top honors in instrumentals and took 4Th place overall at the Lakeview High School competition in Battle Creek, Michigan. Hopefully they can pull out a Grand champion award this weekend.   This will be their last competition until they head to Hanover, Indiana for the Southwestern High School Invitational on April 12Th.  If you know any of the choir members be sure to tell them to break a leg.

Bellmont High School in Decatur Indiana was the seen of this years Winter Spectacular. The Winter Spectacular brought in show choirs from thought northeast Indiana.  There were several different competitions that were held throughout a day of exciting singing and dancing.  The day was kicked off by performances by the Ladies division (female only) show choirs.  The schools that participated in this event were Garrett High School’s Rhythms Connection, Columbia City High School’s City Lights, East Noble High School’s Premier Edition, East brook High School’s Kittens, Northrop High School’s Ville de Filles, and Southport High School’s Simply Chic.  The Bellmont High School’s L.E.G.S also performed an exhibition at the end of this competiton.  Winning first place in the ladies show choir division was the “Ville de Filles” from Northrop High School.
   The mixed divisions show choirs that include both male and female performers followed this division of show choir competition.  The small show choir group was the first of the mixed division choirs to perform at the Winter Spectacular.  The included Lakeland High School’s New Wave, Southwestern’s Esprit, East Noble’s Knight Rhythms, Lakeview High School’s Spartanaires, and Southern Wells High School’s Singers.  The Lakeview Spartanaires that traveled all the way from Michigan won Grand Champion for the Small Choir group.
  Next to perform was the large choirs that included Northrop’s Charisma, Columbia City’s City Heat and Churubusco’s New Era. Prior to the award ceremonies Bellmont High School’s Brave Generation performed an exhibition to finish off the evening.  Winning Grand Champion of the large choir division was Northrop High School’s Charisma.  I must say it was quite an exiting performance that had the crowd standing on their feet.

I was surfing the web today for further information on the Bellmont High School Student that brought a gun to school.  It is amazing how much is actually being published about this topic.  Its not only on Adams County local sites but national news forums as well.  One respose I found was from a user named Bellmont Staff.  I am assuming from this poster’s comments the he or she is an actual teacher from Bellmont High School or the North Adams County School Board.  Here is that user’s response to a forum on topix.com :

“Just wanted to let everyone know that the staff was not told of the situation either. We still have not been officially told anything. The only information we have to go on is rumor. In fact, one “rumor” that has not been put in print is that the student brought the gun and loaded clips to school to sell them. I’m finding it disturbing to see the whole situation reduced to a student being curious. This is not a 5 year old child we are talking about here.
The school was not put under lockdown because the situation was “under control”. With what criteria did they use to determine that the situation was “under control”—a 15 year old that had just brought a gun and loaded clips to school? The only way to be reasonably certain of the situation is to follow the procedures set forth for a lockdown and search lockers and backpacks. The comments I have been hearing from students and staff sounds eerily familiar to all the other situations that have ended with dead bodies instead of a loaded gun and clips. “

Obviously since the post is by “Bellmont Staff” I cannot say for certain it was written by a teacher but sure sounds like it to me. I can’t believe that Bellmont School Staff wasn’t fully informed about the goings on at their own school.

 The internet isnt the only place to hear about the gun incident at Bellmont School.  It has also been widely covered on local radio stations like WOWO and all of the local Fort Wayne T.V. news reports. Its a shame the only time Decatur, In gets recognition is when a kid takes a gun to school or a grandmother gets beaten by her grandaughter and friends. 

An Adams County teenager takes a gun to school.  Decatur police were called to Bellmont High School after receiving a tip that a student had a gun in his locker.  Decatur police found a small calibur handgun in the teens locker.  The gun was unloaded , however there was a clip loaded with ammunition found with the gun.  Students at the Adams County School were unaware of the incident until after the gun had been seized.  School officials thought it best to keep it quiet so as not to create a panic among the other Bellmont students.  Has Decatur, IN caught up with the big cities? Should the Adams County School Board consider installing metal detectors at Bellmont High School like the schools of larger towns?  What happened to the days when we only worried about our kids smoking and drinking at parties?

The Bellmont Brave Generation Show Choir will host the Winter Spectacular this weekend Feb 23rd.  Show choirs from throughout Indiana and surrounding states will come to Decatur, IN to compete and show off their musical talent.  As the host choir, the Bellmont Brave Generation will not compete, however, they plan on performing an exhibition of their show. This year marks the 40th year that Decatur’s Bellmont High School has been in existence.   Their performance this year has already received many awards which just adds to the excitement of the 40th anniversary hoopla.  If you have the opportunity and are looking for a day of exciting entertainment head on over to the Winter Spectacular at Decatur.