The Village of Metamora and MTCO are hosting a Spooky Movie Night on Saturday, October 5th at 6:45 p.m. at Metamora Square. The movie being shown is The Haunted Mansion (2003).
This is a free community event and there will be complimentary popcorn provided by the Metamora Park District, as well as hot cider and apple cider donuts for purchase. The Illinois Prairie District Library will provide a free take and make craft. Everyone is encouraged to wear a Halloween costume to add to the festive fun!
The Metamora Fire Department is hosting a Pancake Breakfast from 6:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 5th at the Metamora Firehouse at 120 S Davenport St.
This freewill donation breakfast includes pancakes, sausage, eggs, juice, milk, and coffee. Come out and support your volunteer fire department!
Stop by to pick up ribeye sandwiches to take to the football game or stay and watch the Redbirds live on TV! The Metamora Area Business Association (MABA) is starting a new tradition with a Ribeye Cookout on Friday, October 4th from 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at The Room in Metamora! Ribeye sandwiches are $12 or 2 for $20. Enjoy $1 drinks at The Room from 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Proceeds to benefit the MABA Scholarship Fund.
GFL will collect landscape waste, curbside, for Germantown Hills residents on November 4th and 6th, as well as November 18th and 20th. Landscape waste pickup will be on your regular garbage day.
Brush must be no longer than four feet, bundled with twine, and not exceed 50lbs. Leaves must be in a solid container or KRAFT paper bags that do not exceed 50lbs. No plastic bags will be accepted.
This service is provided to residents receiving their garbage bill through the Village only.
Marching Band Invitational
The 43rd Annual Metamora Band Invitational is Saturday, October 12th at Malone Field in Metamora! Over 30 bands are registered to perform at this full-day event.
Fall Choir Concert
The MTHS Fall Choir Concert will take place at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 16th at the MTHS Auditorium. The concert is free and open to the public.
The Community Holiday Gift Card Committee is again providing Metamora Kirby Foods gift cards to area residents before the Thanksgiving Holiday.
Thanks to the community’s generosity, 100 gift cards were distributed in the past years! You can help by donating! Make your check payable to the Community Christmas Basket Fund. Mail or drop off your donation to Metamora Commerce Bank, 1 South Englewood Dr, Metamora IL 61548. There will also be collection jugs at Metamora Kirby Foods in November.
Anyone with food insecurities living in the Metamora Township High School district, or attending a school in the district, is eligible for a gift card. Please contact Becky Weber, 602 Malone Ct., Metamora, IL 61548, phone 309-369-1133, or email beckygfwc@gmail.com to sign up or submit a name.
The deadline for submitting names (kept confidential) is Friday, October 25th. If you are submitting a family’s name, be sure to contact the family first and ask if they would be willing to accept a gift card. All gift cards need to be picked up on Saturday, November 23rd from 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. at the Christian Union Church in Metamora.
MABA and Great Oaks Church are hosting Trunk or Treat at Metamora Square on Saturday, October 26th from 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
The event is expanding this year with inflatables, food trucks, and contests for the Best Trunk and Best Costume! The kids can show off their costumes while businesses and organizations decorate their trunks and provide treats for all the trick-or-treaters!
Watch Metamora Redbird varsity football and volleyball live on digiMAX Local Channel 401 and the digiMAX Sports Network YouTube channel! Click here for the fall schedule: https://www.mtco.com/sports
Games and the fall MTHS Band Concerts will all reply numerous times on digiMAX Local Channel 400.
Join the Germantown Hills Chamber of Commerce for their annual Trunk-or-Treat event on Saturday, October 26th from 1:00 p.m. -3:00 p.m. at the parking lot of Little Oaks Daycare at 505 Woodland Knolls. Have the kiddos come in costume and get their treats walking from car trunk to car trunk!
If you want to participate in bringing a trunk of goodies for the kids, call 309-678-2133.
In conjunction with this event, the Germantown Hills Fire Department is hosting Halloween fun from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. with their costume contest starting at 3:00 p.m.
The Metamora Thespian Society is hosting Glow Bingo at Metamora Fields Golf Course on Friday, October 18th! Doors open at 6:00 pm. with bingo starting at 7:00 p.m.
Tickets are $27 in advance $25 each for a table of eight, or $32 at the door. Call Vickie or Madison at 309-367-4000, ext. 4, or visit https://www.facebook.com/MetamoraThespianSociety for more details or to order tickets online.
There will be over $1300 in cash prizes! Must be 18 or older to attend. A cash bar and limited food will be available.
The Knights of Columbus is hosting a Pork Chop Cookout at Kirby Foods on Friday, October 4th and 18th from 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., and on Saturday, October 5th and 19th from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Proceeds from the sales will support local initiatives.
Have you heard the news? Reclaimed Resale, located at 407 E Mount Vernon St, now has TWO stores to shop in! Stop in to check them out. Remember, new items are added daily to both stores!
Monday, October 21st
CBS
Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. star in the new CBS Original comedy POPPA’S HOUSE, coming this Fall. Legendary talk radio host and happily divorced “Poppa” (Damon Wayans) has his point of view challenged at work when a new female co-host is hired, and at home where he finds himself still parenting his adult son (Damon Wayans Jr.), a brilliant dreamer who is trying to pursue his passion while being a responsible father and husband.
Tuesday, October 8th
FOX
Chronicles ordinary people getting caught up in extraordinary situations, where one wrong turn leads to another, until it’s too late to turn back.
There has been an increase in phishing emails targeting many users, including MTCO customers. These fraudulent emails are designed to appear as though they are from legitimate sources, including our company, but they are designed to steal your personal information.
To help protect yourself, please keep the following tips in mind:
• Look for signs of phishing: Be cautious
of emails that contain urgent requests,
unfamiliar links, or attachments.
• Do not share personal information: Avoid
providing sensitive information through
email.
• If you receive a suspicious email,
immediately delete the email and do not
click on any links or download
attachments.
MTCO has additional information on protecting your email. Go to https://www.mtco.com/?support&email#MTCO and select number 11, “How To Recognize Phishing.”
This is a new article we’ll be featuring each month from MTCO admin Nick Fawcett to pass along quick tips and advice to protect yourself online, offer tech shortcuts, and more!
To protect your data online, always use unique passwords for each of your accounts. This practice prevents threat actors from using stolen credentials to access other assets you may have.
The best way to manage these passwords is by using a password manager. Two top options are Bitwarden and 1Password, both of which offer similar features. One advantage of Bitwarden is that it is open-source, allowing any security researcher to verify its encryption and security claims.
MeTV Toons
A great new channel for kids, and likely adults too! MeTV Toons channel’s programming consists of classic animated cartoon content from Warner Bros., Hanna Barbara, and more, dating from the 1930s to the mid-2000s. The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo!, The Flinstones, Super Friends, Bugs Bunny & Friends, and many more!
MeTV Toons will be available by mid-October on MTCO digiMAX channel 59.
Chicago Sports Network
NBC Sports Chicago and its Plus channel are changing to NBC Sports Chicago and NBC Sports Chicago + on October 1st on MTCO digiMAX channels 562 and 563. There will be little change in the content as they will take over the distribution of the Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Cubs, and White Sox..
Fall TV sun outages will begin on Saturday, October 5th, and are expected to last through October 10th. You can expect to see video issues these days between the hours of 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Video outages will range from a few blips of interrupted video to channels that may go dark for several minutes.
Sun outages are a natural phenomenon that occurs when a satellite and a receiving earth station come directly in line with the sun. The sun’s energy interferes with the satellite’s signal and affects the signals received by the earth station.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) games are coming, and it’s only a matter of time before the AI Xbox is announced. Look for the concept of AI Non-Player Characters (NPCs) that will enable games to modify themselves based on gamer feedback and observations. A gamer will also be able to fill a team with AI NPCs, and work with AI-driven moderators that can respond instantly to questions or issues by monitoring gameplay
Hot on the heels of the National Public Records data breach, which leaked over 2 billion records, another background check firm has now suffered a leak. MC2 Data exposed the sensitive data of around one-third of the U.S. population—106 million people—to the entire internet. Full details at: https://cyberguy.com/security/106-million-americans-exposed-as-massive-data-leak-rocks-background-check-firm/
October 1st - 31st
Freeform
Beyond the lingering scent of pumpkin spice, something dark begins to stir; spooky season is just around the corner. Watch 31 Nights of Halloween all October on Freeform.
Friday, October 4th
USA
Ever wonder what you’d do if you found yourself in a horror movie? Scare Tactics, a prank show from Jordan Peele and Monkeypaw Productions that’s so scary it’s funny
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