IN OUR COMMUNITY

This awesome event is hosted by the Metamora Area Business Association and the Volunteer Metamora Fire Department!  This year’s Meet Your Heroes event will take place on Saturday, September 7th from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the historic square in Metamora.   Enjoy a full day of family fun: 

• Grilled pork chop and hot dog meals for 

  sale.

• Kids wristbands are available for access 

  to many items including a bounce 

  house,  an inflatable slide, a snow cone, 

  and face and glitter tattoo painting!

• Meet local police, EMS, and fire 

  department members, and get inside the

  squad cars and fire trucks!

• Hose-fight competitions.

• Music, and a Fire Department raffle with 

  great prizes!  

All proceeds benefit the Metamora Volunteer Fire Department. 

Get ready for the Boys of Fall benefit concert at Black Partridge Park in Metamora on Saturday, September 21st at 7:00 p.m.!  This concert that benefits Unified Redbirds will feature three Metamora Area Alumni performing live:  Joe Stamm Band, Brody Vancil & The Burners, and Landon Durst! 

Come out and enjoy some great country music and help support a very deserving local charity!  Tickets are on sale now at   

https://www.metamorakiwanis.com/

Chairs are allowed in general admission. The concert will be held on the south lawn of Black Partridge Park in Metamora. All tickets are general admission. This is an all-ages show. Kids 6 and under are FREE, and 6 - 18 are just $10. There will be food and drinks (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) available at the show. No outside food/drink is allowed at the concert. 

Join the community in supporting the Unified Redbirds of MTHS and enjoy the new Boys of Fall event at Black Partridge Park on Saturday, September 21st at 7:00 p.m.

A new event that is a Pre-Party for the Boys of Fall Concert, there will be  “Birds and Bourbon” on Friday, September 20th from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at The Fields Golf Club in Metamora. 

Come out and enjoy five tastings from Buzzards Roost and Cooperstown Bourbon. They will also be live-streaming the Metamora Football Game and other activities.  The cost is $20 per person.  Hurry, a minimal amount of tickets are available.  Tickets are $20 per person and available at https://www.metamorakiwanis.com/

Bidding for the Snyder Village 2024 Benefit Online Auction is being held from September 7th - September 21st.  Try your luck at winning “Lucky Card” and  the Metamora Kirby Foods Gift Cards Raffle including prizes up to $1000.00!

The Village Market will be held on Saturday, September 14th from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at Metamora Kirby Foods.  Look for homemade pies, baked goods, fresh produce, crafts, and more! 

Full details available at:  https://www.snydervillage.com/annual-benefit-auction

As before, 100% of the proceeds from the event will be placed into the Resident in Need Fund, which allows Snyder Village to continue to care for residents who have exhausted their personal funds and can no longer cover the cost of the care they require.

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.

Germantown Hills will hold its Townwide Garage and Yard Sales from September 19th - September 21st! 

If you plan to participate, go to this link to sign up:  https://www.germantownhillschamberofcommerce.com/fall-garage-sale-signup

Start your Saturday mornings at our local Farmers Markets and pick up baked goods, plants and flowers, paintings, crafted wood items, fresh produce, and more!

Germantown Hills

Germantown Hills will host their Farmer’s Market every Saturday until October 26th from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at the south end of the Germantown Crossing parking lot.  To become a vendor, call 309-383-2209 or email villagehall@mtco.com

Metamora

Visit the Metamora Square from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 pm. on Saturday mornings until the end of September.

To become a vendor, send a Facebook message at https://www.facebook.com/MetamoraFarmersMarket/

MTCO digiMAX is a drop-off location for the Recycle Sneaker Project that is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Washington.  This is a fabulous fundraiser and service project for our Central Illinois community.  Drop off gently worn sneakers between September 3rd through the 13th.  All proceeds collected from the Sneaker Drive will be used to help participating schools. 

To learn more about this fundraiser, visit www.recyclesneakerproject.com

Help raise funds for KDM5C research and family support on September 28th at Metamora Fields Golf Course!

Event Timeline:
7:30 am - Kids 1-mile Fun Run
8:00 am - 5k Start

Entry Fee:
$20 under 14 (use Special Pricing tab on registration website)
$35 14+

If you cannot attend the race you can purchase just a t-shirt for $35.

This the 3rd annual 5k to support the KARES Foundation that is dedicated to the lives of individuals, like Jack Lowry of Metamora, living with KDM5C related disorders through advocacy, research, education, and support.

Email info@kares.foundation with questions about registration, donations, or sponsorship opportunities

The following positions on the Metamora Village Board are up for election at the Consolidated Election on April 1, 2025:  Village President,  Village Trustee, and  Village Clerk

Election Packets can be picked up at the Village of Metamora Administration Office at 100 N. Davenport St. between the hours of 8:00 a.m. -  4:00 p.m. Monday-Friday.

The Partridge Point Orchard opens on Friday, August 30th.  They will have Jonathan, Golden Supreme, and Gala open for U-pick. Honey Crisp will be pre-picked and available at the stand.  Other varieties will be available when they are ripe and that depends on the weather.  

Hours: Monday-Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.  Closed on Sundays.  They will be open on Labor Day Monday.

The Metamora Courthouse will reopen on Saturday, August 31st, from 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., and will be open during this timeframe on Saturdays for the foreseeable future.  They want to say thank you to all who have volunteered to help folks appreciate their history. This courthouse is one of only two extant that Lincoln practiced law  regularly.  Let’s get out and support our community treasures!

A guest Wi-Fi network is a separate network that you can set up on your router that allows your guests to connect to the internet without accessing your main network. This helps protect your privacy and security, while still being a gracious host.

With MTCO’s CommandIQ™ App, you can quickly and easily set up a guest Wi-Fi network! You can also view usage on all your connected devices, set up access controls, and more!   Call MTCO to learn more at 800-859-6826!

Amazon has been working on relaunching its voice assistant Alexa with revamped AI features in October.  The revamp includes some exciting features, however, the possibility of needing a paid subscription, and a “back-and-forth” exploratory conversation feature targeted toward children and raising concerns.  For a full review, visit https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/amazon-alexa-returns-in-october-with-new-ai-features-but-theres-a-catch

Here's two quick questions to ask yourself to help protect yourself from being a target of a phishing attempt or other scam:

1) Did the message arrive unexpectedly?

2) Is it the first time the sender has asked you to perform a requested action?

If you answer “yes“ to both of these questions, take the time to pause and consider deleting the message (or hanging up if it’s a call), or contacting the person or business directly to ask about the legitimacy of the message.  You should never click or respond without pausing to consider the potential risk.

Sony announces PlayStation Plus monthly games for September, highlighted by the Harry Potter game  Quidditch Champions:  https://www.ign.com/articles/sony-announces-playstation-plus-monthly-games-for-september-2024

If a larger font size or color contrast could make your cell phone usage easier, follow these simple steps.

Use large font and high-contrast settings on your devices to make reading easier. On iOS, go to Settings > Display & Brightness > Text Size and enable ‘Larger Text’ for bigger text.  On Android, go to Settings > Display > Font Size and Style to adjust text size.

As email security technologies improve, scammers are increasingly targeting social media apps, text messages, and voice calls to conduct social engineering attacks, according to a new report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG).

The report also found that the volume of phishing attacks targeting bank accounts has fallen compared to last year, but these attacks have grown more sophisticated and targeted.  They are using phone-based methods to allow the fraudsters to talk victims out of their sensitive information.