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 St. Mary’s is hosting a grilled Pork Chop Drive-Thru on Saturday, September 12th from 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. at St. Mary’s Grade School.  Enter from Partridge Street (playground area on the south side of the school and pick up your meal driving past the main school entrance (north side of the school).  Then proceed to Tazewell Street to exit.

Purchase a  pork chop sandwich for $5.00 or a hot dog for $3.00.  Make it a meal with a drink and chips for an extra $2.00.

Money raised from the sale will go towards the St. Mary’s Parent Teacher Organization (PTO). The PTO helps support school activities.  

Enjoy a family-friendly outdoor event at Black Partridge Park in Metamora, Illinois at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 19th!  There is no cost to attend, but RSVP is required.  Sponsorships are still available and include VIP seating.

There will be three social distancing options for enjoying the event!  Bring your lawn chairs/blankets and relax in a marked “pod”, park your truck and drop the tailgate, or you can stay in your car “drive-in style” to listen through the radio.  

Food trucks will be onsite with a variety of meal choices available for purchase.  

The evening includes a silent and live auction, mystery grab bags where you could win over $100 in prizes, and entertainment from Greg Batton from the “Greg and Dan Show.”  More details at  https://stmarysmetamora.schoolauction.net/2020auction?fbclid=IwAR1VqO7s6Om9PuD13RQqmgvDbIhvA8FVvRy4QWMQlkAV-s9cnkt4PZ47ybk

The Metamora Thespian Society will entertain you with four performances of “Cheaper by the Dozen” at Metamora Fields on Thursday, October 1st through 3rd with doors opening and dinner at 6:00 p.m. and show at 7:30 p.m.  Doors and dinner start at 1:00 p.m. with the show starting at 2:30 p.m on Sunday, October 4th.

The cost is $40.00 for the dinner and the show.  The menu includes salad, beef pot roast, fried chicken, corn, mashed potatoes and gravy, biscuits, and cake.  Order tickets online at www.metamorathespiansociety.org

The Germantown Hills Baptist Church is hosting a blood drive for the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center on Tuesday, September 15th from 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.  There is a current shortage of needed blood.  MVRBC is the blood supplier for all the hospitals in the Peoria area!  

If you would like to help by donating blood, please visit https://www.facebook.com/events/599965124018857 or call 800-747-5401 to make a reservation.

The Joe Stamm Band and Luke Maurer

The Joe Stamm Band is holding an album release party and will be performing with special guest Luke Maurer at the Spring Bay American Legion on Saturday, September 19th from 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.  There will be a $5.00 cover.  Be sure to stop by and enjoy the talents of these boys from Metamora!

Where the best shows and movies come together to form one extraordinary entertainment experience.  HBO Max is a  streaming service where you can stream all of HBO together with even more of your favorite series and blockbuster movies, plus new and exclusive Max Originals.

HBO Max is included with your paid digiMAX TV HBO subscription!  You can also choose to purchase HBO Max as a stand-alone streaming service for everyone in the family at just $15 per month.

Call MTCO between 9/1/2020 - 10/31/2020 to start your 30-Day Free Trial of SHOWTIME!  Watch acclaimed series, hit movies, and more.  The monthly cost for SHOWTIME after your free 30-day trial is only $10.99/mo.

The Outdoor Channel, Sportsman Channel, and World Fishing Network will be open to view for all digiMAX TV customers, regardless of what channels you are subscribed to, for the entire month of September!

Hunting fans can look for the annual “Deer Week” programming the week of September 14th - 20th!  Country music star Tyler Farr (Only Truck in Town) will join Sportsman Channel’s Jeff Danker (BuckVentures) as host for the week.

To access all available TV channels, press the Guide button on your remote control, then press the Blue button to toggle until “Showing All Channels” shows in the bottom left-hand corner of your screen.

The FBI and CISA are warning about a new wave of attacks, called Vishing, that uses social engineering to target people working from home.    Vishing, or Voice Phishing, is where criminals act as a company’s IT professionals and call victims to obtain desired information and direct them to a phishing website.

Read more about this warning at https://www.zdnet.com/article/fbi-and-cisa-warn-of-major-wave-of-vishing-attacks-targeting-teleworkers/?ftag=TRE-03-10aaa6b&bhid=29273059374521565586646297739689&mid=13007243&cid=2243310265

Google has released Chrome 85 and is promising this version of the browser will deliver page loads that are as much at 10% faster due to Profile Guided Optimization (PGO) and Tabe Throttling. 

Visit this page for full details on the new release:  https://www.zdnet.com/article/big-chrome-update-you-get-faster-page-loads-plus-expandable-tab-groups-says-google/?ftag=TRE-03-10aaa6b&bhid=29273059374521565586646297739689&mid=13007243&cid=2243310265

INSP channel is no longer only in standard definition on channel 59, it is now also available for all digiMAX  TV customers in HD on channel 587!  INSP is a family-entertainment network that provides a trusted viewing experience with a lineup of exclusive and original series, Westerns, and action-filled drama.

Visit their website to enter a sweepstake to win a Yeti cooler, hat, and REI gift card at https://www.insp.com/sweepstakes  This sweepestake ends Monday, September 7th at 8:50 a.m. CST.