IN OUR COMMUNITY

This year’s fun-filled Meet Your Heroes event takes place on Saturday, September 6th, from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the historic square in Metamora:

• Grilled pork chop and hot dog meals  

  for sale.

• Kids wristbands are available for $5.00 

  for access to a bounce house, an 

  inflatable slide, a snow cone, face 

  painting, and balloon art!

• Meet local police, EMS, and fire 

  department members, get inside the 

  squad cars and fire trucks, and enjoy a 

  drone demonstration.

• In attendance with public safety 

  information:  Woodford County Health 

  Department, Woodford County EMS, and 

  The Center for Prevention of Abuse.

• Meet Dora the Explorer, the Nickelodeon 

  costumed character.  Courtesy of MTCO.

• Hose-fight competitions.

• Music by JAK’d Entertainment! 

This awesome event is hosted by the Metamora Area Business Association and the Volunteer Metamora Fire Department. All proceeds benefit the Metamora Volunteer Fire Department. 

Live Music for a great cause!  The Metamora Kiwanis Club is bringing back BOYS OF FALL an unforgettable night of music to Black Partridge Park on Saturday, September 27th at 7:00 p.m.!

Featuring Brody Vancil and The Burners, Jake Rebman and The Waitin’ Rounders, and Landon Durst — all rocking the stage to support children-centered charities.

Bring your friends, bring your chairs, and get ready for an evening of incredible music, great food & drinks (alcoholic and non-alcoholic), and community fun! Tickets are available at Goodfields State Bank, Heartland Bank, and MTCO.

For more details and updates, visit https://www.facebook.com/MetamoraKiwanis

Snyder Village Auction and Village Market

This event is an opportunity to make a direct impact by supporting our mission to meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of others in a loving, dignified, and Christian atmosphere. Thanks to the generosity of supporters, last year’s auction raised over $80,000 for our Resident In Need Fund, which helps ensure continued care for residents who have exhausted their personal resources.

The Snyder Village Benefit Online Auction bidding opens on Saturday, September 6th at 1:00 p.m., and closes on Saturday, September 20th, at Noon.  Visit the auction site at https://www.bit.ly/svauction2025

Don’t miss the Village Market, Ice Cream Social, and Online Auction Item Viewing on Saturday, September 6TH, from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., at the SV Center!   Enjoy free ice cream sundaes and root beer floats, 50/50 raffle, browsing auction items in-person, and placing your first bids online.  While you’re there, shop at the popular Village Market featuring handmade goods, fresh produce, cookies, cinnamon rolls, pies, cheese spreads, and more!

FREE books for kids under 5 in Woodford County!  Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is now available to ALL children under age 5 in Woodford County — no library card or residency in our service area required!

Sign up and get a brand-new book in the mail each month until your child turns 5 — absolutely free.  

Full details here:  https://www.ipdpl.org/dolly-partons-imagination-library

Register here: https://imaginationlibrary.com/usa/affiliate/ILWOODFORD/

Metamora Township High School proudly presents their Fall Play, The Play That Goes Wrong, to be performed in the Kenneth H. Maurer Auditorium from September 18th - 21st, 2025, with performances starting at 7:30 p.m. on the 18th, 7:00 p.m. on the 19th and 20th, and 2:00 p.m. on the 21st. Tickets are on sale and available through the online MTHS Box Office at  Metamora Township High School . Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for senior citizens 60 & older, $5 for students 8th grade & younger, and all MTHS Students with a school ID are free.

This 1920s whodunit has everything you never wanted in a show—an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines). Nevertheless, the 

accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences! Part Monty Python, part Sherlock Holmes, this Olivier Award–winning comedy is a global phenomenon that’s guaranteed to leave you aching with laughter!

For questions about tickets or the box office, contact (309) 367-4151, ext. 574 or kherrick@mths.us.

Time to clean out your closets and get ready for the Germantown Hills Townwide Garage & Yard Sales are September 18th -20th!  

Don’t forget to sign up your sale for the Germantown Hills Fall Community Wide Garage Sale.   All sale posts need to be submitted by September 11th to allow time to map out locations.  All sales and maps will be posted online and printout copies will be available.  

Sign up at: https://www.germantownhillschamberofcommerce.com/fall-garage-sale-signup

Are you interested in the Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site and the Woodford County Historical and Genealogical Society?  You are welcome to come to the Friends of the Court House meeting on Wednesday, September 3rd, at the Metamora Courthouse at 7:00 p.m.

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 be repalyed numerous times on digiMAX Local Channel 400.

Dora the Explorer, the Nickelodeon costumed character, will be roaming about the Metamora Square at the Meet Your Heroes event on Saturday, Sept. 6th!  She will be available in thirty-minute intervals from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. to pose with kids and families to take photos.  

Courtesy of MTCO digiMAX.

The Fall Community Clean-Up for residents within the Village Limits of Germantown Hills is set for September 22nd and 24th (on your regular garbage day).

The volume for this curbside pickup is limited to six cubic yards of material, which equals approximately two pickup truck loads.  Scroll down to see the Clean-Up flyer for more details!

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 its Farmer’s Market every Saturday from until October (weather permitting) from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at the south end of the Germantown Crossing parking lot.

Metamora

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

The Hot Rods & Hamburgers Car Show event will take place on Sunday, September 14th from 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Enjoy music, food, and amazing cars on the Square in Metamora!  

Here are two ways to utilize the USB port on your TV:

1. Transform your TV into a Workstation.  

Ever find yourself with spreadsheets, documents, and web pages crowding your computer monitor?  Use your TV to create a larger display, allowing you to multitask and open multiple windows simultaneously.  You can use a Bluetooth adapter to connect wireless peripherals, such as a mouse or keyboard.

2. Media Player

Most external hard drives, thumb drives, or data sticks plugged into the USB port on your TV will function as if you plugged them into your laptop.  Show a gallery of images or play videos for parties and family gatherings!

Before deleting spam emails, the best course of action is to report them so providers can improve their chances of detecting them before they hit your inbox.  If you use MTCO email, you can forward it to spam@mtco.com for review.  

Here’s a good article on how reporting spam is helpful, and how to report it if you use other email clients such as Gmail, Yahoo, and others: 

https://cyberguy.com/security/surprising-reason-delete-spam-emails/

Which one wins the battle of browsers?  This will likely end in a tie (hint, hint), but this article gives some nice insight when comparing convenience, AI features, gaming features, security, and more: https://www.pcmag.com/comparisons/google-chrome-vs-microsoft-edge-which-one-wins-the-browser-battle

MTCO has seen a new wave of phishing emails targeting MTCO customers.  Here’s a few reminders to stay vigilant:

•  MTCO will never ask you to provide 

   personal or account information 

   via email.

•  Never click on unexpected links or 

   attachments from suspicious emails.

•  Beware of urgent language being used 

   with phrases like “Your account will be 

  suspended” or “Urgent action required.”  

Speed up your typing with voice commands!

On Windows, position your cursor in the field you want to dictate into, and press Windows + H in any text field to start dictating instead of typing.

On a Mac, position your cursor in the field you want to dictate into, and hit Fn (Globe) + D (or Fn + F5) to activate Dictation.

It’s a huge time-saver for emails, documents, or even jotting down notes!

Refer-A-Friend to MTCO digiMAX Internet and/or Stream TV service, and you’ll both receive a $100 credit on your bill!  Be sure they tell the MTCO customer service representative about the referral, or submit the online form at https://www.mtco.com/?referral

From one of our amazing, loyal customers: “I love MTCO! Your internet (Wi-Fi) is the best, and I was so happy when MTCO became a television provider years ago; you are local, and any of the small problems I’ve had were handled quickly and kindly.”