Connected Magazine - MTCO Communications

July 2013
Serving Marseilles
Magazine
Community Calendar
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A Community Publication
Provided By MTCO Communications
MTCO Communications
244 Lincoln Street
Marseilles, IL 61341
Triple Play Just Isn’t For
Baseball Anymore
As the summer season gets
into full swing, so does MTCO
Communications. You know, we’ve
been a good neighbor in this
community for many years, and with
this magazine, we are able to reach
out to the community and keep you
connected. MTCO Communications
has provided the residents and
businesses in Marseilles with
communications and entertainment
for many years, and we have made
our services very dependable during
those times.
As technology has changed over
the years, MTCO has stepped up to
maintain ourselves as the trusted
local supplier of communications
and entertainment. Since adding our
IPTV television services to our lineup over two years ago, the demand
for our services has grown. We offer
television, internet and telephone
service as a Triple Play package to
give our customers great service and
a great deal. We have expanded our
channel line up to provide you the
best television experience available
with our 100% all digital IPTV
network, and allow you the choices
for entertainment that you demand.
Check out our local weather channel
on CH#411. It will keep you informed
on local conditions with just a click of
the remote. For all of your summer
pictures, we provide an application on
your set top box to share your Flicker
pictures on your television. Visit our
website at www.mtco.com, and view
our television programming. You can
set your DVR to record your favorite
television shows from any computer
with internet access. You will always
hit a homerun with digiMAX service
provided by MTCO.
Here at MTCO, we also print Connected
Magazine every month, and mail it to
everybody in the Marseilles area. This
allows us to keep in touch with the
community in greater detail. No other
company in our area goes to these
great lengths to be involved in our
town like MTCO does. We live here,
play here, work here and provide you
with a printed community calendar
to help you enjoy what this city has
to offer. With that said, we encourage
you to reach out to us here at this
magazine by sending us your local
events to share with everyone. If
it’s a neighborhood garage sale, a
bingo game for charity, government
or community meetings, fundraisers
and any civic minded event that the
people of Marseilles would love to
know about, Connected Magazine
is your local resource to spread the
word. We are into our third year of
printing the magazine, and we have
enjoyed providing every great issue
for the people of Marseilles. Have a
great July and a Happy 4th!
On The Cover
In the dugout of the White Sox at the
Marseilles Little League Diamond
on June 9, 2013. The team is a minor
league baseball team with the
Marseilles Youth Sports Little League.
For more information about our
services, please visit
www.mtco.com
or scan this QR code with
your smart phone.
MTCO Communications
244 Lincoln Street
Marseilles, Illinois 61341
815-795-5161
President & CEO
Glenn Rauh
Vice President & CFO
Ann Dickerson
Wireless Operations Manager
Editor - Connected Magazine
Bob Becraft
Marketing Manager
Editor - Connected Magazine
Kip DuBois
Connected Magazine is published monthly by MTCO
Communications with corporate office located at 244 Lincoln
Street, Marseilles, Illinois, 61341. The publication is intended
for use of the residents of Marseilles.
No article in this issue or any part of this publication may
be reproduced without the expressed written permission of
the Publisher.
For more information about this magazine, or for additional
copies, contact Bob Becraft or Kip DuBois at 800-859-6826 or
connected@mtco.com.
If you have questions or concerns regarding your services,
please contact our Customer Service Representatives at 815795-5161 or 800-227-5161.
Copyright 2013 MTCO Communications, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Entertainment & Technology
Turner Classic Movies Connects with
Trivia-Loving Film Fans Through New
TCM Movie Trivia App
If there’s one thing film fans love more than movies itself, it’s movie
trivia. Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has now brought the ultimate
movie trivia game to mobile with the brand new TCM Movie Trivia
app. Now available for iPhone, iPad and iPod in the Apple iTunes
store, the beautifully designed app is free to download and play,
with in-app purchases and rewards available to unlock more
exciting quiz packs.
With the TCM Movie Trivia app, fans can test their classic film
knowledge and learn more about their favorites by answering
hundreds of fun and challenging questions about classic movies,
actors and actresses. Questions cover a wide variety of genres
and topics, including Pop Culture Cinema, Musicals & Romance,
Tough Guys and Behind the Camera. Many types of questions are
featured, including multiple choice questions, image recognition,
image sequencing, mix-and-match, fill-in-the-blank and more.
Among the many other features of the TCM Movie Trivia app,
players can start and stop anytime with the pause function. They
can also compete against friends and other players through Apple
Game Center integration. In addition, players can share scores
with friends and family through social media.
July 2013 Patriotic TV Shows
National Geographic (NGC):
BATTLEGROUND AFGHANISTAN, July 1 at 9:00 p.m. (ch. /HD)
Following the critically acclaimed series Inside Combat Rescue,
NGC looks inside the latest chapter of the Afghan Conflict as seen
by the American Marines in Afghanistan. Capt. Ben Middendorf
and his men take the fight directly to the Taliban with a mission to
locate, disrupt and destroy the enemy.
NBC: Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular,
July 4 at 8:00 p.m. (ch. 5/502HD)
Let freedom ring... with a boom! The largest fireworks display in
the U.S. is the spectacular centerpiece in this exclusive summer
special on NBC. The country’s best musicians perform their hottest
hits, as some of the biggest stars in Hollywood come out to help
celebrate our independence.
Apple Plans To
Host iPhone
Trade-In Program
The industry is a buzz about
the news of Apple creating its’
own iPhone trade-in program
this year. The program will be
a partnership with Brightstar, a
mobile phone distributor, and the service will allow
Apple customers to trade in their current phone for
a discount on a new phone.
Apple offers a recycling program, but it is only a
10 percent discount on iPod trade-ins. With them
offering a trade-in program for the iPhones, Apple
hopes to get buyers to upgrade to its newest
iPhones.
Apple was once the major player in the industry but
has lost market share to Android over the past year.
According to PEW, an independent research center,
estimates show Android with a 28 percent market
share of cell phones, while Apple now owns a 25
percent stake in the market.
truTV July 2013 Highlights
truTV’s summer lineup continues with Lizard Lick
Towing making its eagerly awaited return to finish
up its third
season July
8. Container
Wars, a firstseason show
returning
with
new
episodes will air on July 21, and the outrageous
hidden-camera hit Impractical Jokers comes back
with new episodes August 1.
Complete summer highlights for truTV are available
at http://www.trutv.com/
Keep up with Entertainment and Technology news. Add MTCO to your Facebook and Twitter groups
and check out “MTCO News” on the right secton of the www.mtco.com webpage.
Summertime fun at Broadway Park
on June 14, 2013. These kids took
a break from the fun to pose for our
photographer.
Pancake Breakfast
American Legion
8am - Noon
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Spartan Race
The Cliff’s Off-Road Park
Gun Show
Marseilles American Legion
8am - 4pm
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Marseilles City Council
Meeting at City Hall 7pm
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Folk Singer Rich Baumann
performs at Marseilles Library
1pm
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Marseilles City Council
Meeting at City Hall 6pm
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Call MTCO today at 815-795-5161.
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Spartan Race
The Cliff’s Off-Road Park
Marseilles Car Show
Downtown 5pm-9pm
Gun Show at
American Legion
8am - 4pm
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Ice Cream Sandwich & Book
Sale at Marseilles Library
9am - noon
digiMAX Bundled Customers -NEW Flexible Speed Upgrades now available!
Add an extra 5M of download speed for only $5/mo. Or add an extra 10M for $10/mo.
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Music in the Park
Knudson Park
7pm - 9pm
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Ice Cream Sandwich & Book
Sale at Marseilles Library
9am - 5pm
MAX20 Internet service for $49.95/mo. ($59.95/mo. stand-alone)
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Marseilles Lions Club
Meeting 7:00pm
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Marseilles Lions Club
Meeting 7:00pm
FAST, RELIABLE INTERNET.
Marseilles Rotary
Every Monday at Noon
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Marseilles Rotary
Every Monday at Noon
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Marseilles Rotary
Every Monday at Noon
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Marseilles Rotary
Every Monday at Noon
Marseilles American Legion
Meeting 7pm
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Marseilles Rotary
Every Monday at Noon
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In Our Community
Books, Ice Cream, and
Folk Stories
The Friends of Marseilles Public Library
Annual Ice Cream Sandwich and Book
Sale will be held on Friday, July 12 from
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 2013, and Saturday,
July 13, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. - noon. If you have
any books you wish to donate, please bring them to the
library during regular business hours.
Donated cookies may be delivered by July 9 to the library
during regular business hours. Bring your cookies frozen
or we will be glad to freeze them for you. Our sandwich
cookies our so popular we sell out of
them before the first day is over! We
will meet to assemble the sandwiches in
the library’s Community Hall on Tuesday,
July 9, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Join us for a fun time! Please call with any questions at
815-795-4437 or stop in for a visit.
Last year’s book and ice cream sandwich sale helped the
library purchase a new air conditioner for the Community
Hall, scanning equipment for the History Room and new
shelving in the Children’s Department.
Rich Baumann Performs
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at
1:00 p.m. at the Marseilles
Public Library.
Folk Singer Rich Baumann
will present a program about
different places around the United States as our Summer
Reading Program wrap-up. Mr. Baumann is a singer/
songwriter from Madison, WI. He has spent the last
thirty years presenting thousands of uplifting programs
in schools, libraries, and senior facilities. His powerful
lyrics touch peoples’ souls and fill their hearts with warm
memories. All are invited.
American Legion Gun Show
The Marseilles American Legion Post at 571 Rutland St. will
be hosting a Gun Show on Saturday, July 20 and Sunday,
July 21, 2013 from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Ticket price is $3.00. Food will be available. Contact
Promoter, Greg Stock, with any questions at 815-795-0046
or 815-795-4404, or via e-mail at gls20010@yahoo.com.
Biggest Loser Run/Walk
Here is your chance to workout
with former Biggest Loser
contestants!
The
Biggest
Loser RunWalk has built nonintimidating courses specifically
designed by Spartan Race for the first timer! This
obstacle mud run will take you off the pavement
through The Cliffs Insane Terrain, home of “The World
Famous Mud” on 300 beautiful acres. This course will
include some elevation and obstacles (optional) so
start your training today and we will see you at the
finish line! This is NOT a timed event. This is a Biggest
Loser RunWalk Team Challenge at a Spartan Race
where we start as a team and end as a team! Please be
aware that there will be obstacles and mud throughout
the course. Be sure to bring your children out for the
Kids Fit Obstacle Race (ages 4-13) hosted by Kids Fit
Foundation! For more information or to register, visit
www.biggestloserrunwalk.com or e-mail contact@
biggestloserrunwalk.com.
Spartan Up
Ready for your next challenge? Make it
to the finish line of a Spartan Super!
8+ miles, 20+ obstacles. Join us in
Marseilles, IL on July 20-21.
Starting at 8:00 a.m., waves of 200
athletes will be released every 15
minutes across 5 groups (Elite, Confirmed,
Morning, Afternoon, Late Afternoon).
All Racers Receive:
- Finishers Medal
- T-Shirt
- Free Beer ticket for anyone 21 and over
- A chance to play on some really unique terrain
- Bragging Rights
- A scrape (or two)
To be held at The Cliff’s Off-Road Park, 2725 E 2625th
Rd., Marseilles, IL 61341. Go to http://www.spartanrace.
com and click on July 2012 Midwest race for more
details and registration. Registration closes on July
17th and is less expensive the earlier you sign up.