TCI Telephone Collector Show

September 9 - 10, 2022

VFW
1220 S. 19th Street
Mattoon, IL 61938

Contact Tom Grant
(217) 273-9768
C*Net 468-4311

Registration is Free!
Tables are $10 each

Display tables are Free

3:00 pm: Setup
6:00 pm: Dinner
The Original Burger King, 1508 Charleston Ave, Mattoon, IL 61938
There will be a VFW steward at the lodge while we are at dinner. However, don't leave anything of major value out.
6:00 pm: - 9:30 pm: Show Time
10:00 pm: VFW doors locked
Note: there is a bar at the VFW for those who may want an adult beverage. There will be no security Friday night. Don't leave anything of major value out.

Local Possibilities for RV parking/camping are:

Lake Shelbyville, 30 minutes west of Mattoon on Illinois Rte. 16.
US Army Corps of Engineers and State Parks. shelbyvilleillinois.net/lake-shelbyville-area-public-campgrounds-camping-rv-lithia-sp...
Fox Ridge, South of Charleston, Illinois on Illinois Route 130. Illinois State Park. https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/parks/pages/foxridge.aspx
Mill Creek. located East and South of Charleston. Furthest distance from Mattoon, (45 minutes or less). Good news it is on the short-cut path East to I-70 for those traveling East. For reference, you can be in Terre Haute, Indiana in 45 minutes taking this short-cut. Clark County Park District. https://www.clarkcountyparkdistrict.com/

Travel:

Amtrak, 6 trains daily.
City of New Orleans- Chicago to New Orleans, train 58/59.
State trains-Chicago to Carbondale Illinois, trains 390, 391, 392, 393.
By air- Champaign airport, 45 minutes away, Otherwise Chicago, St Louis, Indianapolis. Bloomington and Springfield, Illinois airports host Allegiant I believe.
By interstate- Exit 186 and 190 serve Mattoon on I-57. I-70 is 20 minutes south at Effingham, Illinois.