Saturday, November 21, 2009 East Central Illinois

Send-offs for Guard soldiers scheduled

By Paul Wood
Friday, September 5, 2008 12:15 PM CDT

CHAMPAIGN – A deployment ceremony for about 85 Champaign-based National Guard troops now has a tentative time and place.

The deployment ceremony will be held Oct. 1 at Champaign Centennial High School, 913 Crescent Drive, in its auditorium, unless the Army changes the date. The event will be open to the public, said First Sgt. Joseph Briggs of Mahomet, who is part of Champaign's Company B, 634th Brigade Support Battalion.

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