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Manteno Village President Timothy Nugent is calling on citizens and businesses in Manteno to participate in the upcoming motorcade parade for Illinois National Guard Company C, 1st Battalion, 178th Infantry Regiment. Sometime between July 31 and Aug. 2, Company C will arrive home from serving in Afghanistan. Two of the 127 members of Company C are from Manteno. Company C is Kankakee County's unit. The last time a local community rally took place for troops was in 1940. Company C will arrive at Fort McCoy in west-central Wisconsin first. The soldiers will be transported by buses, and Illinois State Police will make sure they do not have to stop until they are home. The motorcade will exit Interstate 57 at Manteno, travel through Manteno to Route 50, head south on Route 50 through Bourbonnais and Bradley, merge onto Indiana Avenue and head south to the National Guard Armory on Indiana Avenue in Kankakee.
The event will also be recorded on video with radio sound bites added so a commemorative DVD will be produced. Along the way, starting at the Will County/Kankakee County line on I-57 in Manteno, local police and emergency response vehicles will join in the motorcade. In Manteno, the Patriot Guard Riders of Illinois motorcycle group will join in the motorcade. At the July 20 village board meeting, Nugent said the date of their arrival may be Friday, July 31 in the early afternoon. ''Manteno is their first exit off of I-57, so we want to make a good impression,'' Nugent said. A staging area for emergency vehicles that will join in the motorcade, along with the Patriot Guard Riders of Illinois, will be located near McDonald's restaurant on South Creek Drive. ''We are calling for people to decorate the area,'' Nugent said. ''We hope to draw more people in Manteno than any other town along their route. Please come out and cheer for the troops.'' To follow plans for the Company C homecoming motorcade event, listen to WIVR, 101.7; WVLI, 95.1; WFAV, 103.7 and follow local newspaper coverage. In other board news - The village of Manteno now has a newsletter anyone can view online at http://manteno.govoffice.com. Click on ''newsletters'' and you will see another link called ''village newsletters.'' The village is asking for articles to post in future newsletters. E-mail the village at information@villageofmanteno.com. - A resolution was approved to name a park in Eagles Landing Subdivision as Eagles Landing Park. ''The subdivision has been up and running for some time,'' said trustee Dan Rudin. ''This is a beautiful park, and it makes sense to name it.'' - Nugent reminded everyone that the village's bills can be viewed on the Manteno Web site the Thursday prior to board meetings. - The Manteno village board presented a check to a representative from Manteno Intramural Basketball. Once a year, several organizations that provide services for the residents of Manteno are given donations by the village board to continue their work. - St. Joseph Catholic Church requested a temporary liquor license for its Jamboree Aug. 8-9. It also asked that Baker Street be closed from Main Street to Walnut Street from 3 p.m. Aug. 8, to 8 p.m. Aug. 9. A car show will take place Aug. 9. - A temporary liquor license was requested for Manteno Oktoberfest on Sept. 24-27. See www.mantenooktoberfest.com. - Monical's Pizza requested to transfer its liquor license from its current restaurant site to the new business location on South Creek Drive. The current business site will close Aug. 23, and a pre-opening will be held at the new location on Sept. 11. - A block party request was approved for Sept. 12 from 4-11 p.m. on Cook Street from South Poplar Street to Elm Street. Tracy Ahrens is a reporter for Russell Publications.
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