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Residents report blood-drive results, raise safety and records-access concerns during public comment
Summary
Residents updated the board on a first-responders blood drive that collected 60 units in six hours, raised concerns about rural church safety and cited Mississippi open-meeting law to request more timely public packet access.
Residents used the board’s public-comment period to report a successful community blood drive, raise concerns about rural church safety and to press the board on public access to meeting materials.
Candy Creasy, a resident and organizer of the blood-drive effort, told the board the drive honored first responders and drew large participation: "It was 60 units of blood collected in that 6 hour period with just 2 buses." Creasy said the Sept. 10 first-responders challenge and a larger Sept. 25 event produced the total and that local…
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