Talk of the Town: Petal Area Chamber of Commerce
Oct 13, 2026 · 33 min · 10 segments
Forrest County Supervisor Steve Stringer has spent more than two decades in public service, and he is clear that it has never been glamorous. A lifelong Petal resident, he served as a Petal alderman…
Yeah, I'm pr- one of the things that I actually started and, or, you know, worked hard to get in was the senior center.
Yep.
And I always felt like that, you know, uh, I'm gonna be there one day, be that, that age-
[laughs] No way
... and I'm not gonna have s- And, and a lot of them d- you know, they don't have a lot to do, so that, that gives them something.
Mm-hmm.
Well, since it's so special, and yes, we do have the senior center, why don't you share a little bit about t- there are probably people in Petal that do not realize that that's-
... a free community resource.
So share a little bit about how you could get involved or your, you could get your parent or loved one involved-
... with the senior center.
Yeah, y- y'all, you, you, what you need to do is go down and see Miss Joyce, and they, uh, you have to fill out a, a form, uh, stating where you, where you live at, your address, and then, uh, what, what they do once they get that, then they'll, uh, you, they have breakfast every other Wednesday.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Usually the f- the, uh, [coughs] fire dep- [coughs] excuse me, the fire department goes every Wednesday, uh-
Yeah, I'm pr- one of the things that I actually started and, or, you know, worked hard to get in was the senior center.
Yep.
And I always felt like that, you know, uh, I'm gonna be there one day, be that, that age-
[laughs] No way
... and I'm not gonna have s- And, and a lot of them d- you know, they don't have a lot to do, so that, that gives them something.
Mm-hmm.
Well, since it's so special, and yes, we do have the senior center, why don't you share a little bit about t- there are probably people in Petal that do not realize that that's-
... a free community resource.
So share a little bit about how you could get involved or your, you could get your parent or loved one involved-
... with the senior center.
Yeah, y- y'all, you, you, what you need to do is go down and see Miss Joyce, and they, uh, you have to fill out a, a form, uh, stating where you, where you live at, your address, and then, uh, what, what they do once they get that, then they'll, uh, you, they have breakfast every other Wednesday.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Usually the f- the, uh, [coughs] fire dep- [coughs] excuse me, the fire department goes every Wednesday, uh-
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