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Applications being accepted for Natalie Thompson-Clizer Memorial Scholarship

The Scholarship Committee for the Andrew County Extension Council announced applications are now available for the Natalie Thompson-Clizer Memorial ScholarshipFriends and family established this scholarship in 1984 in memory of Mrs. Thompson-Clizer.The purpose of the Natalie Thompson-Clizer Memorial Scholarship is to assist a needy Andrew County resident to continue his/her professional development through enrollment in undergraduate college courses.The scholarship committee will evaluate applications on basis of need, completeness, clarity, student potential, and appropriateness.

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Lifelong Savannah resident still loves his town

Curtis Taylor has lived in Savannah all 83 years of his life.It is his home.It is where he was born into a family that would yield 13 children.His mother was a homemaker and his dad worked in construction.His family grew a big garden that he and his siblings would help take care of.Savannah is where he went to school."I remember my brother and I hiding in a closet on our first day of kindergarten," recalled Curtis.He and his older brother ran track in their high school years.After high school, he started work with an auctioneer for a $1 an hour."I learned a lot from them about animals," said Taylor.Six years later, Taylor went to work for the Missouri Department of Transportation where he made his career.For 34 years, Taylor maintained roads. For 22 of those years, he was the highway maintenance supervisor for Savannah.When asked how Savannah has changed for him, Taylor brought up people were more sociable in an old-fashioned way."Growing up back then you knew everybody," said Taylor.

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Taxpayers kept the Andrew County Collectors Office busy

Back in November, Phil Rogers, the Andrew County Collector, was getting worried.It seems people were not paying the real and personal property taxes like they did in 2023."We were down by about a million dollars," said Rogers.Rogers said this concern went on through the first half of December, too."I realize a lot of folks are stretching dollars to buy groceries and gas," he said.Then things started to pick up as more and more people paid before the Dec. 31 deadline.

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