Call it a family tradition.
Eighth-grade Smithton School student Cheyenne Anderson was named the Boys & Girls Clubs of West Central Missouri Teen Youth of the Year winner on Thursday and will advance to the state round in April. Twenty-five years ago, her mom, Tiffany Anderson, received the same honor.
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