Stories from Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Peter Yee-Chung Chei, 65, of Freistatt, Mo., passed away at 4:18 a.m. on Saturday, April 10, 2010, at the St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Mo. He was born on Nov. 18, 1944 in Xi'an China, the son of Andrew Li-Chung and Pricilla Wei-Chow Chei. Peter moved to Springfield, from Hong Kong in 1964, where he attended Evangel College. ...

Danny Maus, 60, of Schell City, died Monday, April 12, 2010, at Freeman West Hospital, in Joplin. Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m., on Friday, April 16, at the Green Lawn Cemetery with burial following. Memorials are suggested to Schell City Rural Fire Department in care of the Lewis-Hoagland Funeral Home. Friends may call after 1 p.m., on Thursday, at the Lewis-Hoagland Funeral Home, in Schell City...

Everybody loves a scavenger hunt, so search your attic, scrounge around in your garage and poke around under the stuff piled up behind the shed or in your fencerows, because any realty sign used by the Curtis and Sons Realty Company since it was first founded in 1948 is worth a $10 donation to the Vernon County Cancer Relief Fund...

April 15 is almost here and the IRS is reminding taxpayers to file by the deadline or request a six month extension. There are three ways to submit an IRS Form 4868, Application For Automatic Extension of Time To File U.S. Individual Tax Return; electronically, such as by computer; by paying part of your tax due with a credit card through an outside service provider listed on the form; or by mail...

As tornado season begins, the American Red Cross Greater Ozarks Chapter-Nevada office urges residents to take steps now to stay safer when tornadoes threaten. "By preparing together for tornadoes, we can make our families safer and our communities stronger." Chris Harmon, director of Emergency Services in the Springfield, Mo., office said. 'We can help you and your family create a tornado preparedness plan now, before our community is threatened by severe weather."...

Tickets to both performances of "Afiwa," and African opera making is American debut this weekend are sold out, with a waiting list also in place, for those hopeful of a second chance at tickets in case someone cancels an existing reservation. Performing the lead role will be Cottey College alumna, and native Sierra Leonean, Joseryl Beckley, a 2000 graduate of Cottey College, and a graduate of the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University...

The Nevada Tigers junior varsity golf team hosted their first tournament of the year on Monday as they welcomed a total of eight teams from Missouri and Kansas in the Nevada JV Tournament at the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course. Not having enough players to field a full team left the Tigers out of contention for the tournament championship, but they still got some strong individual performances. ...

Joyce Elaine Farmer, 55, Nevada, passed away Friday, April 9, 2010, at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada following a lengthy illness. She was born Sept. 1, 1954, in Fort Scott, to Verlin Simmons and Barbara Baysinger Simmons. She was married Sept. 3, 2004, in Nevada, to Jack Farmer and he survives of the home...