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Since I wrote last week about Jay Tyree’s fall from his attic to the floor below, a drop of around 15 to 20 feet, here’s an update. Jay had surgery on his shoulder with the addition of some pins and screws to hold it all together. Stitches have been removed from the cut above his eye. He’s been moved to the fifth floor at St. Mary’s in Enid where he’s doing rehabilitation. They have him up and walking. If all goes well, he could be coming home by the weekend.

His experience has certainly highlighted the need to keep the hospital open in Alva. Although he wasn’t admitted there as a patient, the...