May 23, 2012
Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram
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Community Calendar Wednesday 9 a.m. The Woods County Senior Citizens Center, 625 Barnes, Alva, is open for games and other activities. Exercise is scheduled each day at 11 a.m. Transportation provided upon request. Noon Alva Kiwanis Club meets at Champs Restaurant. 2-5 p.m. The Cherokee Strip Museum in Alva is open every day except Monday. For information or arranged tours, call 580-327-2030. 5 p.m. Meyer Shiel Post 92 will place flags on the graves of veterans at the Alva Municipal Cemetery. Members are en-
couraged to be present, and others in the community are welcomed to help. Flags will be picked up on May 29th at 5 p.m. 7 p.m. Alva Moose Lodge men’s meeting is held every Wednesday. Thursday 9 a.m. The Woods County Senior Citizens Center, 625 Barnes, Alva, is open for games and other activities. Exercise is scheduled each day at 11 a.m. Transportation provided upon request. Noon Alva Rotary Club meets at Champs Restaurant. 2-5 p.m. The Cherokee Strip Museum in Alva is open every day except Monday. For information or arranged
tours, call 580-327-2030. 5:30 p.m. Alva Weight Watchers meet at College Hill Church of Christ. 8 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 1027 8th (Wesley House) in Alva every Monday and Thursday. Friday 9 a.m. The Woods County Senior Citizens Center, 625 Barnes, Alva, is open for games and other activities. Exercise is scheduled each day at 11 a.m. Transportation provided upon request. 2-5 p.m. The Cherokee Strip Museum in Alva is open every day except Monday. For information or arranged tours, call 580-327-2030.
Construction worker falls from bridge By Julie Whiteman Just before 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 15, Alfalfa County emergency crews were called to a construction accident seven miles north of Cherokee where a beam had reportedly fallen on a man. Firefighters en route to the scene on State Highway 11 reported having difficulty passing a rock truck that would not yield to emergency vehicles.
Upon arriving on scene, EMS and Cherokee Rescue Unit personnel discovered 24-year-old Martin Maciel had actually fallen approximately 15 feet from a bridge, onto the the jagged rocks below. The beam had not fallen on him as originally reported. Maciel, an employee of Sewell Brothers Construction of Oklahoma City was erecting a safety cable across the bridge when he lost his balance and fell. Alfalfa Sheriff’s Deputy David Gebers said Maciel was removed from the jagged rocks to the ground beneath the new bridge. Maciel was carefully secured to a gurney and transported by ambulance to the Cherokee Municipal Airport where they were met by an Air Evac Life Team helicopter. Maciel was flown to Oklahoma University Medical Center where he was treated for serious injuries.