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Water research career of choice

Photo by Justin LoftonLynda Callaway, a chemist who researches groundwa-ter for the Environmental Protection Agency at Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center shows some of her work.

Lynda CallawayWhile growing up,

Lynda Callaway pic-tured herself as a doctor's reception-ist. She excelled in math and science and now works for the Environmental Protection Agency.

By Justin LoftonStaff Writer

ADA — When Lynda Callaway was a child, she ini-tially planned to be a receptionist at a doctor’s office.

“I guess I liked my doctor’s receptionist,” Callaway said. “My junior high counselor asked me one day what I wanted to be and I told him I wanted to be a doctor’s receptionist.”

Callaway’s future held other plans, however.“He said, ‘Lynda, you’re good at math and science.

I think you ought to go somewhere in the scien-tific field,’” she said. Callaway began taking more math and science courses.

“When I grad-uated from high school, I knew I had to go to East Central University for financial rea-sons,” she said. “I just looked through their book to see what kind of fields they offered. I saw ‘medical technologist.’”

Callaway said she jumped feet-first into medi-cal technology at ECU.

“I got my undergraduate degree in biology and applied to medi-cal technology schools,” she said.

Callaway was accepted to St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital School of Medical Technology in Houston, Texas. She worked in the hospital there four years.

After those four years, she married and moved back to Ada with her husband. Back in Ada, Callaway began working at Valley View Regional Hospital. She stayed there for seven years until she had two children and needed a change of pace.

“When you’re a medical technologist, you work nights, weekends, holidays and all the bad shift-work,” she said. “I was just part-time so I started looking for something that would be a nine-to-five job.”

She began at Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center (RSKERC) — or as the United States Environmental Protection Agency refers to it, Ground Water and Ecosystems Restoration Division — in 1988.

“My junior high coun-

selor asked me one day what I wanted to be and I told him I wanted to be a doc-tor’s receptionist.”

— Lynda CallawayChemist

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On the cover...Makaviya Nelson dreams of being a doctor just like Dr. Alvarez. For her, "The Future Starts Here." (Photo by Richard R. Barron)

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Photo by Justin Lofton

Lynda Callaway, a chemist who researches water for the Environmental Protection Agency at Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center, demonstrates some of the work she performs.

Chemist

“I’ve worked here for 23 years now,” she said. In 2008, Callaway was RSKERC’s Employee of the Year.

For most of those years, she was a private con-tractor for the center.

“They had an EPA position open up that I applied for and I got it,” she said.

Callaway has been work-ing for EPA as a chemist for three years and she said she does pretty much the same job as a con-tracting techni-cian.

She said she does data analy-sis for research-ers in the field who are attempt-ing to study and protect ground-water and g r o u n d w a t e r ecosystems.

“We’re basi-cally support for the research-ers here. I don’t work for just one. I work for all of them,” she said.

In the lab, she said she analyzes samples sent back by the researchers.

“I analyze water samples and soil extracts for things like nitrate, phosphate and Total Kjeldahl Nitrogens,” Callaway said. “There’s a whole lot of different parameters that we analyze those ground-water samples for.”

After analysis, she writes report letters.“They’re very specific about how you enter your

data,” she said. “After I get the data entered into my notebook, I have to write a technical report letter to the researcher who collected the samples originally.”

Callaway said she enjoys her job and hopes to stay there until retirement.

“Maybe in about 13 or 14 years, I hope to retire from here and then I can do what I really want to do, which is gardening and quilting,” she said. “Maybe I’ll have some grandbabies.”

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“I analyze water samples and

soil extracts for things like nitrate, phosphate and Total Kjeldahl Nitrogens. There’s a whole lot of different parameters that we analyze those groundwater samples for.”

— Lynda CallawayChemist

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people healBy Justin LoftonStaff Writer

ADA — Stephanie Mowdy, nurse manager and clinical coordinator at Valley View Regional Hospital’s Wound Care Center, said her interest in medicine was sparked at an early age.

“In fourth grade, I wrote an essay about becoming a doctor,” Mowdy said.

After graduating high school at a small town in North Dakota, Mowdy said her mother told her college was a must. Mowdy chose to pursue nursing.

“I was just led down that path,” she said. “I think sometimes you’re led in certain areas. You don’t see yourself being led but it’s been very reward-ing.”

Mowdy spent 10 years in an intensive care unit until she was led to wound care in 1995. She said one of the upsides of working in wound care is getting to see the patients heal.

“We get to celebrate with patients, have birthdays and other things,” she said. “It’s really a special relation-ship.”

Mowdy said VVRH’s Wound Care Center — partnered with Diversified Clinical Services, a management com-pany — provides advanced wound care to patients of any age.

She said the Wound Care Center received the Center of Distinction Award for 2010.

“We’re really proud of that,” she said.

The center has four treatment rooms and treats between 30 and 40 patients

per day.“We opened Dec. 16, 2005,” she said.

“When we initially opened, we had 10 patients per day. At the time, we thought we were so busy and now we’re really growing.”

The center also has three hyperbaric chambers to help patients heal faster.

“While your body is under pressure, the plasma portion of your blood can take on extra oxygen,” said Kevin Love, one of the center’s employees. “That extra oxygen is carried to the wound, helps kill off bacteria, stimu-lates growth factors for wound healing, helps new capillaries to form and helps your immune system work better.”

A typical treatment session in the chamber is two hours.

Mowdy said the center serves a seven-to-nine county service area.

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tain areas. You don’t see yourself being led but it’s been very rewarding.”

— Stephanie MowdyVVRH Wound Care Center

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Photo by Justin Lofton

Stephanie Mowdy, nurse manager and clinical coordinator at Valley View Regional Hospital's Wound Care Center, said she was led to be in the medical field and enjoys her job — helping people heal.

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Healing“We treat all different types of wounds:

pressure ulcers, venus ulcers, arterial ulcers, burns, motor vehicle accident wounds and surgical wounds,” she said.

Dr. Quyen Ha is medical director of the center and it is staffed with three resident nurses, two licensed practical nurses, an aide, office assistant and diversified contact.

She said Dr. Jack Howard is also a member of the clinic and is there one day a week.

One of the things that the clinic can do, she said, is help to prevent scarring from burns and wounds on children.

“If you prevent the scarring and dis-figurement that goes along with that, you’ve created a big change in their lives. It’s traumatic at any age to have a wound,” she said.

She said staph infection is another wound treated frequently by the center.

“Another thing that we’re seeing a lot of in our center is the bad bacteria or Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus,” she said.

“The bug is in the community. We treat kids who have somehow picked that up somewhere. That bacteria actu-ally causes a soft-tissue infection. It can eat at the tissue and you can get an ulcer

that’s half-an-inch deep. That’s a real big thing for a kid to have to get treated. We can heal that and get them back to their activities.”

Mowdy said the staff at the VVRH Wound Care Center is enthusiastic about helping their patients.

“We like what we do,” she said.

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Stephanie MowdyStephanie Mowdy

always knew she

wanted to be in the

medical field. She now

coordinates V V RH's

Wound Care Center.Photo by Justin Lofton

Healing professionKevin Love, an LPN at VVRH's Wound Care Center, stands beside the center's hyper-baric chambers as he explains how they work.

“If you prevent the scarring and dis-

figurement that goes along with (injuries), you’ve created a big change in their lives. It’s traumatic at any age to have a wound.”

— Stephanie MowdyVVRH Wound Care Center

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Minister of faith

Photo SubmittedHarold Ware, a triplet, once thought of being a doctor, but is now the adult minister at Ada First Baptist Church.

By Justin LoftonStaff Writer

ADA — Harold Ware said he entertained several possible career choices when he was young.

He said going into real estate or becoming a doctor probably entered into his thought process. Instead, Ware said he and his two indentical triplet brothers ended up pursuing ministry.

“We all became ministers,” he said. “We’re serving in three different churches now.”

Gerald has spent upwards of 25 years at First Baptist Church of Richardson, Texas and Darrel has spent approximately 20 years at First Baptist Church of Elk City.

“We’re all now in about the same position. We’re all senior adult pastors,” he said.

The three brothers—Gerald, Darrel “Doc” and Harold— were born in Fayetteville, Ark.

Their father was an International Harvester, hauler and dealer who became a mail carrier and, later, a farmer. Their mother was a teacher.

“We learned our work ethic through dad and hard work on the farm,” he said.

Ware said it wasn’t long before he and his brothers began to utilize their identical triplet status to cause mischief.

“Doc made a date for Gerald one time. He said, ‘You’re going here and doing this and, by the way, I told her you loved her,’” Ware said.

He said they’ve had fun growing up as triplets.“We dressed alike all the way through our second

semester of freshman year of college,” he said. “We just liked blowing people’s minds but then it got dif-ficult.”

The Wares even used their similarity to bail one brother out of a jam.

“My brother, Gerald, had hepatitus in the eighth grade. The teachers came in and said, ‘We really don’t think he’s going to pass the eighth grade,’” Ware said. “My brother, Doc, and I took all of his tests and wrote his papers.”

It wasn’t only good that came with their similar genetics, however. In 2008, all three brothers were treated for prostate cancer.

“We all had surgery in 2008,” he said. “Everybody is doing well and healed. Genetics has played a huge part in that. Every time somebody gets something, we go check it out because, more than likely, everybody’s going to have it.”

Their genetic similarities did give them a particular-ly unique gift in the way of vocal performance. Ware said the brothers had their speaking voices tested once.

“It was a minor triad,” he said. “I was higher, Gerald was in the middle and Doc had the lowest voice.”

Ware said a music minister named John Gardner got the triplets to sing together, which introduced them to ministry.

“We went on choir tours and mission trips. I think that’s where we got the calling,” he said. “(Gardner) introduced us to Warren M. Angel who was the director of the Bison Glee Club at Oklahoma Baptist University. We were offered some scholarships and went there.”

While at OBU, the triplets sang at the Bison Glee Club and became ambassadors for the school.

The brothers’ vocal talents eventually had them traveling all over the country.

“When we started singing, we would sing in church-es then we had an opportunity to sing with Dan Blocker of ‘Bonanza’ fame on Channel Five in Fort Smith, Ark. our senior year,” he said. “Our freshman year, we went to Six Flags over Georgia. We emceed and sang a vaudeville-Americana show at the Crystal Pistol.”

Ware said he and his brothers sang with Debbie Reynolds and Chet Atkins at that show.

Photo SubmittedHarold Ware, adult minister at Ada First Baptist Church, is pictured with his identical triplet brothers.

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HAROLD WARE

“We earned our way through college by sing-ing two different years as singing waiters in North Carolina,” he said.

Ware said he’s had the opportunity to sing all over the United States.

“We premiered musicals by different gentlemen in the Southern Baptist Convention,” he said. Ware said the trio has per-formed at several national Southern Baptist conven-tions. They even sang for a Southern Baptist senior adult cruise.

The brothers ventured outside the states when they sang at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Canada.

“We got to sing when Billy Graham’s crusade was in Oklahoma City,” Ware said.

Other acts the broth-ers sang with are Ricky Skaggs and Joni Eareckson Tada.

“We’ve met 14 sets of identical triplets and one set of quads,” Ware said.

He said they performed a program with Roy Rogers’ wife, Dale Evans Rogers.

“She was one of the nic-est people I’ve ever met,” he said.

Ware said he and his brothers’ vocal harmonies have been compared to the lettermen.

“We sang the National Anthem at a St. Louis Cardinals and Houston Astros game,” he said. “It was raining so they had an hour delay. On my left was Lou Brock. On my right was the pitcher for the night who couldn’t keep still. He was ner-vous. In walked Stan Musial.”

Musial invited Ware and his brothers to lunch at his restaurant.

“We had a great time. I never got an autograph from either one of them—like an idiot,” he said.

During this time, Ware said he got to meet a lot of respected musicians. He said he has drawn a lot of inspiration from the people he met.

“The Lord has opened up a lot of doors and opportunities,” he said. “I don’t know how many thousands of concerts we’ve sung at but we’ve sung at quite a few.”

Currently, Ware and his brothers are planning a trip to learn more about their musical roots.

“Next year, if gas prices don’t kill us, we’re going on a Christian heritage tour to England, Scotland and an option to go to Ireland,” he said. “We’re going back to the places where the hymns of our faith were written.”

Ware said he and his brothers would like to cut

a record if the opportunity arose.

“We’ve said some day that if we ever sell the farm, we’re going to go back in, start singing again and golf the rest of the months,” he said.

After putting in mileage all across the nation, Ware settled down in a small Oklahoma town.

“The Lord brought me to Ada,” he said. “My first church was First Baptist Church of Wewoka then I went to Baptist Temple Church in Oklahoma City and Covenant Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan.”

Ware went to the First Baptist Church of Miami, Okla. for eight years before he came to Ada.

“This is where I’ve been since,” he said. “I’ve gone from minister of music to senior adult pastor.”

As senior adult pastor, Ware said he sees to the mental, physical, spiritual and social well being of the church’s senior adults.

He is chaplain at Valley View Regional Hospital

and he reorganized the chaplain program for Ada Police Department.

“My son-in-law is on the police force here. They were getting into situations where they real-ly needed a chaplain to help,” he said. Ministers of all denominations are in the chaplain program. They’re on call on a speci-fied week every month.

Ware began the first association ministry in regard to Loving Inspiring Nurturing and Caring (LINC).

“We, as associational churches, go in to nursing homes,” he said. “We’re in every nursing home here in town. About 80 people per week go out and minister to different sites.”

The churches will read to people, get snacks, throw parties, play bingo and do other activities. Ware has been asked to be Oklahoma’s LINC rep-resentative for the Baptist Villages.

“I think 68 percent of the people in nursing homes never have a visit,” he said.

Ware said he’s always had a heart for the elder-ly.

“I’ve always worked with senior adults,” he said. “I’ve always loved nursing homes and hos-pital visitations. When they asked me to do that, I did.”

Ware said he met his wife, Brenda, on a blind date set up by his brother, Darrel.

“I had a rule where I didn’t date anybody in my church. It’s hard to meet single Christian women that aren’t in your church,” he said.

The blind date worked out.

“Don’t give up on blind dates,” he said.

The couple has three children: Whitney, Kailey and Jacob.

Ware said all of his brothers have two girls each and the Ware trip-lets have sung at all the daughters’ weddings.

“I have the only boy,” he said.

As of recently, all of the brothers have grand-children.

“It’s been unusual,” Ware said. “It still is when we get together.”

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