People come toa community and people leave, and soon
most are just a dimly-recalled name. There are those,
however, because they have had some special impact on the
community, remain as a warm memory in the hearts of

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‘ JOHN CHARTERS’: >:

Reflections &
Recollections

Castlegar in our dry ruggedness (we remind our readers
that John has been away for a long time — J.C.). From my
living room window I behold our Ecuatorial monument that
stands 30 metres tall. (Christ of the Andes? JAC). Just three

many. And John Mundy, who taught at the berry
(Castlegar High School) and then at Stanley Humphries
High School in the late '40s and early '50s, is such a person.

Many of his former students will recall himaffec-
tionately as a rather shy, perennial bachelor with a slightly
zany sense of humor. They will remember him also as an
excellent teacher — imaginative,. stimulating and deeply
concerned about his pupils; a Christian gentleman, a good
friend.

About 25 years ago, he left Castlegar to take up
missionary work in Quito, Ecuador. There, over the years,
he has set up an orphanage and school which, in spite of his
continued ill health, he has-built into a very respectable
operation. .

Our correspondence has been warm, though highly
erratic, but since I received letters close together recently, I
thought it a good opportunity to share some of their contents
with his many friends, The following, therefore, consists of

The first letter begins:
“It was indeed a pleasant surprise to receive your

: exerpts from those three letters — they offer some insight
i into another life, another culture: particularly at a time of
strained relations with our neighbors to the far south.

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“Dragon Tree” this morning,” and then goes on to recall old
friends — the Hoplands, Sandy Tupper, Evelyn McGauley,
Verna Kereiff, Betty Leitner (these people will please
regard themselves as having been greeted), as well as Mr.
Zuckerberg, the island and other familiar places dear to the
heart of an expatriate,

He writes lightly of “a serious heart condition” — all but
one of the coronary artiries blocked. But happily the doctor
in Victoria did not want to risk an operation, so that I was
able to return early to my responsibilities here.” He also
noted that his eye problems continue to bother him and that
“it is a struggle to read,” — nonetheless his efforts continue,

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and with his growing family and his
work.

“Since returning to Ecuador I've taken on four more
children, bringing the total to 16.— eight teenagers and
seven smaller ones. My youngest is a delightful little
six-year-old mountain Indian boy called Jose who was found
by the police in a hole near the airport with his leg, arm and
head fractured. He was taken to the Christian Hospital here
and put into a body cast. A week later when he was free to
leave there was nobody to take him. The social worker asked
if I'd be willing to include him in my growing family. He
required two months of total nursing care,.soI put him in
the room next to mine. We're still trying to’ trace his birth
certificate and his family seems to have rejected him
completely, so while he's not mine legally, he is in every
other way.

- “The other three new ones are Ricardo (17), Irma (15)
and Juan Cristian (9). Blind Rodrigo, who lost his eyes in a
teenage fight four years ago on the coast, is now 18 and has
been attending a blind institute here in Quito. The others I'm
“sure I've mentioned in previous lettrers. They are all like
‘family. And that is why I found my short time,in Canad:
~ difficult, wpipssy cue hes,

“In addition to my ‘House of Protection’
(that is our legal classification) I'm also responsible for three
small churches, for our growing Bible Correspondence
School with about 2,000 students, and for the administration
of our Christian Camp and Retreat Centre that includes a
chapel, large dining room and kitchen,.a dormitory for
around 35 people, a growing zoo (our latest acquisition is a
five-month-old ocelot) and a museum packed with
Ecuadorian-abilia(?).

We have a non-stop flow of visitors who revel in the
peace that reigns here while I say to myself ("If they only
knew!") Z

“We are blessed with an unbeatable spring-like climate
all year round, and are on a hill that commands a view that
beggars description, except that we are not that unlike

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s Letter No, 2

“It's 4:48 p.m., of a Thursday afternoon, The sky is blue
and the sun still warm. In an hour that same sun will drop
behind the hills and a cool, perhaps even cold night, lit up
with stars and ‘a good-sized moon will begin. :

“Isabel, Silvana, Gustavo, Luis, Juan Cristian, Cristian
and Jose have finished their homework and are taking full
advantage of what's left of daylight before supper and then
bed at 7:3 p.m. I'll tuck them in, pray with them, make sure

tomorrow's clothes are ready —for breakfast is at 6:30 a.m. .

and scoop up their left-over cocoons for my evening's
entertainment around the washer and dryer — both
second-hand, but relatively new to us.

“Because of a chronic water problem I usually have to
feed the washer by hand — or rather, by bucket, so high up
on my less-spiritual prayer-request list is the plea for a

ution to our ive pipeline. Tm

buying an average of a tanker of water a day at $15 a trip,

- and am grateful'to a North American and British Ladies’

* Group in Quito who donated our pump that stands over the
big cistern I had built before moving out here.

Waldo, Rodolfo, Hector, Margarita, Victor, and Ricardo
are in the midst of exams and for that must be propertly
uniformed. Irma goes to another high school so her exam
schedule is different. Rodrigo, my blind boy, will be coming
tomorrow for the weekend — or rather, I'll be picking him up
at the institute on the other side of Quito, an hour's drive
from here. The Christian Women's Fellowship of Quito
recently had him fitted with artificial eyes and he looks
really handsome.

“For the past few weeks he has been riding the waves
and plummeting the depths of a turbulent love-affair with
one of the girls at the institute and was getting his legal
papers in order to marry her. Things seem to have settled
down somewhat, but his strong will and impetuous nature do
make him a concern.

“This morning our fungus-plagued alpaca died. He'd
suffered for many months, and despite our efforts to cure
him he finally gave up the battle and the ghost. Our baby
deer predeceased him in December, and one of our

‘ yellow-headed parrots still has his broken wing in a sling
following assault by the spider monkey.

“And our five-month-old ocelot is limping: slightly,
because, I suspect, of the way the smaller children hoist her
up by one paw. They're learning, however, and she is
recovering. She’s a handsome animal and will certainly scare
off any future would-be assassins when she gains a few more
pounds.” {John and his family have been threatened recently
by would-be assassins.) *

f .

.
Letter No.3

“It's Mnday morning and overcast. The children are in

school . ... all except my new little X who: arrived all

A ble and grey police car volkswagon pulled in and the
fattest, roundest policeman I'd ever seen rolled out, In the
-back geat ‘was a ragged-looking boy of about 12 who could
have stepped from the pages of Charles Dickens. He was
bottle-feeding a tiny, filthy bundle, bound up papoosestyle
and had apparently volunteered his services to the police as
a temporary custodian of the tiny baby who'd been found on
the sidewalk of one of the city's streets — discarded like an
unwanted doll.

“I understand this is a home for abandoned children,”
said the fat policeman. “I've been ordered to leave this baby
with you. You can baptize her and bring her up in your
religion. Do anything you want with her. She could be a
month or two old.”

“Conti: on in his own bulary I invited him to be
her godfather. He appreciated this honor, thanked me for
taking the baby and was off. Our departing guests were
fascinated by the whole thing, and as they left in their hired
bus I held my brand new baby in my arms and sang “Happy
Birthday to me!" as the next day, Sunday, was indeed my
birthday.

“Fortunately, the children and. young people here
rallied round. It was almost as much fun as having another
animal to add to our zoo. I cut off her filthy clothes and got
Hector to burn them for me. That's when I discovered she
was a girl, for from her neck up she looked like a little boy.
Antonia prepared the milk while I gave her a warm bath and
Victor and Waldo ripped up the white flannelette we'd used
for the base of our christmas trees.

“Thus I was initiated into the art of applying and later
changing diapers, and the warm water and soap and
Ichnson’s baby powder dispelled the unpleasant odors she'd
brought with her. Silvana and Isabel contributed one of their
doll beds, Margarita dug out a baby blanket of sorts that
someone had given us years ago and soon tiny X was sucking
desperately on her bottle before dropping asleep.

“She has a tooth breaking through so must be more than
her size would indicate. She seems to have an umbilical
hernia, rickets and sores over her little body and her eyes
are infected with pus. She does not have the energy to cry
out loud, but it was enough to wake me at 1:30 a.m., Sunday
morning to changer her diapers .. . twice in a row as she
used up my first attempt the moment I'd changed her!

“TI fed her more milk, then put her beside me so I could
stick my little finger in her mouth when she needed
soothing. Otherwise the night was relatively uninterrupted,
and Antonia and those who did not accompany me to our
morning (church) meetings in Quito took good care of her in
my absence.

“When I returned, my little X was already asleep in
Antonia's room so I was able to sleep sound and well from
midnight to six a.m., when today, like all weekdays, began.

In closing he again sends greetings to all of his friends
and asks their prayers for his physical and spiritual
condition.

There are times when one feels a little inadequate .. .

s # #

My thanks to Harold Webber, Kathy Armstrong,

Koreen Knutson and other local historical sources for

and on

JOHN MUNDAY'S FAMILY . . . Taken October of 1980
John sends this picture of ‘Our Gang at the line of The
Equator’ — “Centru Crutiano “Divspaj Nan" (“God's
Way" in the Quichua Indian dialect), Front row (left to
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By CasNews Staff

The past year has proved a
challenge for the nursing de-
partment at Castlegar and
District Hospital, to keep
within the provincial gov-
ernment restraint guidelines
and still provide quality pa-
tient care,

Director of nursing Denise
Reed told Castlegar and Dis-
trict Hospital Society mem-
bers at its annual meeting

“Thursday that many hours

have been spent planning and
implementing changes in
staffing patterns and nursing
functions.

In her report she stated
that due to the innovative
and cooperative attitude of
the nursing staff, the depart-
ment has accomplished this

goal,
One of the of her

Castleg

Year proves to be achallenge

dai 2k

DENISE REED
... nursing director

numbered 289 to total 558
d. New-

report was the quality as-
surance program, an ongoing
project. which -continues to
provide a guarantee of a de-

borns totalled 177.
Highlights of. the medical
staff report, given by Dr.
Keith Merritt included. the
of Castlegar’

ar and District Hos

KEITH MERRITT
++. medical staff
representative ‘.

of our specific patient prob-
lems or topics are discussed
with input from specialist
colleagues from Nelson and/-
or Trail.”

. Post-graduate courses

pital Society

women with door-to-door
sales.

The gift shop continues to
bea steady source of revenue
and‘ offers.a service to the
patients, visitors and hospital

staff, -
Other activities include the
hospital cart, which makes

“the rounds- regularly and is
.. appreciated by the patients

and complementary pictures
of the newborns, which are a

3 joy to.the new parents.

% cE £3
PATSY POPOFF
«tp «women's auxiliary

was never taken lightly. And
decisions arrived at were
done so after very. careful
consideration.”

-Patsy Popoff, in giving the
women's auxiliary report,

Volunteer knitters contin-.

ue to keep the baby cupboard
and gift shop well stocked.
“We provide tray favors on
all: special occasions with
fresh fruit baskets being de-
livered by Santa Calus and

+ his able assistant on Chris-

tmas morning and Eastern
baskets given out by the
Eastern Bunny on Easter
Morning,” she said.

‘The extended care unit
offers great opportunities for
the devoted volunteers who

gree of in nursing
practice.

“The extended -care and
maternity units operate com-
pletely on the quality as-
surance program,” Reed said.
“Standards of care, approp-
riate chart forms and nursing
audits are being organized in
certain areas of the operating
room and the acute care set-
ting.”

Reed also noted that a new
cardiac arrest protocol has
been and imple-

's
first female physician, Dr.
Lisbeth Nixon who joined the
medical staff in September
1981.

\ “She is certainly a welcome
addition to our previously
all-male staff,” Merritt
pointed out,

Merritt noted that in 1981
the medical staff consisted of
all active family physicians,
but in January. 1982 Dr. T.
Manders left Castlegar for

mented this year.

In-service education pro-
grams have been held on the
operation of two new pieces
of equipment — the gluco-
meter and the MA-1 respir-
ator.

Reed told the society that
the’ learning needs of the
nursing staff were assessed
and the medical staff. are
providing in-service educa-
tion in these areas,

During the year, the hospi-
tal sponsored education pro-
grams such as Obstetrical
Nursing Update, Advanced
Cardise bife Support;-Anm
Operating Room Seminar,
Nursing Unit Administration
Course and Health and the
Aging Process.
BESIGNATIONS

In the last year, Reed said
there -was one head nurse,
one practical nurse and one
activity aide resignation. All
pogitions were replaced with
competent, personnel. e

Reet oted that from April
1, 1981. to March’ 31, 1982
about 50 extra registered
nurse shifts were required to
provide care for the patients
in the intensive care unit.
The total number of days in
the unit were 636.

Cardiac’ monitors were in
use-for 340 of these days.

. “Minor surgical cases num-
bered 319 while major cases

ings... .-
ynnual-———-“Phis ts to monitor and

“His departure was cer-
tainly a loss'to our medical
staff and to this community,”
he said.

Merritt told: the society
that there are a total of 18
consulting physicians who
are specialists from both the
Trail and Nelson area. They.
continue to visit the Castle-
gar hospital on a referral
basis.

MONTHLY MEETINGS
Merritt noted; that the
medical staff continues to
have monthly business meet-

prove the ‘quality: of ‘care
which is being delivered in
our hospital,” he: said. “At
these meetings patient stat-
istics are reviewed, reports
are received from various
committee which include
medical _records;... infection
control, medical audit, surgi-
cal and tissue, library,: phar-
macy, equipment ahd ther-
apeutic abortion, 2

Merritt said the medical
staff also strives to improve
the care which it delivers ina
number of ways.

“Weekly clinical rounds
are held where current pa-
tient’s management prob-
lems are discussed. Monthly,
rounds are held where spec-
ific patient problems or top-
ies are discussed with input

Police on guard
for Satanic group

VICTORIA (CP) — Vic-
toria General Hospital has
posted a security guard at its
nursery while police investi-
gate-an anonymous report
phoned to’a government cri-
sis line that a Satanic group
planned to sacrifice an infant

on Van-

day, will likely stay in place

until the Satanic story died —

down, likely about one week.
She said the main reason
for hiring the guard was to
reassure new- parents that
their bab ies are safe.
Police said they are still
ing the report first

couver Island.

Royal Jubilee Hospital, the
other major hospital in the
city, says it plans no special
security arrangements.

Barbara Burke, assistant
executive director in charge
of. nursing at Victoria Gen-
eral Hospital, said the extra
security, which began Mon-

received last week through
the provincial Ministry of
Human Resources but do not
want to make public “the

* depth or direction” of the in-

vestigation.

Sgt. Bob Stephen said po-
lice don’t know whether the
threat is valid but are treat-
ing it seriously.

Pp by the U:

of B.C.. Continuing Medical
Education are held three to
four times a year in the West
Kootenays, the society was
told.

“Each physician would also
select other post-graduate
courses depending on his
needs and these have been
well attended in the past
year. : ;

Of interest was an ad-
vanced cardiac life support’
course offered in Trail in the
fall which was attended by
several physicians and some
of the nursing staff, Merritt

said. i

In the past year, the med-
ical .staff was fortunate
enough to acquire through its
equipment committee, a-new
flexible. sigmoidoscope, a
laryngoscope, Military Anti-
Shock trousers (MAST) suit,
new operations room table,
ventilator and arthroscope.

“These. are all certainly
welcome additions,” Merritt

id.

said.
Other highlights included a

cation, whith was successful.

Dr. Bob Streich, medical
staff vice-chairman, received
funding and was able. to: at-
tend a B.C,. Medical: Asso-
ciation sponsored course for
education of chiefs of medical
staffs.

“This provided him and our
staff with some new ideas on
how we might better be able
to reorganize ourselves to
improve administration - of
the hospital.

One concern from the so-
ciety membership came from
Herman Kemperman, ‘who
praised the services at the
hospital, but questioned the
issue of theraputic abortion.

“This is a major concern

because this is the start af a.

decline of respect for life,” he
said.

Kemperman_ explained
that killing a child in the
womb is the start, followed
by selecting the ones who can
and can't live, then seeing
children who have some
difficulty being ignored, then
making choices for the ages
who become perhaps senile.

“This means we are setting
ourselves up for when we
become old, for someone to
determine that we can't live.”

“It involves far more lives
being shed in the Falklands
or in Lebanon. They have life
and we chose to take it
away.”

Board chairman John Dal-
ziel commented: “I myself
have had some thoughts
about the matter and I
brought it up. I learned that
every precaution was being
taken and that the matter

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stated that hs for the
year was 61 members, on
which 58 are paid member-
ships and three are honorary.

Popoff: reported that the
two principal funding raising
projects, the spring and fall
rummage sales, were again
very successful. .

“The many hours of hard
work: by . the’ membership
made this project very
worthwhile,” she said.

The..nut drive was dis-,

continued, due to the low
number of students enroled
in cadets who helped the

to ipate in

a variety of

students and one to a Stanley
Humphries student entering
the field of medicine.

Over the past year, candy
stripers, who are sponsored
by the auxiliary, have put in
1,260 hours .and have pro-
vided a helpful service to the
patients. An award day for
the candy stripers is held an-
nually,

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A wreath to be

placed at the cenatoph on .
- Remembrance Day and an

engraved spoon is presented
to the New Year's baby,
Popoff reported.

Last September, eight la-
dies attended the regional
conference for the West
Kootenay Hospital Auxiliar-
ies in New Denver. All en-
joyed the informative confer-
ence an the tour of the new
hospital facilities. This Sep-
tember, the Castlegar auxili-
ary will host the West Koot-
enay Area Conference. x

In May, three members of
the auxiliary attended the

“With -the help of the
kitchen staff, we have birth-
day parties, family nights
and anniversary parties for
the extended care patients,
Popoff said. “Our members
also provide exercise, hair-
dressing, barbering, cooking,
crafts, musical days, and re-
ading in the Russian langu-

age.

‘The auxiliary continues to
offer bursaries on an annual
basis — two go to second-
year Selkirk College nursing

BC. A of Hospital
Auxiliaries Conference in
Vancouver where Fellow
member Teena Leitch was
installed as West Kootenay
urea representative to the
BCAHA .

During the year, the auxil-
jary has purchased for the
hospital a colored TV, a
MAST suit, a Centry Bath
tub, and orthopedic table and

other midscellanous items:

totalling $7,650. A hairdress-
ing chair was also donated to
Raspberry Lodge.

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