The Olympia Washington Kiwanis members and their friends have cost the Washington State taxpayers over $50 million dollars (so far), because of their willful ignorance of long term, merciless and well known, child abuse that occurred at the Olympia Kiwanis Boys Ranch.
October 2006 note: This Olympia Kiwanis stuff is old news. I've left this information on the web, because I like the thought that someone will say to one of these Kiwanis friends or members: "Grandma, (Grandpa), are you still friends with those Olympia Kiwanians?"
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Until Oct 1999, I believed that the Kiwanians and their friends were guilty of careless neglect or callous indifference. After hearing frightening audio depositions from some of the abused kids, I now believe that these Thur Co citizens were involved with an "active collaboration with evil." According to these depositioned kids, (which was not contradicted by Kiwanian attorney Don Miles), the OKBR staff was involved in long-term molestation and sadistic abuse of these helpless children. DSHS, Olympia, & the Kiwanians criminally ignored the warning signs and then justified their inaction by claiming ignorance. Many of these inattentive judges, lawyers, & politicians want your vote for re-election.
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There were many obvious and long-term warnings about the 1970-94 OKBR.
Larry Adams Olympia Kiwanian and dentist.
Roy Adams Olympia Kiwanian.
Gary Alexander, Olympia Kiwanian and Wa. State Representative.
Ruth Ammons former Thurston County Deputy Prosecutor.
Bruce Anderson Olympia Kiwanian.
Franklin Anderson Olympia Kiwanian.
Teresa Aragon Olympia Kiwanian.
Thomas Ball, Olympia Kiwanian and Thurston County Probation Director.
Thurston County Superior Court Judge Daniel Berschauer
Thomas Bjorgen Olympia Kiwanian and former Thurston County Deputy Prosecutor.
Gary Bloomfield former Olympia Kiwanian and Superintendent of Public Instruction employee.
Thurston County Prosecutor Bernadean Broadous (1995-1999) and Olympia Kiwanian.
Reiko Callner former Olympia city prosecutor.
Thurston County Superior Court Judge Paula Casey
Lucille Carlson Olympia Kiwanian and deputy Thurston County Assessor.
Ronald Carlson Olympia Kiwanian.
David Carnahan Olympia Kiwanian and Department of Correction employee.
Virgil Clarkson Olympia Kiwanian and Lacey council member.
George Darkenwald Olympia Kiwanian and lawyer.
Douglas DeForest Olympia Kiwanian.
Robert Denning Olympia Kiwanian.
Rex Derr former Olympia Kiwanis President and former Olympia Mayor.
Thurston County District Court Judge Susan Dubuisson Olympia Kiwanian.
Donald Ernst Olympia Kiwanian.
Rodney Franzen former Thurston County Deputy Prosecutor.
Thurston County Clerk Betty Gould Olympia Kiwanian
Steven Hall Olympia Kiwanian and Olympia City Assistant Manager
Jon Halverson Olympia Kiwanian and former Lacey Mayor.
Philip Harju Thurston County Deputy Prosecutor.
Dale Herron Olympia Kiwanian and Olympia Principal.
Thurston County Superior Court Judge Richard C. Hicks possible Olympia Kiwanian.
Walter Hitchcock Olympia Kiwanian.
Thurston County Prosecutor Ed Holm (1999-2003+?)
John Hoglund Olympia Kiwanian and Olympia attorney.
martin Hoover Olympia Kiwanian.
Kay Hopkes former Olympia Kiwanian President and Thurston County Prosecutors office employee.
LouAnn Houck Olympia Kiwanian and politician.
Sherman Huffine Olympia Kiwanian.
Richard Kelley sued the OKBR, he has so much Thurston County property, that I've put it in a separate file.
Charles Kentfield Olympia Kiwanian
Marla Kentfield former Olympia Kiwanis President and Wash. St. Treasury employee.
Jeff Lane Olympia Kiwanian and lawyer.
Donald Law Olympia Kiwanian and lawyer.
Robert McKay Olympia Kiwanian.
Judith McKillip Olympia Kiwanian.
Thurston County Superior Court Judge William Thomas McPhee
Leslie Metzger Olympia Kiwanian and former Olympia school principal.
Jean Meyn former Thurston County Deputy Prosecutor.
Kenneth Nichols former Thurston County Deputy Prosecutor.
Thurston County Commissioner Richard Nichols Kiwanian.
Thurston County Commissioner Diane Oberquell
Arnold Olson friend of DSHS "failure of oversight" supervisorRosemary Carr .
Terrance Olson Olympia Kiwanian.
Kathleen O'Neil Olympia Kiwanian.
Kevin O'Sullivan Olympia Kiwanian good friend, and Thurston County Commissioner.
David Overton Olympia Kiwanian.
R. Alvin Padget Olympia Kiwanian.
Elizabeth Petrich Thurston County Deputy Prosecutor.
Thurston County Superior Court Judge Christine Pomeroy
James Powers Thurston County Deputy Prosecutor.
Barbara Roder school board member and former OKBR accountant.
Charles Shelan Olympia Kiwanian and Community Youth Services Director.
Frank Sinclair Olympia Kiwanian, and John Sinclair Olympia lawyer.
Jean Soliz fired/resigned/disgraced DSHS Director.
William Stikker Olympia Kiwanian.
Thurston County District Court Judge Clifford Stilz Jr. former Olympia Kiwanis President.
Steven Straume former Thurston County Deputy Prosecutor.
Thurston County Superior Court Judge Richard Strophy
Thurston County Superior Court Judge Gary Tabor and Kiwanis member.
Mark Thompson Longtime Thurston County Deputy Prosecutor.
Paul Vanderburg Olympia Kiwanian.
Robert Van Schoorl former Olympia Kiwanis President and current Olympia Port Commissioner
Thomas Van Woerden OKBR director.
Donald Vest Olympia Kiwanian.
Below is an e-mail I received from a former Olympia, Washington resident.
From: ~~~~~~~~@aol.com
From: louis a bloom manaco@whidbey.net
To: manaco@whidbey.net
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 11:34 AM
Subject: OKBR
Just came across your pages and felt the urge to respond... In the early
80's (81-83) I was at the OKBR frequently as a young kid walking to/from
school, I became friends with some of the boys. At one point a small boy
confided to
me that he was being raped by another boy in the home. The abusing boy
talked about it openly!
Days later I walked the victim to OPD where we both gave statements. Later that evening I began to receive these incredibly
threatening phone calls from a woman employee of the ranch who's name I
believe was Paulette at my home. She kept calling over and over screaming at
me calling me names. It was horrible. I thought I was helping someone.
Nothing came of it. Then all these years later, it all comes out ... one of
the boys that I had known there left as a young adult and still couldn't get
it together, he eventually killed himself. As an adult now I don't often
think back to those times but it still saddens me. All those boys that
needed a safe nurturing place to be, and how many of them were better off
for having been taken there? It's not about money. It cost these boys their
lives, their souls, their trust. Those people who knew, who didn't care,
they should feel such shame. Just my opinion.
To: ~~~~~~~@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: OKBR
thanks for your e-mail. from what i've read, dshs, the olympia police department, and other "authorities"
didn't consider child on child rape to be against the law. it was considered
"normal experimentation". The "paulette" you mention, may have been
Collette Queener who was an assistant director at the OKBR. Collette, OKBR
Director Tom Van Woerdan, and OKBR counselor Laura Rambo Russell were
ineptly charged by Wa. St. with "criminal mistreatment for failing to stop abuse". The
charges were dismissed by Thurston County Judge Daniel Berschauer on technicalities. The lawyer who
represented Collette Queener said, (Nov. 14, 1996 Olympian), that it was a
"witch hunt", and that " a more innocent person (than Queener) you could not
have for a client. She's an ex-nun ..... I don't see how you could view her
in an evil or negative light."
I congratulate you for doing the right thing, when all those adults looked
the other way. I repeat on most pages that the " OKBR has cost the
Washington State taxpayers over $35 million dollars (so far)", because I
think most people
don't care about the kids involved, but they may care that it has cost them
(taxpayers) money.
louis bloom