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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Present and                             Date Became         Years Being on

Former OKBR                           Olympia Kiwanis      OKBR Board or Youth

Board Members                            Member             for Homes Board  

Barron, Robert M.(fmr Fed Employ)       5/17/65       1980 OK Homes for Youth 

Bishop, Wayne A.                        1/07/80            4/16/85-9/20/89      

Bloomfield, Gary J.(Supt Pub Instr emp) 8/26/82            4/16/85-11/19/86

Briggs, Vernon R.                       5/30/8-            9/20/89-2/19/92

Carnahan, David J.(Dept Correction emp) 8/06/73       1980 OK Homes for Youth   
Childs, Harvey C.(architect)            8/17/87            4/16/85-2/24/86

Clarkson, Virgil(ran for Lacey Council)10/27/80            4/16/85-1/01/93

Denning, Robert J.(RJD Assoc emp)       4/16/90           12/18/91-1/01/93

Dubuisson, Susan A.(judge)              7/07/87           10/28/87-1/01/93

Earl,                                                     1980 OKBR Board 

Ernst, Donald D.(eng Dept Trans)        2/07/83           10/09/85-2/19/92 (7/93)

Fischnaller, Bryan L.(lawyer)           1/--/84            4/16/85-1/01/93  

Forrester, H. Eugene(agri edu st)      11/06/72           1980 OKBR Board

Giovaninni, Roberta                     7/07/87           10/28/87-3/15/89

Gruen, Wayne T.(St Trans Planner)       3/12/84            9/17/86-9/20/89

Gustafson, Roger C.(Nat Plan Coord Wa)       80?          1980 OKBR Board

Halverstadt, David E.(St Dept Vet Aff)       80?           4/16/85-10/09/85

Hanes                                        80?          1980 OKBR Board

Hanson                                       80?          1980 OKBR Board

Havens, Jack L.(Veterinarian)           2/01/82           11/19/86-11/18/87 

Hedges, Darrell B.                      3/05/79            4/16/85-1/01/93

Hoglund, John A.(lawyer)                7/07/75    Pre-1980 OKBR Board Chairman

Ingram, Paul(Thur deputy sheriff)       5/18/87           11/18/87-3/15/89

Johnson, Patricia(judge)                4/24/89            9/20/89-9/30/91

Jones, Sandra J.                        8/08/88            6/21/89-12/31/92

Kerslake, Ralph W.(Oly planner)         1/15/68           1981 OKBR Board

Lane, Jeffery O. C.(lawyer)             8/14/83           12/18/91-1/01/93

Law, Donald L.(lawyer)                 10/04/76           1980 OKBR Board

Maxwell, Henry M.                       6/21/71            4/16/85-2/19/92       

Miles, Don(lawyer)                      3/19/53

Millar, Richard M.(fin planner)         7/01/85           10/22/86-1/01/93

Millsap, Max E.                         1/01/51       1980 OK Homes for Youth 

Nueffer                                      80?          1980 OKBR Board

Olson, Robert T.(Wa St Emp Cred Union)  1/01/61            4/16/85-4/20/88 

Padget, Lauretta J.                     7/07/87           11/18/87-4/17/91

Robinson                                     80?          1980 OKBR Board

Roerden,                                                   10/09/85-?

Schaefermeyer, Mike                          80?          1980 OKBR Board

Skinner, Jane(travel agent)                  88?          12/18/91-1/01/93 

Skinner, Cortland A.(fmr Oly Port Com)  8/20/58       1980 OK Homes for Youth 

Stewart, Michael L.(Sinclair Kolter emp)4/23/84           10/09/85-4/20/88 

Stikker, William A.(fin planner)        3/05/84           10/22/86-12/31/92

This, James L.(Wa St Emp Cred Un)       8/15/83           1980 OKBR Board

Thompson, Storme L.(dist court emp)     5/06/85                 /89-?

Van Woerden, Tom(OKBR head)            11/16/70            -/--/70-12/30/92

Wolf, Bob(spouse Yelm Mayor C. Wolf)   before80           1980 OKBR Board

Wolfe, Harold T. Sr.(banker)            2/27/64           1980 OKBR Board

Yantis, George F. Jr.(Yts Recd Serv)    1/01/61       1980 OK Homes for Youth 

Yarbrough, Lewis L.(Pug So Pow & Lt emp)1/18/71            4/16/85-2/24/86 

Ziegler, William A. Jr.(professor)      1/13/80           1981 OKBR Board

Zittell, Edward A.(CPA)                before87           4/16/85-2/24/86   

There were many obvious and long-term warnings about the 1970-94 OKBR.

DSHS knew since at least 1977.

The OKBR staff certainly knew.

The abused kids told staff, schools, counselors, police, caseworkers, therapists, ect.., about their abuse at the OKBR, but nobody investigated.

Olympia Police Chief Wurner came to an Olympia Kiwanis meeting in 1986 and told the Kiwanis about the troubles at the OKBR. Chief Wurner was ignored. Maybe he should have done more, but he probably wanted to keep his job.

It was well know by the Thurston County courts. These kids were constantly in and out of the Thurston County legal system.

The OKBR was written about in the Kiwanis Komments newsletters, and the Kiwanis Board Ranch minutes.

All the OKBR Board Members had a legal oversight of the OKBR.

Were all Olympia Kiwanis Attorneys & Judges and/or Politicians uninformed?

It's amazing how blissfully ignorant some people were about the OKBR. You can read about their guiltlessness in some of their Washington State Patrol and Office of Special Investigation statements.

Here's Wa St Patrol Olympia Kiwanis member lists of 1987, 1990, 1994

Here is a 49 page index of 5,223 pages of documents that the WSP collected about the OKBR. Anybody can order any of those public documents by following the instructions on that page.

The OKBR sent kids for weekend visits to child abusers who donated land to the Kiwanis. The Kiwanians sold the land in 1993 for $125,000.

Can the Olympian Newspaper claim ignorance?
manaco@whidbey.net