John Bumford was a Thurston County Deputy Prosecutor who ran for Thurston County Prosecutor in 1994. He had the support of many Olympia Kiwanis members and their friends, but still barely lost the election to Bernadean Broadous.

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.

  • 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?

    Here's an image of John Bumfords supporters from the 1994 Olympian newspaper. The people listed below are from that list.

    Dolores Green, Jim Clark, Pat Clark, Donna McCann, Jeff McCann, Bonnie L. VanLoo, Linda Westerbrook, Darrell Six, Joe Duffy, Treacy Kreger,  Loreli Thompson, Thomas K. Tinsley, Tony McCormick,  Jack J. Furey, James Dunn, Conrad Riedl,  Marilyn Arnold, Steve Mattoon, Darrell R. Noble, Jean Meyn, Janet A. Fisk, Buck Harmon, Betty Harmon, David W. Brown, Jodi A. Scott, Stephen E. Scott, Dave Robinson, Hildred Bunch,  Rosalie Gittings, Kevin Partlow,  Ann Clifton, Margie Gray, Jon W. Halvorson, Isaac Shultz Reyes, Wanda Riley,  Kathy Jordan,  Daniel D. Kimball, Hank Droege, Sandra Romero, Marilyn Rottle,  Diane St. Hermain-Dewey, Thomas Sandoval, Don Krupp, Jimmie MacLachlan,  Iva June Tanna, Tom McLain,  Jose A. Mendez, Sharon Foster,  Clark L. Taylor,  Elsa McLain, Julie E. Sandoval, Michele Sekulich, Mark Caldwell,  Tambra L. Nida,  Ed Zabel,  Joy A. Yancey,  David A. Sharpsteen,  Julio G. Silva, Paul Sekulich,  Dean Foster,  Ben H. Tarver, Bill Steele,  Pam Toal,  Marcia G. Stickler,  Stan T. Woodwell,  Jose G. Valadez,  Cathy Wolfe,  Allen Pleus,  Susie Caldwell,  Elenor Camenzind, Sheila Vincent,  Renee Gilbert,  Raymond Stauch,  Melissa Rouse,  Linda Redman,  Loreli Thompson,   Rose Schaller,  Glenda Reed,  Joe Camenzind, Gary Gilbert, Helen Stauch,  Julie Powers, Doreen Sinclair, Frank Bennett,  Jim Armstrong,  Tom Vincent,  Karen Daniels,  Margaret Moorman,  Phyllis Edwards, Lois Rapisardi,  Wes Benefiel,  Bev Walter,  Caren M. Smith, Virginia Mattson,  Jodi Scott, Lydia Franzen, Corinne Straume,  Paul A. Mena,  Bruce Reeves,  Rita Tom,  Julia Van Paepeghem,  Lori Miller,  Rebecca Franzen,  Margie Reeves,  Gary Higashi,  Toy J. Kay, Charles Brigham, Marie Vaughn, Linda Lombard, Dave Groves, Martin Oatman,  Susan Herring, Jeff Menger, Thomas Lopp, David W. Allen,  Charles W. Bojarski,  Donna B. James,  Kathleen Lopp, Gary Burris,  Jeff Dickison, Bridget Flory,  Patrick Sutherland, Larry Watkinson, Jason Zeller, Matt Slavin, Joe Nilsson, Les Eldridge,  Mathew Shapiro, Herb Legg,  Linda Medcalf,  Marc Jobson, RossYoung,  Chris Stearns,  Kathy Watkinson,   David Kindle, Judith Walden, Michael Rogers,  Frank Fennerry,  Brian Wilson,  Linda Myhre Enlow, Marvin Saillard, Sarah Coats,  David Cook,  Bonnie Baker-Muench,  Zach Smith, Julius P. Johnston, Jr.,  Ellen Brock,  Patricia Costello, Tom Lancaster, Helen Stewart,  Virginia Penn,  Bob Musser,  Betty J. Gould,  Helen Carlstrom,  Katrina Wynkoop Simmons,  David Waller,  M. Anna Schlecht, Harry B. Stakkestad,  Crowell Beals,  Michael Murphy,  Dan Taylor,  Ruth R. Furman, Jeanette Hawkins, Teri Murphy,  Justus Freimund, Tom Schell, Donna Halfacre, Anne Steen Kelly, Linda Dillman, Robert C. Phillips, Larry Rohr, Tony Sexton, Melissa Allen, John Webster, Nancy Kennedy, Virginia Penn-Thomas, Mary Marti, Kathleen A. Rohr, Elizabeth S. Stark, Robert S. Kirby, Sandra A. Cook, Christine C. Caalim, Jarnon C. Bray, Sherrie J. Gray, Iris Penn Bethena Glenn, Marie Boyakin, Theodore R. Foshaug, Emily Chadwick, Barbara M. Olson, Olliver H. Bray, John J. Gray, Doris Leaf, Frances Woodley, Juanita Wagner, Susan Som, Jerome Furey, Gae Symons, Lena Kay, Ken Glidden, Andrew Crawford, Amanda S. Jackson, Chris Austin, Hillary Boyce, Thomas Treit, Dolores Wilson, Keith R. Cammarano, Wray Symons, Patty A. Smith, Linda Fuller, Linda J. Ojard, Mildred Tounsend, Judith Dahn Roy, Mary Anne Lemons, M. Frances Nietert, Jana Ace, Nancy Sande, Vincent Riccobese, Verle Lemons, Ella Hansen, Elizabeth Noyes, Carl Oergel, Dean Chamberlain, Cherry Evenson, Genie Halls, Lisa Murphy, Tom Sanders, Darlene Cobb, Ronald J. Kallunk, Harley Freeburn, Jennifer Wachner, Vicky Radford, David Myers, Dan Seymour, Bev Martin, Marcia Moreth, Ardith Swartz, Sandi Newman, Edward A. Day, Fran Karboski, Dianna Babbitt, James Beckford, George S. Littleton, Gladys G. Stanton, Pat Johnston, Ricard Schoelkopf,  Elsie Scheel, Patricia Isom, Ruthe M. Salzer,  Ted Hanke,  Rod Daniels,  Robert A. Cron, Ray Chilson, Michael Blencoe, Margaret Baldwin, Ray Stanton, Barry Aronovich, Ken Callaghan, Joan Aronovich, Kathryn  Beehler, Bob Breehler,  Sue Callaghan, Kent Arave, Jon Muellner, James Clinton, Birdie Johnson, Linda Sue Tanner, Karen Anderson, Joseph S. Tanner, Shannon Jay, Troy Kirby, Marsha Holand Bernice Dunn, Maretta Pearson, Elaine Harmon, Carol Bingham, Ann Salzer, William Keyes, Aneka Schmidt, Doris Ross, C.M. Corey, Michael Jay, Clausse K.  Leonat, Glen Bingham, Helen Ray, Clarence Bryd, Roselynn Orr, Wendy Hall, Andy Jones, Dan M. Ray, Cheryl Perkins, Ted Maurer, Peggy  O'Keefe, Mildred Barr, Karl Dehm, Arlene Wagner, Lynne Seaman, Kelly Coyle, Jenny Daniels, Annette Meyer, Karen Fraser, Tim Malone, Laura Shutt, Traci Troutman, Janet Morris, Emmett Selvidge, Esther E. Berg, Dennis R. Kinney, Beverly Diebert, George Fluetsch, Ed Thayor, Gary Fink, Carolyn J. Barber, Bobbi Shaw, Marjorie M. Crabb, Dan Chambers, Betty J. State, Linda J. Anderson, Frank Troutman, James C. Crabb, Robert Nelson, Richard Smart, J.R. Vukich, Richard Mann, Keith Thuline, Michael Taylor, Garry Daurelio,  Larry A. Ayers,  Mike Golphenee, Chuck Gassett,  Ryan M. Long,Raymond F Holmes, Fred Doughty,  George E. Eaton, Rodney S. Gray,  Clay Wesby, Zack Belman,  Douglass Jacobs,  Ed McClanahan, Dan Flahaut,  Duel M. Crabb,  Ed Sorger,  Steve Brooks,  Larry Dickerson, John Suessman,  Dusty Pierpoint,  Aaron Champlin,  Jason Plaja,  Charles Collins,   Robert W. Scott,  Todd A. Natale,  Wendi Stedham,  Jim Mack, Carmen Flahaut,  Rebecca Champlin,  Todd Duff, Joe Eadie, Mark Aichele, Casey Johnson,  Pat Leach,  Rosalie V. Martinelle,  Terence L. Trana,  John D. Zimmaro, Jack Cobble, Vivian Eason,  Stephanie Clark,  Don Potter, Raymond E Armstrong, Diane Oberquell,John Price, Joyce Stockmyer, Carol Coble,  Deborah Ann Carson, Randi Johnson,  Jane Rushford,  Angela Rivera, Jon Ryzek,  Miles Auderer, Ken Wickstrum,  John King,  Stephanie Monger,  Ruth Lindsey,  Marlene Lindberg,  Curtis Jackson,  Dorian McKenny,  Ron Bensley Jr.,  Elizabeth Auderer,  Wanda H. Riley,  Caren Smith, Mary Farrington,  Trina Hendrickson, Ann King, Debra A. Lane,  Randall W. Fox,  Joe Guild,  Albert L. Rink, Shirley delos Reyes,  Matthew Green,  Kenneth Filak,  Joe C. Daniels, Sherrie Heloitt Oatby,  Evelyn Deloney,  Claude Rogers,  Dixie Singer,  Fred Wedam,  Tim Johnson,  Clarice Ann Wright. Sherry Elmore-Maynard, Helen Stewart, Angie Vatne, Clayton Guinn, Eula  Montgomery, R. Grocett, Ronna M. Smith, Robert L. Wright,  Warren Arnold, Tom Hanson,  Mark Brown, Herb Fabion, Joy A. Lynn, Fred Dutra,  Santa M. Miller, Ervin Miller,  David Cook,  Claire Litchman,  Elisa Turner,  Eva A. Heikes, Sue Anne M. Neely, Florence E. Van Aelstyn,  Hillary Moran,  Carolyn M. Howard,  Ann Daley, Ken Gies, Peter Cutler, George Amans, Charles Farrar, Todd Moulton, Fred Warner, Duane McCormies, Adrienne Gies, Brad Watkins, Robert A. Walker, Jill Randall, Jan Amans, Roxanne L. Moulton, Angela Gregg, Brian Ebersole, Vivian Trotland, Audrey Gibbs, Marcia Chappell Storme L. Thompson, Denise Berndson, Jamie Malamphy, Karen Fields, Deborah Brookshire, Stu DeLan!y, Mykhanh Nguyen,  Quynh-Ann Nguyen, Kandee L. Walters, Michael Evans,  Neale Chaney,  Shirley Linton,  Pam Swenson, Tom Vincent, Beverly Walter,  Charles Shelan,  Robert Buchanan,  Tom Best, James Daily, Judith Harmon, John.Whitbeck, Jodie Kavanaugh,  Scott Foreman, Anthonly Canorro, Nicolai Boysen,  Cathryn Schultz, David Roberts,  Laurel Lee Wallerstedt, John D. Berry, Jeni L. Coan, Patricia Cox, Jan Doolin, Judy Foster, Pat Powers,  John F. Hutchings,  Karen Naughton,  Marcia K. Remington,  Shane Foster,  Shannon May,  Carol Gile,  James Remington, Tom Howdeshell,  Veryl  Ann Grace,  Shawn May,  Bob McBride,  Gail Saul,  Mary E. Arnold, William T. Requa,  Nell Seljestad,  Tina McBride,  Judy Arnold, Glenn Dunnam,  Linda L. Olsen,  Ruth Ammons,  David Bateman,  Hon. Frank E. Baker (ret), Stephen Bean, Tom Bjorgen,  Shelley Brandt,  Lisa Brodoff,  Reiko Callner,  Harold Carr, Carol L. Case,   Les Ching, James Connolly, Rick Cordes, Brian C. Coyne, David Cullen,  William E. Cullen,  Spencer Daniels,  George Darkenwald, Gayer  Dominick,  Paul Eagle,  Maria Elliott, Joan Flowerbird, Rodney Franzen,   Hon. Carol A. Fuller (ret),  Jay Fuller,  Leonor Fuller,  Marya C. Fuller,  Catherine Galvin,  Daniel W. Galvin,  Paul Gaughen,  Fred D. Gentry,  William P. Gilbert, John Gray, Robert Grey,  Frank Groundwater, Elie Halpern,  Michael Hanbey, Jack W. Hanemann, Philip Harju, Stephen J. Henderson, John Hoglund, Edward Holm, John "Jack"  Jones,   Millie Dooris Judge,  Dale Kamerrer,  David Klumpp, Mark Litchman,  Michael Lynch,  Robert Lund,  Moira McCarthy,  Lowell McDonald,  Christina Meserve, Martin Meyer,  Paul H. Meyer, Patricia Morgan, Stacie-Dee Motoyama,  Rex Munger,  Ken Nichols,  Martin Oatman,  Argal Oberquell,  Margaret Partlow,  Bernard L. Perez,  Don Phelps,  Jim Powers, Kim R. Putnam,  Robert Quillian,  Robert Raymond, Mike Redman,  Sax Rodgers,  Greg Rosen,  Edward Schaller,  Audrey Schumock, Sheryl L. Simpson, John Sinclair,  Janet Staiger, George Steele,  Steve Straume,  Pat Sutherland, Charles Szurszewski, Gary Tabor ,  Mark Thompson,   Allen Tom,  Brett Trowbridge,  ]on Tunheim,  Ken Valz,  William Vesneski,  Jeffrey Watson, Steven Weinberg,  Kalo Wilcox, Charles Williams, Wayne Williams, John E. Woodring, Ruthe M. Salzer,  Ted Hanke,  Rod Daniels,  Robert Crow,  Ray Chilson, Michael Blencoe,  Margaret Baldwin,   Carol S. Smith,  Brian Summer, Helen Brown,  Royce Burnette,  Terri Holden,  Fern Wright,  Alica Degner,  Connie Baker,    Michelle White,  Joe Thornton,  Marilyn Peterson,  Rod Warren,  Priscilla Oswald,  John Moore, Arla J. Ridley,  Paul Willis,  Wanda Prince,  Ron Martel,  Darrell Talbott, James M. Forrester, Kim Gorder,  James Clinton, John C. Muellner,  Teri Simpson,  Gene Klein,  Sharkey Thomas,  Matthew Cohen,  Stacie Brown, Tiffanie Grimmer,  William D. Brown,  Adrianna Dondero,  Arlene Phillips, Kay Snow,  Jerry Dahlberg,  Jan A. Abel,  Amy Lowe, April Adams,  Shirley Zimmerman,  Debra Weidenmann,  Frank Stewart,  Margie Jewell,  Kim M. Buccarelli,  Tom Robinson,  Emily Overstreet,  Andrea Mozingo,  Carol Comalander, Heather A. Highmiller,     Dale E. Hough,  Sam Hunt,  Mary E. Donnelly, Karin Huntley-Baldwin,  John Jordan,  Cathy Shultz Reyes,

    Below is an e-mail I received from a former Olympia, Washington resident.

    From: ~~~~~~~~@aol.com
    To: Louis Bloom 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.

    From: louis a bloom manaco@whidbey.net
    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
    manaco@whidbey.net