Below are the election results from the Sept 15 1998 & November 9 1998 Olympian
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                     
FINAL OFFICIAL CUMULATIVE REPORT                                                                                      PAGE  01       
10-50 AM                                      THURSTON COUNTY,WASHINGTON                                                             
                                          SEPTEMBER 15, 1998 PRIMARY ELECTION                                                        
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                             COUNT   PERCENT                                                   COUNT   PERCENT       
PRECINCTS COUNTED   TOTAL                      381    100.00                                                                         
                                                                  BALLOTS CAST - AB LEG 22                    25,164                 
PRECINCTS COUNTED - REGULAR                    115    100.00                                                                         
                                                                  BALLOTS CAST - AB LEG 35                     4,455                 
PRECINCTS COUNTED - ABSENTEE                   242    100.00                                                                         
                                                                  MEDIC ONE LEVY                                                     
PRECINCTS COUNTED - VOTE-BY-MAIL                24    100.00         YES                                      36,864     76.01       
                                                                     NO                                       11,638     23.99       
PRECINCTS COUNTED - CONG 3                      98    100.00                                                                         
                                                                  U.S. SENATOR                                                       
PRECINCTS COUNTED - CONG 9                      41    100.00         PATTY MURRAY - DEM.                      23,065     47.52       
                                                                     LINDA SMITH - REP.                       14,629     30.14       
PRECINCTS COUNTED - LEG 20                      40    100.00         CHRIS BAYLEY - REP.                       7,652     15.76       
                                                                     WARREN E. HANSON - REP.                     948      1.95       
PRECINCTS COUNTED - LEG 22                      87    100.00         THOR AMUNDSON - DEM.                        681      1.40       
                                                                     JOHN MARSHALL - REP.                        393       .81       
PRECINCTS COUNTED - LEG 35                      12    100.00         MIKE THE MOVER - RFM.                       320       .66       
                                                                     NAN BAILEY - S.W.                           224       .46       
PRECINCTS COUNTED - AB CONG 3                  162    100.00         JAMES SHERWOOD STOKES - DEM.                190       .39       
                                                                     STEVE THOMPSON - RFM.                       127       .26       
PRECINCTS COUNTED - AB CONG 9                   80    100.00         CHARLIE R. JACKSON - RFM.                   124       .26       
                                                                     ROBERT TILDEN MEDLEY - DEM.                  97       .20       
PRECINCTS COUNTED - AB LEG 20                   69    100.00         HARVEY VERNIER - DEM.                        90       .19       
                                                                                                                                     
PRECINCTS COUNTED - AB LEG 22                  149    100.00      U.S. REPRESENTATIVE 3 DIST.                                        
                                                                     BRIAN BAIRD - DEM.                       17,940     59.34       
PRECINCTS COUNTED - AB LEG 35                   24    100.00         DON BENTON - REP.                         5,121     16.94       
                                                                     PAT FISKE - REP.                          3,348     11.07       
REGISTERED VOTERS                          118,235                   RICK JACKSON - REP.                       2,426      8.02       
                                                                     PAUL PHILLIPS - REP.                      1,398      4.62       
BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL                        51,514     43.57                                                                         
                                                                  U.S. REPRESENTATIVE 9 DIST.                                        
BALLOTS CAST - REGULAR                       9,422                   ADAM SMITH - DEM.                         8,093     54.33       
                                                                     RON TABER - REP.                          4,044     27.15       
BALLOTS CAST - ABSENTEE                     41,149                   RANDY BELL - REP,                         1,479      9.93       
                                                                     KEITH PETERSON - REP.                     1,281      8.60       
BALLOTS CAST - CONG 3                        7,372                                                                                   
                                                                  LEG. DIST. 20 POSITION 1                                           
BALLOTS CAST - CONG 9                        2,993                   RICHARD DEBOLT - REP.                     6,784     56.29       
                                                                     TOM BEATTIE - DEM.                        5,267     43.71       
BALLOTS CAST - LEG 20                        2,706                                                                                   
                                                                  LEG. DIST. 20 POSITION 2                                           
BALLOTS CAST - LEG 22                        6,613                   GARY ALEXANDER - REP.                     7,441     60.96       
                                                                     ROBERT STRONG - DEM.                      4,765     39.04       
BALLOTS CAST - LEG 35                        1,046                                                                                   
                                                                  LEG. DIST. 22 POSITION 1                                           
BALLOTS CAST - VOTE-BY-MAIL                    943                   SANDRA ROMERO - DEM.                     17,812     61.89       
                                                                     JOHN HEINLEY - REP.                      10,351     35.97       
BALLOTS CAST - AB CONG 3                    27,494                   PROPHET ATLANTIS - RFM.                     616      2.14       
                                                                                                                                     
BALLOTS CAST - AB CONG 9                    13,655                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                     
BALLOTS CAST - AB LEG 20                    11,530                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
FINAL OFFICIAL CUMULATIVE REPORT                                                                                      PAGE  02       
10-50 AM                                      THURSTON COUNTY,WASHINGTON                                                             
                                          SEPTEMBER 15, 1998 PRIMARY ELECTION                                                        
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                             COUNT   PERCENT                                                   COUNT   PERCENT       
LEG. DIST. 22 POSITION 2                                          SUPREME COURT JUSTICE POS. 1                                       
   CATHY WOLFE - DEM.                       15,905     57.73         FAITH IRELAND - N.P.                      9,547     29.54       
   BOB WRIGHT - REP.                         9,200     33.39         JAMES PATRICK "JIM" FOLEY - N.P.          6,798     21.03       
   F.G. "FRED" JENSEN - DEM.                 2,446      8.88         KRIS SUNDBERG - N.P.                      5,308     16.42       
                                                                     HUGH SPITZER - N.P.                       5,022     15.54       
LEG. DIST. 35 SENATOR                                                DOUGLAS J. SMITH - N.P.                   2,878      8.90       
   TIM SHELDON - DEM.                        3,613    100.00         ERIC NIELSEN - N.P.                       1,873      5.80       
                                                                     GLEN PRIOR - N.P.                           893      2.76       
LEG. DIST. 35 REP. POSITION 1                                                                                                        
   PEGGY JOHNSON - REP.                      2,500     52.09      SUPREME COURT JUSTICE POS. 5                                       
   KATHY HAIGH - DEM.                        2,299     47.91         BARBARA MADSEN - N.P.                    15,076     46.69       
                                                                     JIM BATES - N.P.                          9,613     29.77       
LEG. DIST. 35 REP. POSITION 2                                        LINDA CALLAHAN MCCASLIN - N.P.            7,598     23.53       
   FRED FINN - DEM.                          1,741     38.72                                                                         
   DICK TAYLOR - REP.                        1,630     36.25      SUPREME COURT JUSTICE POS. 6                                       
   WILLIAM "IKE" EICKMEYER - DEM.            1,125     25.02         RICHARD B. SANDERS - N.P.                20,487     61.31       
                                                                     GREG CANOVA - N.P.                       12,926     38.69       
THURSTON COUNTY ASSESSOR                                                                                                             
   PATRICIA COSTELLO - DEM.                 24,041     52.72      CITY OF TUMWATER BONDS                                             
   BOB VAN SCHOORL - REP.                   21,564     47.28         YES                                       1,781     61.84       
                                                                     NO                                        1,099     38.16       
THURSTON COUNTY AUDITOR                                                                                                              
   SAM REED - REP.                          31,562     68.18      FIRE DIST 9 LEVY LID INCREASE                                      
   KEITH CLARK - DEM.                       14,728     31.82         YES                                       1,031     49.66       
                                                                     NO                                        1,045     50.34       
THURSTON COUNTY CLERK                                                                                                                
   BETTY J. GOULD - DEM.                    22,114     49.46                                                                         
   PATRICK MCDONALD - REP.                  15,089     33.75                                                                         
   CLAIRE KRUEGER - DEM.                     7,510     16.80                                                                         
                                                                                                                                     
THURSTON COUNTY COMMISSIONER DIST. 3                                                                                                 
   KEVIN J. O"SULLIVAN - DEM.                7,182     41.69                                                                         
   JEFF DICKISON - DEM.                      5,202     30.20                                                                         
   BOB JONES - REP.                          2,836     16.46                                                                         
   JIM RAHI - REP.                           2,008     11.66                                                                         
                                                                                                                                     
THURSTON COUNTY CORONER                                                                                                              
   JUDY ARNOLD - DEM.                       31,011     66.69                                                                         
   RAE ANN SIMPSON - REP.                   12,256     26.36                                                                         
   J.R. "BOB" MCDOWELL - RFM.                3,230      6.95                                                                         
                                                                                                                                     
THURSTON COUNTY PROS. ATTORNEY                                                                                                       
   ED HOLM - DEM.                           16,813     35.76                                                                         
   JOANNA "REIKO" CALLNER - DEM.            15,913     33.84                                                                         
   BERNARDEAN BROADOUS - REP.               14,292     30.40                                                                         
                                                                                                                                     
THURSTON COUNTY SHERIFF                                                                                                              
   GARY EDWARDS - REP.                      32,182     69.73                                                                         
   THOR GIANESINI - DEM.                    13,967     30.27                                                                         
                                                                                                                                     
THURSTON COUNTY TREASURER                                                                                                            
   ROBIN HUNT - DEM.                        32,722    100.00                                                                         
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
   

The links to the below election year results also list Olympia Kiwanis member politicians or their good friends, that ran for office that year.
1968 election results--Hewitt A. Henry, George F. Yantis Jr., Hal Wolf
1969 election results--Richard A. Nichols, Yantis
1970 election results--Jerry Buzzard, Sam Reed
1971 election results--Ed Davis?, Lucille Carlson
1972 election results--George M. Eisentrout, Yantis, Hal Wolf, Henry
1973 election results--Bob Bigelow, Nichols, Gerry Alexander, Karen Fraser
1974 election results--Harris Hunter, Patrick Sutherland, Diane Oberquell, Fraser
1975 election results--Lucille M. Carlson
1976 election results--Brad Owens, Yantis, Owl Party, Gerry Alexander, Henry
1977 election results--Lyle Watson, Ron Rants, Karen Fraser, Cortland Skinner, Donald L. Law, Yantis, Bigelow
1978 election results--Timothy R. Malone, Jon W. Halvorson, Don Miles, Ken Mitchell, Sam Reed, Sutherland, Owen, Hunter, Fiona Buzzard, Daniel Berschauer, Edward Kenealy
1979 election results--Patrick M. Libbey
1980 election results--Ken Eikenberry, Reed, Henry, Gerry Alexander, Fraser, Owen, Hunter
1981 election results--Bigelow, Barbara Roder, Kay Boyd?, Watson, David Skramstad, Rants, Watson
1982 election results--Jennifer Belcher, Doug Sayan, Sutherland, Hunter, Maurice Harmon, Richard Strophy, Holly Gadbaw, Berschauer, Rex Derr, Judy Wilson, Vernon Pearson, Skamstad, Owen, Les Eldridge
1983 election results--Dick Merchant
1984 election results--Paul Ingram, Fraser, Strophy, Eikenberry, Gerry Alexander, John E. Eager?, Clifford "Kip" Stilz, Paula Casey, Belcher, Berschauer, Sayan
1985 election results--Cora Pinson, Derr, Patrick McDonald, Steven Skramstad
1986 election results--McDonald, Watson, Gary Edwards, Lou Anne Houck, Roberta Giovannini, Jeff Lane, Reed, Bob Van Schoorl, Harmon, Hunter, Belcher, Sayan, Pinson, Owen, Wilson, Les Eldridge
1987 election results--Michael Murphy, Pinson, Sandra Romero
1988 election results--Eikenberry, Reed, Sam Hunt?, Oberquell, Sayan, Murphy?
1989 election results--Derr, Gadbaw, Romero, Lewis Yarbrough, Roder, Cathy Wolfe, Lou Anne Houck
1990 election results--Owens, Budd Kerr, Belcher, Sutherland, Reed, Betty Gould, Edwards, Fraser, Les Eldridge, Thomas McPhee, Richard Hicks, Keith Callow (comical)
1991 election results--Skramstad, Pinson
1992 election results--Nick Handy, Murphy, Belcher, Christine Gregoire, Wilson, Christine Pomeroy, Nichols, Reed, Lane, Hicks, A. Oberquell, Eikenberry, Paula Casey, Kerr, Romero, Catherine Wolfe, Houck, Fraser, Eugene Forrester, Victoria Meadows, George Darkenwald
1993 election results-- Gadbaw, Roder, Gary Alexander, Pinson, Jane Field, Mark Johnson, Margaret McPhee
1994 election results-- Kevin O'Sullivan, Reed, Gould, Bernadean Broadous, John Bumford, Edwards, Nichols, Murphy, Susan Dubuisson, Stiltz, Romero, C. Wolfe, Gerry Alexander, Victoria Meadows, Owens
1995 election results-- Van Schoorl, Jon Halvorson, Sam Hunt, Judy Bainto, Ed Holm
1996 election results-- Wilson, Diane Oberquell, Casey, Gary Tabor, Thomas Bjorgen, Richard DeBolt, Gary Alexander, Murphy, Fraser, Bainto, Romero, Gregoire, Belcher, Owen, C. Wolfe
1997 election results--Fiona Buzzard, Margaret McPhee, Virgil Clarkson, Teresa Jordan, Roder, Gadbaw
1998 election results--C. Wolfe, Van Schoorl, Reed, Gould, McDonald, O'Sullivan, Holm, Reiko Callner, Edwards, DeBolt, Gary Alexander, Romero, Greg Canova
1999 election results

There were many obvious and long-term warnings about the 1970-94 child abusing Olympia Kiwanis Boys Ranch.

  • 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