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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JURIST WITH A PASSION / EGGLESTON TRIAL'... 02-27-97
News Tribune Published: 02-27-97
Judge Thomas McPhee, who is presiding over the Eggleston murder trial, draws high marks from attorneys for his solid courtroom performance and academic opinions.
JURIST WITH A PASSION / EGGLESTON TRIAL'S MCPHEE THRIVES ON WORK, BOTH IN THE COURTROOM AND OFF THE BENCH
Byline: Bruce Rushton; The News Tribune
Judge Thomas McPhee means it when he says court starts at 9 a.m. After six years on the bench, the Thurston County Superior Court judge has earned a reputation as one of the hardest-working jurists in the region. His current assignment has brought him to Tacoma to preside over the murder trial of Brian Eggleston. The Tacoma bartender is accused of murdering Pierce County deputy John Bananola during a 1995 raid at Eggleston's home. McPhee starts court promptly and works right up to noon, sometimes even past the lunch hour. He's worn out attorneys for both sides in the Eggleston trial. "I'm usually able to work harder than anyone in the courtroom, but I bow to you, your honor," deputy prosecutor Lilah Amos recently told McPhee in asking for more time to prepare her case. The judge says his work ethic comes from his parents and a childhood spent working on the family's apple and cherry orchard in Naches. "I've never been a person who had a lot of leisure time," McPhee said. "I started working on the farm full time during vacations when I was 12 years< old. When we didn't work on the farm, we played hard." Baseball is a lifelong passion. Mickey Mantle was a hero. McPhee played first base in high school and hit around .280, rarely for extra bases. "I was a terrific fielder - good eye-hand coordination," said the 53-year-old judge, who finally quit slowpitch five years ago. Despite his love for the game, McPhee said objectivity wasn't a problem when he ruled in favor of the Seattle Mariners and state government. Contrary to claims by stadium opponents, McPhee ruled public money could be spent on the stadium. McPhee's love for law held sway. And the state Supreme Court ruled he was right. "This was not an issue of baseball at all," McPhee said. "It was an issue of whether the government proceeded appropriately."
Signs of a daredevil: A judge can't always be a judge. Outside the courtroom, McPhee is somewhat of a daredevil. An admitted adrenaline fan, McPhee likes skiing and mountain biking. He favors backcountry trails where few others venture. "I like to rely on myself," he explained. But he always takes a cellular phone. "I'm not nuts," he said. McPhee's bicycle, a 4-year-old Performance brand with Rock Shox and sensible steel frame, matches his legal style: sturdy, not exotic. His son, Kevin, a Forest Service firefighter with the elite Hot Shots, also is an accomplished rider. His daughter, Mona, a senior at Bryn Mawr College, is interested in a legal career. His wife, Margaret, sits on the Olympia City Council. McPhee also is interested in computers. He majored in political science at Washington State University but also likes the precision of numbers and equations. "I'm a math-science guy," he said.
He's also studying French in anticipation of a planned bicycle tour of France next fall.
But for the next month or so, McPhee will be immersed in the Eggleston case. "He'll run a pretty good show," Olympia attorney Stephen Bean predicted.
An inauspicious beginning; After earning his law degree at the University of Oregon, McPhee began his legal career in 1970 with the state attorney general's office. It was not a textbook start. McPhee expected to be drafted into the military, so he didn't plan to look< for a job after taking the bar exam in Seattle.
"My intention was to go home and work the harvest and then take a sabbatical," McPhee said. Then his sister called and said the Army had sent word he was medically unfit because of a cyst on his knee. After a night celebrating with friends, he went to the attorney general's office to pick up a job application. He wore a T-shirt, shorts and sandals.
No matter. He was hired on the spot and assigned to the Department of Highways. He quickly fell in love with trial work.
"I discovered it was like every sporting event I'd dreamed about," McPhee said. "You had to prepare, you had to perform, and there was a winner and a loser at the end."
By 1973, McPhee was in private practice, having taken over the caseload of Judge Gerry Alexander when Alexander was appointed to the Thurston County bench. Now a state Supreme Court justice, Alexander said McPhee made a quick impression on his new clients. "A lot of them came up to me and told me what a great job he was doing," Alexander said. Attorneys familiar with McPhee say he was known for civil rather than criminal work. McPhee is quick to point out he also worked under contract as a Thurston County public defender and occasionally prosecuted cases in Mason County.
Then-Gov. Booth Gardner appointed McPhee to the bench in 1990. He won an election to keep his seat a few months later and has been there ever since. No matter his experience as a lawyer, attorneys give Judge McPhee high marks for his work on the bench. They don't find much room for criticism, even when given the chance to speak off the record. With one minor exception, none of the eight Thurston County attorneys interviewed for this story accepted offers of anonymity. "He is one of our better judges in Thurston County, and he is in the top three by anyone's standards," said one lawyer, who requested his name not be attached to the statement for fear of offending other judges. Perhaps more than other judges, McPhee rarely strays from sentencing ranges established by state law, attorney John Sinclair said.
"I think that McPhee is very concerned about how the press perceives him," Sinclair said. "He's very concerned with how the court is perceived, whether it's efficient, whether he's within the (sentencing) guidelines." Sinclair said he believes McPhee's concern for appearances might have caused him to allow more testimony than he should have from Evergreen State College students who sued a client who was logging near campus.
The case was high-profile. Students picketed and chained themselves to trees. But Sinclair ultimately won. When it comes to fairness, Sinclair said, McPhee takes extra steps. He recalled a case where Thurston County sued a client for running a log-sorting yard in Rochester without a permit. "To make sure he was being fair to everybody, he actually went out to the site," Sinclair said. Sinclair lost that case.
No imperious rule; In the courtroom, McPhee is business-like but not above sharing a laugh with attorneys. His eyes twinkle with curiosity as he questions attorneys about legal theories, with warmth as he addresses jurors. During the Eggleston trial, he occasionally has addressed spectators from the bench during recesses. "Some judges forget they weren't born with those robes on," attorney Bean said. "I don't think he has that attitude." Attorney Michael Hanbey, who estimates he's appeared before the judge more than 100 times, said McPhee respects the rights of others to disagree with him or the law. Hanbey cited a plea-bargained case in which his client admitted growing marijuana. At sentencing, McPhee asked the man whether he had anything to say. He did, and that's when defense attorneys get nervous. You never know > when a client will offend the judge and ruin the deal.
In this case, the grower started out talking about Thomas Jefferson and "hemp." He talked about personal rights and said he believed he had every right to grow marijuana. Hanbey sweated. He didn't have to worry. "McPhee - as opposed to some other judges I can think of - listened very thoughtfully to what my client said," Hanbey said. "He didn't belittle him. He said he had a right to hold a different opinion. As I remember it, he complimented him on his exposition on the matter."
But the man still got punished. The law, after all, is the law. And those familiar with McPhee say the judge's first loyalty is to the law.
Justice Alexander said McPhee has an academic bent that shows in his written opinions. McPhee said he issues more written opinions than most judges. That can slow proceedings, he said, but it helps ensure thoroughness. "I don't feel I'm doing a good job unless I've not left any stone unturned or issue unconsidered," McPhee said.
Attorney Alexander Mackie said there are two kinds of legal minds. One is the grand thinkers, who wax eloquent and let you know exactly where they're headed. The other is "brick wallers," who work like methodical masons. "You're thinking, 'What's taking this guy so long?'" Mackie said. "Then you realize he's built four walls and a ceiling around you, and you can't get out. "That's Tom. He builds it one brick at a time. When he gets done - solid."

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 people were involved with an "active collaboration with evil". The OKBR staff was apparently actively involved in long-term molestation and sadistic abuse of these kids. The Kiwanians and their friends could/should have stopped the abuse.

Some people have complained that this is "guilt by association". Yes it is. If you are a member or friend of the Nazi, Klan, or the Olympia Kiwanis , I believe that "guilt by association" is deserved. Here's some questions for Kiwanians or their friends.

These judges, lawyers, politicians, ect..., who caused, ignored and covered up the OKBR, are still in charge of Thurston County government, the Kiwanis, DSHS, and much of Wa state government and they are not remorseful. They blame the kids or the "system", not themselves. Anyone I've listed who sends an e-mail, saying that "because of the OKBR, I am not a friend of the Olympia Kiwanis ", I will display it prominently HERE. I expect very few e-mails.

I'm running in the Sept 19, 2000 primary for Wash St Treasurer as a democrat, against incumbent democratic treasurer Mike Murphy who was an Olympia Kiwanian. Here's my proposed voters guide statement. Current Olympia Kiwanian Sam Reed is running for Secretary of State. How did Mike Murphy, Sam Reed and their friends, miss all the warning signs about the Olympia Kiwanis Boys Ranch?

OKBR people statements to the Wa. St. Patrol(informative, professional, evasive, amusing)
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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

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