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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Questions for Olympia Kiwanis members.

  • Did you ever go to the boys ranch?
  • Did you vote for any boys ranch board members?
  • Did you consider resigning from the club after you heard about the OKBR troubles?
  • Did you go to the ranch after Tom van Woerdan was fired?
  • Would you sign a petition to have former OKBR board member and current Thurston County District Court Judge Susan Dubuisson, removed from office?
  • Did you talk to OKBR board members about about the ranch??

    Questions for Olympia Kiwanis Politicians.

  • Will you allow an OKBR board member to sign your supporters list?
  • Do you think that Olympia police, Thurston County detention officials, state regulators, ect... who heard about the abuses at the OKBR, should have done something to stop those abuses?

    Questions for Olympia Kiwanis Attorneys & Judges.

  • Do you think current Thurston County Judge and former Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Gary Tabor should have charged the the OKBR officials with any crime?
  • Do you think it's OK for judges, lawyers, politicians, and state regulators to continue to be members of the Olympia Kiwanis ?

    Questions for Olympia Kiwanis Boys Ranch Board members, and OK Homes for Youth Members.

  • Did you talk to fellow Kiwanis members about about the OKBR?
  • An attorney for some of the abused kids thinks that kids were "farmed out" in a trade for land, did that happen?

    Questions for Olympia Kiwanis friends.

  • Would you accept a Thurston County citizen of the year award from the Thurston County Kiwanis?

    Questions for Olympia Kiwanis Boys Ranch state regulators and employees.

  • Do you think any OKBR regulators should have been fired for their lack of oversight?

    The Olympia Washington Kiwanis members and their friends have cost the Washington State taxpayers over $35 million dollars (so far), because of their allowing child abuse at the Olympia Kiwanis Boys Ranch.

    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)
    Here's a long summary of the Wa.St.Patrol O.K.B.R report
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    Olympia Kiwanis Attorneys & Judges and/or Politicians.
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    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