manaco@whidbey.net
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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The Olympian February 20, 1990
Grapeview’s Sayan to resign House
By Bob Partlow Gannett News Service
Four term Rep. Doug Sayan, D-Grapeview, made it official Monday: he is retiring from the Legislature to spend more time with his
family. Sayan, 61, had long considered running for the Senate in the 35th legislative district against fellow
Democrat Sen. Brad Owen, D-Shelton.
But in recent weeks it was rumored he had decided to move out of the Legislature rather than try to move up to the Senate against
Owen.
"I never planned to be a career , elected official" said Sayan. "It's time to get on with my life, and get on with the things that have been on hold for eight years."
Sayan, more liberal than the conservative Democrat Owen, said there is no question Brad is vulnerable and could be beaten."
But he said, "I was a borderline case of burnout" and decided now is the time for him to retire.
Mason County is the heart of the district, but it includes a small part of Thurston County.
Owen said he could have beaten Sayan, but acknowledged it would have been a tough race. In the absence of a tough candidate he will be able to concentrate on legislalive business "instead of watching my back all the time," he said.
Sayan worked as a teacher and principal for 15 years, as a Boeing administrator for four years, then 13 Years as director of the Higher Education Personnel Board before taking early retirement in 1982.
The House seat was open because of redistricting, so he and several other Democrats ran in the heavily Democratic district. Hie won.
He cites among his major accomplishments his efforts to get welfare recipients an 8 percent raise in this year's House budget. The issue still has to be resolved in the final budget negotiations, but Sayan said poverty is now an issue legislators of both parties are willing to tackle.
"I take great satisfaction in knowing the issue of poverty has been pulled out of the closet and put on the table and is a bipartisan issue," he said. "I have to believe it will be an issue into the future."
Sayan, a devout Catholic, helped lead weekly prayer meetings with other legislators during sessions. It was during discussions in those. sessions that a number of Republicans began to listen to his arguments about helping those less fortunate. The Republicans were among the most articulate when the welfare bill passed the House this year, he said.
Sayan hopes to increase his "personal ministry, especially among felons" when he leaves the legislative halls.
Among the other accomplishments he cited were work on the pension systems, the Washington Conservation Corps and Washington Service Corps, helping victims of asbestosis and work on forestry issues.
Sayan said at least four Democrats are considering running for his seat and Republicans say one candidate was considering making the race if Sayan retired.
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.
google is the best search engine, and you can make a detailed search of just this site.
There were many obvious and long-term warnings about the 1970-94 child abusing Olympia Kiwanis Boys Ranch.
Below is an e-mail I received from a former Olympia, Washington resident.
From: ~~~~~~~~@aol.com
From: louis a bloom manaco@whidbey.net
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.
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