Thurston County Washington Kiwanis friends, Citizens of the Year nominees 1968 to 1999.

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 Olympia Washington Kiwanis friend chosen as 1968 Thurston County Citizen of the year was Percy Bean.

The Olympia Washington Kiwanis friend chosen as 1969 Thurston County Citizen of the year was either Hal Wolf or Gene Dolan.

The Olympia Washington Kiwanis friend chosen as 1970 Thurston County Citizen of the year was either Hal Wolf or Gene Dolan.

The Olympia Washington Kiwanis friend chosen as 1971 Thurston County Citizen of the year was Lacey Police Chief Jim Land.

The Olympia Washington Kiwanis friend chosen as 1972 Thurston County Citizen of the year was Rev. Charles Howard Percy.

The 10 Olympia Washington Kiwanis friends nominated as 1973 Thurston County Citizens of the year were Edward S. Anderson, Dr. Rodney A. Brown, Mrs. Gladys Burns, Rex Comstock, James M. Dolliver, George H. Earsley, Johnny Lewis, Mrs. Elsa McLain, Mrs. Arlene L. Pittman, and C. Don Thompson. The citizen of the year award is hosted by the Olympia and North Thurston Kiwanis Clubs. George H. Earsley was proclaimed the 1973 Thurston County Citizen of The Year.

The 10 Olympia Washington Kiwanis friends nominated as 1974 Thurston County Citizens of the year were Robert L. Blume, Anna Hoffmann, Sonia Lawrence, Marguerite McKibbon, Mary Michael, Ron Rowe, John Turner, Phil Wack, Rudy Wagner, and Art Zabel. The citizen of the year award is hosted by the Olympia and North Thurston Kiwanis Clubs. Robert L. Blume was proclaimed the 1974 Thurston County Citizen of The Year. Hal Wolfe was mentioned as a former Citizen winner who won for who worked toward the realization of the OK Boys Ranch, and his service on the Olympia school bond campaign for constructin of a new statium. Other previous winners were mentioned.

The 10 Olympia Washington Kiwanis friends nominated as 1975 Thurston County Citizens of the year were Edward Bagley, Rev. Richard Berkey, Bruce Briggs, James Brown, Karen Fraser, Louise Guenther, Dr. Myron B. Kreidler, Antanas (Tony) Minelga, Dick Nichols, and Ronald Rowe. The citizen of the year award is hosted by the Olympia and North Thurston Kiwanis Clubs. Bruce Briggs was proclaimed the 1975 Thurston County Citizen of The Year.

The 10 Olympia Washington Kiwanis friends nominated as 1976 Thurston County Citizens of the year were -----, -------, ------, ----, ------, Richard Hinkle, -----, ----, -----, and ------. The citizen of the year award is hosted by the Olympia and North Thurston Kiwanis Clubs. Richard Hinkle was proclaimed the 1976 Thurston County Citizen of The Year.

The 10 Olympia Washington Kiwanis friends nominated as 1977 Thurston County Citizens of the year were Ken Balsley, Dorthy Coleman, Arleen W. Crooks, Paul Dziedic, Oddie Kyler, Lucretia Lupher, Lucille Palermo, Ron A. Rants, Robert G. Wark, and George Warren. The citizen of the year award is hosted by the Olympia and North Thurston Kiwanis Clubs. Paul Dziedzic was proclaimed the 1978 Thurston County Citizen of The Year. Also present were Eldon Marshall President of the Oly Kiw, John Turner President of North Thurston Kiw., District Gov. Harris Hunter a member of North Thurston Kiw.

The 10 Olympia Washington Kiwanis friends nominated as 1978 Thurston County Citizens of the year were Jack Anderson, James G. Brown, Virgil Clarkson, Lois Mae Graham, Nancy Hoff, Thelma Jackson, Lyle Long, Richard Q. Nichols, Stephen Lee Robinson, and F. George Warren. The citizen of the year award is hosted by the Olympia and North Thurston Kiwanis Clubs. Richard Q. Nichols was proclaimed the 1978 Thurston County Citizen of The Year.

The 10 Olympia Washington Kiwanis friends nominated as 1979 Thurston County Citizens of the year were Kay Boyd, James M. Dolliver, Karen Fraser, Edward D. Gerrick, Johnny Lewis, Marty Marsh, Richard (Dick) Pust, Gilbert Steiner, Ida Jane Taylor, and George F. Yantis Jr.. The citizen of the year award is hosted by the Olympia and North Thurston Kiwanis Clubs. Ida Jane Taylor was proclaimed the 1979 Thurston County Citizen of The Year.

The 10 Olympia Washington Kiwanis friends nominated as 1980 Thurston County Citizens of the year were Ken Baisley, James Brown, Loren C. Crimmins, Fred P. DeLore, Walter F. Hohl, Toy Kay, John Mangham, Jean (Mrs. Thomas R.) Richards, Robert C. Thurston, and Dale A. Vincent. The citizen of the year award is hosted by the Olympia and North Thurston Kiwanis Clubs. Jim Brown was proclaimed the 1980 Thurston County Citizen of The Year.

The 10 Olympia Washington Kiwanis friends nominated as 1981 Thurston County Citizens of the year were Loren L. Crimmins, Emma Gleason, Bonnie Jacobs, Henry Knudsen, Antanas "Tony" Minelga, Barbara O'Neill, Dr. Jess Spielholz, Dorothy Steiner, Dale Vincent, and Arthur Zabel. The citizen of the year award is hosted by the Olympia and North Thurston Kiwanis Clubs. Dr. Jess Spielholz was proclaimed the 1981 Thurston County Citizen of The Year.

The 10 Olympia Washington Kiwanis friends nominated as 1982 Thurston County Citizens of the year were Joseph Paul Beaulieu, Patrick W. Bucknell, Loren Crimmins, Rex Derr, Robert Fowler, Frank R. Hamilton, Dr. Charles A. Keck, Jacqueline Moore, Robert B. Olson, and Richard (Dick) Williams. The citizen of the year award is hosted by the Olympia and North Thurston Kiwanis Clubs. Loren Crimmins was proclaimed the 1982 Thurston County Citizen of The Year.

The 10 Olympia Washington Kiwanis friends nominated as 1983 Thurston County Citizens of the year were Kay Boyd, Olive Gandesbery, Rose Gittings, Emma Frances Gleason, G. Eldon Marshall, William Newcomer, Diane Oberquell, Earlyse Swift, Judy Tennant, and John H. Turner. The citizen of the year award is hosted by the Olympia and North Thurston Kiwanis Clubs. Rose Gittings was proclaimed the 1983 Thurston County Citizen of The Year.

The 10 Olympia Washington Kiwanis friends nominated as 1984 Thurston County Citizens of the year were Roger Berryman, Lynn Brunton, Andy Chojnacki, Perry Dodson, Jan Henry, Carolyn Howard, Louise E. Longmire, Jack Rabourn, Sam Reed, and C. E. "Cal" Sheldon. The citizen of the year award is hosted by the Olympia and North Thurston Kiwanis Clubs. Lynn Brunton was proclaimed the 1984 Thurston County Citizen of The Year.

The 10 Olympia Washington Kiwanis friends nominated as 1985 Thurston County Citizens of the year were Ken Balsley, Kay Boyd, Joe Gates, Emma F. Gleason, Judy Henderson, James H. Jenner, Antanas "Tony" Minelga, Jack Rabourn, Ralph Victor, and Lewis Yarbrough. The citizen of the year award is hosted by the Olympia and North Thurston Kiwanis Clubs. Jack Rabourn was proclaimed the 1985 Thurston County Citizen of The Year.

The 10 Olympia Washington Kiwanis friends nominated as 1986 Thurston County Citizens of the year were Eva Aamodt, Sister Georgette Bayless, Pamela I. Blakely, Kay Boyd, Cecelia Mae Jenkins , Lt. Kenneth C. (K.C.) Jones, Denise Keegan, Glenn E. Miller, Lewis Yarbrough, and Art Zabel. The citizen of the year award is hosted by the Olympia and North Thurston Kiwanis Clubs. Kay Boyd was proclaimed the 1986 Thurston County Citizen of The Year.

The 10 Olympia Washington Kiwanis friends nominated as 1987 Thurston County Citizens of the year were Bob Bigelow, David M. Combs, Andrea M. Damitio, Les Eldridge, Shirley Hermann, Thelma A. Jackson, Glenn E. Miller, Dorothy O'Loughlin, Wilma I. Pincham, and Bill Souers. The citizen of the year award is hosted by the Olympia and North Thurston Kiwanis Clubs. Shirley Hermann was proclaimed the 1987 Thurston County Citizen of The Year.

The 10 Olympia Washington Kiwanis friends nominated as 1988 Thurston County Citizens of the year were Ivar Anderson, Bob Bigelow, Marge Bryant, Mary M. Farrington, Nancy Hoff, Leslie W. Metzger, Ward Tappero, Howard A. Verme, Neil E Woody, and Lew Yarbrough. The citizen of the year award is hosted by the Olympia and North Thurston Kiwanis Clubs. Lew Yarbrough was proclaimed the 1988 Thurston County Citizen of The Year.

The 10 Olympia Washington Kiwanis friends nominated as 1989 Thurston County Citizens of the year were Kenneth R. Ahlf, Eleanor Brand, Patrick Edwards, Ernie Estes, Gord Evans, Mary Farrington, Dale O. Johnson, Kenneth C. "K.C." Jones, Leslie Metzger, and Ron Rants. The citizen of the year award is hosted by the Olympia and North Thurston Kiwanis Clubs. Leslie Metzger was proclaimed the 1989 Thurston County Citizen of The Year.

The 10 Olympia Washington Kiwanis friends nominated as 1990 Thurston County Citizens of the year were Larry Dickerson, Mary Farrington, Walter F. Hohl, Antanas "Tony" Minela, Paul W. Moody, Juanita Morris, Ron Rants, James C. Scott, Hugh Michael Vandiver, and Judy Wilson. The citizen of the year award is hosted by the Olympia and North Thurston Kiwanis Clubs. Judy Wilson was proclaimed the 1990 Thurston County Citizen of The Year.

The 10 Olympia Washington Kiwanis friends nominated as 1991 Thurston County Citizens of the year were Walter Bryant, John Clees, Larry M. Dickerson, Judy Henderson, Walter F. Hohl, David J. Paget, Jan Putnam, George Walter, Ronald D. Walters, and Neil Woody. The citizen of the year award is hosted by the Olympia and North Thurston Kiwanis Clubs. Neil Woody was proclaimed the 1991 Thurston County Citizen of The Year.

The 10 Olympia Washington Kiwanis friends nominated as 1992 Thurston County Citizens of the year were Jerry Buzzard, John Clees, David Devoe, Anthony & Joesephine Leonard, Edith Sharp, John Swanson, Phillip Vandeman, Edward Wack, Ronald Walters, and Ruth Weigett. The citizen of the year award is hosted by the Olympia and North Thurston Kiwanis Clubs. John A. Clees was proclaimed the 1992 Thurston County Citizen of The Year.

The 10 Olympia Washington Kiwanis friends nominated as 1993 Thurston County Citizens of the year were Linda I. Clark, Larry Dickerson, Norm Falcone, Barbara O'Neill, Kevin O'Sullivan, Jeff Peltier, Steve Porter, Dick Pust, Cherie Tessier, and Ruth Weigelt. The citizen of the year award is hosted by the Olympia and North Thurston Kiwanis Clubs. Kevin O'Sullivan was proclaimed the 1993 Thurston County Citizen of The Year.

The 10 Olympia Washington Kiwanis friends nominated as 1994 Thurston County Citizens of the year were Mary Ann Bigelow, Gerald Glenn Dunnam, Ed Kenealy, Wendy Holdon, Jerry Johnson, Madelin Kolb, Stephen Langer, Kathy Neff, Evalyn Poff, and Bob Van Schoorl. The citizen of the year award is hosted by the Olympia and North Thurston Kiwanis Clubs. Wendy Holdon was proclaimed the 1994 Thurston County Citizen of The Year.

The 10 Olympia Washington Kiwanis friends nominated as 1995 Thurston County Citizens of the year were Gene Borges, Mark Furman, Helen Hannigan, Norma Hissong, Stanley Phillips, Marjorie Price, Donald Sattelberg, Edward Stanley, Cathy Williams, and Mike Williams. The citizen of the year award is hosted by the Olympia and North Thurston Kiwanis Clubs. Mark Furman was proclaimed the 1995 Thurston County Citizen of The Year.

The 10 Olympia Washington Kiwanis friends nominated as 1996 Thurston County Citizens of the year were Thomas Boyer, Judy Coberly, Francis Corbin, Kim Galaktianoff, Brian Gorman, Ray Hansen, Walter Hohl, Paul Moody, Donald Sattelberg, and John Walsh. The citizen of the year award is hosted by the Olympia and North Thurston Kiwanis Clubs. Don Sattelberg was proclaimed the 1996 Thurston County Citizen of The Year.

The 10 Olympia Washington Kiwanis friends nominated as 1997 Thurston County Citizens of the year were Rev. Bruce Armstrong, Betty Beeman, Robert Blair, Don Buchanan, Tom A. Hanson, Cecelia Jenkins, Clarice Kish, Paul Moody, Michael Peters, and Vicky Sander. The citizen of the year award is hosted by the Olympia and North Thurston Kiwanis Clubs. Tom A. Hanson was proclaimed the 1997 Thurston County Citizen of The Year.

The 10 Olympia Washington Kiwanis friends nominated as 1998 Thurston County Citizens of the year were Donna Ewing, Eugene Forrester, Edward Kenealy, Allen Miller, Viobelle Miller, Steve Shaffer, Vickie Jo Scott, Diane Smith, Roger Stone, and Robert (Bob) Wolf. The citizen of the year award is hosted by the Olympia and North Thurston Kiwanis Clubs. Allen Miller was proclaimed the 1998 Thurston County Citizen of The Year.

The 10 Olympia Washington Kiwanis friends nominated as 1999 Thurston County Citizens of the year were Rex Derr, Kathy Baros Friedt, Madeline "Maddie" Fulton, Jeff Kingsbury, Carol Mize, Richard "Dick" Rust, Eli Sterling, Melanie Sue Stewart, Philip Swenson, and Shirley Winkelman. The citizen of the year award is hosted by the Olympia and North Thurston Kiwanis Clubs. Rex Derr was proclaimed the 1999 Thurston County Citizen of The Year.

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?
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