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 Kiwanis Vocational Home or Coffee Creek Center in Centralia, Washington, was sponsered by a Kiwanis Club in Centralia or Chehalis, and was run as poorly as the Olympia Kiwanis Boys Ranch.

Former Kiwanis member Gary Bloomfield gave a statement to the Wash. St. Patrol on December 11, 1995. He said that in 1986 Olympia Police Chief Wurner came to an Olympia Kiwanis directors meeting and told the Kiwanis about the troubles at the OKBR. Chief Wurner was ignored.

Below is a chronological overview of the Department of Social and Health Services' (DSHS) involvement with the Olympia Kiwanis Boys Ranch (OKBR). Most of these incidents should have been "red flags" for DSHS and the Olympia Kiwanis . The incidents listed were reduced from more than 450 reports, memos, letters, and statements.

1977 6/01/77 AUDIT OF THE OKBR CONTRACT 7/15/75 TO 6/30/75 IDENTIFIED OVERPAYMENT OF $10,081.

1979 3/1/79 AUDIT FOR THE OKHR SHOWS THE NEED FOR QUALIFIED SOCIAL SERVICE PERSON AND OVERPAYMENT IN 1978 OF $1,594.

1979 11/28/79 JOHN DOE #4, A 16 YEAR OLD BOY, WAS PLACED IN A LICENSED FOSTER HOME BY THE OKBR. HE ASSUALTED A FIVE YEAR OLD GIRL AT THE BUS STOP AND FEFT HER THERE NEAR DEATH. THIS INCIDENT OUTRAGED THE COMMUNITY AND RESULTED IN CIVIL PAYMENT OF $11,000 BY DSHS.

1980 1/28/80 SUSTAINED ALLEGATION, OKBR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR QUEENER LOST COMPOSURE AND STRUCK A RESIDENT SEVERAL TIMES.

1980 9/5/80 JAMES EDGBERT AND ROY HANNING DEEDED OVER PROPERTY IN MASON COUNTY TO OLYMPIA HOMES FOR YOUTH (OKBR). THIS IS THE SAME COUPLE JOHN DOE 4 WAS LIVING WITH WHEN HE ASSAULTED THE FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL.

1980 10/10/80 CHILDREN WERE BEING PLACED WITH ELGBERT AND HANNING FOR WEEKEND VISITS. AFTER ONE WEEKEND, A BOY REPORTS SEXUAL CONTACT BY HANNING, RESULTING IN A CONVICTION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.

1981 7/7/81 Audit OF THE OKBR INDICATES SEVERAL OF THE DEFICIENCIES NOTED IN THE 1979 AUDIT REMAINED UNCORRECTED. THERE WERE NO WRITTEN TREATMENT PLANS FOR BOYS IN FOSTER HOMES. THE SOCIAL SERVICE WORKER AT THE OKBR DID NOT MEET EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS. NO DOCUMENTATION OF VISITS BY THE OKBR STAFF TO CHILDREN IN FOSTER HOMES.

1982 5/27/82 TWO BOYS WERE REMOVED FROM THE OKBR BY A CASEWORKER FOR THEIR SAFETY. THE BOYS HAD BEEN FORCED TO JOG IN FRONT OF A CAR AND ONE WAS TAPPED BY THE CAR. WHIIE ON A HIGHWAY CLEAN-UP PROJECT. A FIGHT ENSUED AT THE DIRECTION OF AN OKBR STAFF PERSON. THE FIGHT WAS BEING USED BY THE STAFF PERSON AS DISCIPLINE. ONE BOY RECEIVED A LACERATION ABOVE HIS EYE, REQUIRING 5 STITCHES. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOUR HOURS AFTER THE FIGHT.

1983 2/7/83 INCIDENT REPORT OF A CHILD SEXUALLY MOLESTED BY A FOSTER PARENT PLACED FROM THE OKBR. THE FOSTER HOME WAS LICENSED AND MONITORED BY THE OKBR.

1984 9/27/84 CHILD NOT RETURNED TO THE OKBR BY CASEWORKER AFTER HE RAN AWAY. CASEWORKER STATED THAT THE OKBR FAILED TO FILE A REPORT OR NOTIFY DSHS WHEN CHILD RAN AWAY BEFORE. THE OKBR FAILED TO REPORT INCIDENTS WHERE RESIDENT ATTACKED OTHER RESIDENTS-ONCE WITH A KNIFE AND ONCE WITH A MACHETE. NETHER OF THESE INCIDENTS WAS REPORTED TO POLICE OR DSHS. THE CASEWORKER STATED, "I DO NOT SUPPORT A PROGRAM WHICH IN MY BELIEF IS NOT WORKING FOR THE CHILD'S BEST INTEREST."

1985 9/16/85 PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF DIVISION OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES (DCFS) OLYMPIA OFFICE. NO PROCEDURE FOR HANDLING CLIENTS CONCERNS. PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS NOT BEING COMPLETED. CASES NOT BEING ASSIGNED BY CPS SUPERVISOR MADISON. PROPER DOCUMENTATION NOT IN PLACE. FALURE TO MONITOR EXPENDITURES.

1986 3/5/86 VAN WOERDAN REFUSED TO ALLOW WESTON AND ENNETT TO INTERVIEW YOUTHS AND DENIED ACCESS TO PROPERTY. THEY WERE AT THE OKBR AS PART OF THEIR LICENSING FUNCTION.

1986 3/10/86 LICENSOR STEVE EMMETT WROTE TO REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR MARK REDAL ABOUT CONCERNS OF DR. GARY BLOOMFIELD. BLOOMFIELD WAS NEW TO THE OKBR BOARD AND ATTENDED A MEETING WHERE OLYMPIA POLICE CHIEF WURNER DISCUSSED CONCERNS OF A HIGH INCREASE IN ASSUALTS AND RUNAWAYS AT THE OKBR. BLOOMFIELD WANTED TO BE SURE DSHS WAS ADVISED OF THIS INFORMATION AND THAT SOMETHING WAS BEING DONE.

1986 6/11/86 CORINNE NEWMAN, THURSTON COUNTY JUVENILE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY AND LACK OF SUPERVISION OF BOYS AT THE OKBR. SHE PRODUCED A REPORT SHOWING 1,240 DETENTION DAYS FOR BOYS FROM THE OKBR, DATING BACK TO 1984. THE REPORT IS SENT TO AREA MANAGER KRISTY GALT AND REDAL.

1987 1/16/87 INTAKE REPORT OF FORCED SEX BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND PHYSICAL ABUSE OF RESIDENTS BY STAFF. THE INCIDENT IS REPORTED AS FORCED SEX. THE STAFF OF THE OKBR CONSIDERED THIS SEX AS NORMAL ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR AND COULD NOT DETERMINE THAT IT WAS FORCED. THE PHYSICAL ABUSE INDICATED IT WAS A STAFF PERSON WHO FORCED A RESIDENT TO DRINK LIQUID SOAP FOR USING PROFANIY. THIS CASE WAS RECEIVED ON 1/16/87 AND WAS ASSIGNED TO CPS INVESTIGATOR GEORGE HARTWELL ON 1/26/87.

1987 5/22/87 A LETTER FROM WESTON, DSFS LICENSOR, TO VAN WOERDAN IS SENT REGARDING THE INTAKE REPORT OF 1/16/87. tHE INVESTIGATOR FOUND NO ABUSE OCCURED. THE LIQUID SOAP DISCIPLINE WAS DESCRIBED AS INAPPROPRIATE. THE SEXUAL ABUSE OF A RESIDENT BY ANOTHER RESIDENT WAS DENIED BY THE ALLEGED VICTIM. IT WAS ALSO DETERMINED THE OKBR HAD FAILED TO OBTAIN AND DISBURSE A RESIDENT'S PRESCRIBED MEDICATION.

1987 8/25/87 SECRETARTY SUGARMAN ADVISES DIRECTORS AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES THERE IS A RELUCTANCE ON THE PART OF SENIOR MANAGERS TO HOLD SUPERVISORS AND MANAGERS ACCOUNTABLE.

1987 12/14/87 REPORT OF SEXUAL ABUSE OF OKBR RESIDENT JOHN DOE 5. JOHN DOE 5 RAN AWAY AFTER BEING SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL. HE ATTEMPTED TO CALL HIS CASEWORKER, WHO WAS NOT AVAILABLE. HE SPOKE WITH CASEWORKER SUPERVISOR, ENGLAND AND TOLD HIM HE HAD BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED BY RESIDENTS AT THE OKBR. ENGLAND CALLS VAN WOERDAN, WHO PICKS HIM UP. VAN WOERDAN CALLS THIS A CASE OF TYPICAL ADOLESCENT EXPERDAENTATION. GROUP HOME MONITOR ERIC BAILEY WAS AT THE OKBR AND INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT. RCW 42.17.31901

1988 9/23/88 ASSAULT REPORTED OF RESIDENT BY RESIDENT. JOHN DOE 5 WAS KICKED IN THE HEAD.

1988 10/14/88 STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES AND PLAN OF CORRECTION REGARDING FACILITY SANITATION. FIVE-PAGE REPORT OF ITEMS, SUCH AS BROKEN ELECTRICAL OUTLET; SOILED WALLS, FLOORS, AND CUPBOARDS; DIRTY CLOTHES PILED IN CLOSETS; MEDICINE AND FIRST AID BOXES SOILED.

1988 10/31/88 DURING THE TIME PERIOD OF 10/31/88 TO 11/10/88, MEMBERS OF THE DSHS AUDIT TEAM VISITED THE OKBR. THE AUDIT WAS AT THE REQUEST OF WESTON IN LICENSING.

1989 1/25/89 REQUEST FOR A MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF REGION 6 BY DIVISION DIRECTOR HOPSON. REQUEST MADE DUE TO EXTREMELY HIGH OVER-EXPENDITURE IN FOSTER CARE AND THE DIFFICULTY BRINGING IT UNDER CONTROL. APPEARANCE OF MISMANAGED CONTRACTS, PARTICULARLY IN GROUP CARE FACILITIES. PROJECTED DEFICIT OF OVER $4 MILLION IN DCFS REGION 6.

1989 4/3/89 RESPONSE TO THE DRAFT AUDIT REPORT (10/31/88) BY REDAL TO DSHS AUDITOR ART CANTRALL. OVERPAYMENT TO THE OKBR IDENTIFIED AS $106,000.

1989 6/9/89 MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF DCFS OLYMPIA OFFICE INDICATED SIMILAR DEFICIENCIES FROM PREVIOUS AUDITS. FAILURE TO MONITOR EXPENDITURES OF GROUP CARE FUNDS. MISMANAGED HANDLING OF CONTRACTS. CPS CASES NOT BEING ASSIGNED. PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS NOT CONDUCTED. MANY DEFICIENCIES IN THE 1985 AUDIT APPEAR IN THE 1989 AUDIT.

1989 8/14/89 INCIDENT OF RESIDENT ABUSED BY STAFF. CPS INVESTIGATOR HARTWELL REPORTS THE ALLEGATIONS ARE UNFOUNDED. HE DID NOT INTERVIEW THE BOY OR STAFF PERSON INVOLVED. HE DID INTERVIEW SOME OF THE BOYS WITH OKBR STAFF PRESENT.

1989 8/15/89 MEMO FROM CANTRALL STATES "WE ARE CONCERNED BY THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN'S GENERAL TONE AND SOME SPECIFIC COMMENTS REFLECT, ON THE PART OF DCFS, REGIONAL 6 STAFF, A LACK OF ACCEPTANCE OF THE AUDIT'S FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS. WE ALSO SEE NO EVIDENCE OF THEIR COMMITMENT TO CORRECT THE DEFICIENCIES."

1989 10/6/89 MEMO FROM REDAL TO HOPSON ABOUT THE OKBR CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN: "PER YOUR REQUEST, MY STAFF AND I ARE NOT RESPONDING TO THE MEMO 8/15/89 FROM ART CANTRALL. WE WILL WAIT YOUR FURTHER DIRECTION BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH A RESPONSE."

1989 10/25/89 MEMO FROM CANTRALL TO GRIFFITH AT OPERATIONS REVIEW. BECAUSE DCFS HAS FAILED TO RESPOND APPROPRIATELY, CANTRALL REQUESTS AN AUDIT COMMITTEE BE CONVENED.

1989 11/15/89 REDAL SENDS TWO LETTERS TO VAN WOERDAN. THE FIRST DESCRIBES THE ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS OF OKBR STAFF DAN LASSLEY, QUEENER, AND VAN WOERDAN DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF WAC 388-73-074. THE SECOND LETTER IS A WAIVER OF THESE CREDENTIALS THROUGH 5/14/90.

1990 2/15/90 MEMO CANTRALL TO HIS SUPERVISOR, BILL GRIFFITH, ABOUT THE OKBR DISPUTE HEARING SCHEDULED FOR 2/20/90. CANTRALL INDICATES THAT THE ATTORNEY FOR THE OKBR, JEROME BUZZARD, HAS A VERY HOSTILE ATTITUDE.

1990 4/16/90 THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN IS GIVEN TO HOPSOPN FROM REDAL FOR THE AUDIT OF THE OKBR IN OCTOBER OF 1998. OVER A YEAR AND A HALF HAS PASSED SINCE THIS AUDIT.

1990 5/15/90 REPRESENTATIVE BILL BRUMSICKLE WRITES A LETTER TO DSHS ABOUT CPS HANDLING OF A CASE AND THE PLACEMENT OF A CHILD AT THE OKBR.

1990 8/7/90 REPORT BY HOPSON TO ASSISTANT SECRETARY CHASE ABOUT DCFS ORGANIZATIONAL WEAKNESSES AND NEEDED CHANGES. IDENTIFIED IS THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL POSITIONS FOR INCREASED ACCOUNTABILITY.

1990 8/17/90 LETTER TO OKBR ATTORNEY BUZZARD ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THE DISPUTE CONFERENCE OVER THE OKBR AUDIT.

1990 8/21/90 DSHS FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS. AND ORDERS REGARDING THE CONTRACT DISPUTE/PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF OCTOBER 1989. AUDIT WAS IN OCTOBER 1988; DISPUTE HEARING REQUESTED 6/19/89; HEARING 11/22/89; FINDINGS OF HEARING 8/21/90.

1990 11/28/90 REPORT BY OKBR STAFF MEMBER LAURA RAMBO THAT AN OKBR RESIDENT HAS MOLESTED A LITTLE BOY. RESIDENT WAS UNCOOPERATTVE AND VULGAR IN HIS DENIAL OF THE ALLEGATIONS WHEN INTERVIEWED BY POLICE. WITNESS WAS VNABLE TO GIVE A CLEAR STORY. S0 THE MATTER WAS CLOSED WITHOUT CHARGES.

1991 1/9/91 LICENSOR ED PUTMAN WRITES A LETTER TO REDAL THAT RECALLS PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS AND A REQUEST FOR ACTION ON TWO LICENSING ISSUES. ONE IS THAT A LICENSING FTE IS BEING USED BY CPS. THE SECOND IS THAT A CURRENT LICENSOR (ENNETT) HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO DO AN INADEQUATE J0B FOR OVER TWO YEARS.

1991 1/14/91 LETTER FROM CHRISTINE BEIDLER. A FOSTER PARENT. TO ASSISTANT SECRETARY CHASE. BEIDLER IDENTIFIES A PROBLEM OF NO ACCOUNTABILITY OF CASEWORKERS. SHE EXPLAINS FRUSTRATION WITH THE SYSTEM.

1991 4/11/91 OFFICE OF FINANCIAL RECOVERY MEMO ON OKBR IN-KIND AGREEMENT. PART OF THIS AGREEMENT STATES PAST AUDITS CANNOT BE REFERRED TO IN FUTURE AUDITS.

1991 7/16/91 CPS SUPERVISOR MADISON IS GIVEN DOCUMENTATION FOR NOT ASSIGNING CASES BY HER SUPERVISOR. NO CONTROLS WERE PUT IN PLACE AND NO FOLLOW-UP BY HER SUPERVISOR, AREA MANAGER KRISTY GALT.

1991 8/21/91 BUZZARD WRITES TO DSHS ABOUT THE AUDIT. HE WANTS TO HAVE SOME INFORMATION REMOVED, SUCH AS UNQUALIFIED STAFF AT THE OKBR. HE WANTS IT AGREED THAT PREVIOUS AUDITS WILL NOT BE REFERRED TO IN FUTURE AUDITS.

1991 10/3/91 STIPULATED AGREEMENT FOR THE AUDIT OF THE OKBR AS WRITTEN BY BUZZARD IS SUBMITTED TO DSHS FOR APPROVAL. IT INCLUDES THE REPAYMENT OF $6,903.94 AND THE IN-KIND AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE FOR TWO BOYS FOR ONE YEAR.

1991 10/29/91 STIPULATED AGREEMENT IS REVISED BY DSHS AND SENT TO BUZZARD AND VAN WOERDAN FOR THEIR APPROVAL. THIS IS NOW TWO YEARS AFTER THE AUDIT. THE IN-KIND AGRELMENT IS NEVER FULFILLED.

1992 3/30/92 INTAKE REPORT OF PHYSICAL ABUSE OF RESIDENT BY STAFF MEMBER AT THE OKBR. CONFLICTING STORIES BY CHILD AND ADULT. INVESTIGATIVE FINDINGS SAY NOT ABUSE. BUT STAFF DID STRIKE CHILD.

1992 4/29/92 OLYMPIA SCHOOL DISTRICT STAFF MET TO DISCUSS THEIR CONCERNS OF THE OKBR. THERE ARE QUESTIONS OF STUDENTS NOT RECEIVING THEIR MEDICATION ON A REGULAR BASIS. A LACK OF A THOROUGH ENROLLMENT PROCESS TO PROVIDE SCHOOL STAFF WITH NEEDED INFORMATION. THE OKBR STAFF HAS MISSED MEETINGS SET UP BY THE SCHOOL STAFF. THE OKBR STAFF HAS STATED THEY WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN INTERAGENCY MEETINGS. THERE SEEMS TO BE INCONSISTENCY ON THE PART OF THE OKBR STAFF IN IMPLEMENTING CONSEQUENCES FOR INAPPROPRIATE SCHOOL BEHAVIOR.

1992 5/18/92 PUTMAN WRITES TO VAN WOERDAN TO CALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND RESET THE MEETING THAT HE WAS TOO BUSY TO MAKE. PUTMAN ASKS FOR VAN WOERDAN'S COOPERATION IN THIS MATTER.

1992 6/2/92 INTAKE REPORT OF PHYSICAL ABUSE OF RESIDENTS BY STAFF MEMBERS OF THE OKBR. RESIDENT HAD HIS ARM PUT BEHIND HIS BACK SO FAR THAT HE CRIED. RESIDENT WAS GRABBED BY STAFF AND THROWN INTO HIS ROOM.

1992 6/15/92 OKBR SOCIAL WORKER LAURA RAMBO CALLS MADISON AT CPS TO REPORT THAT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS HAD GOTTEN INTO SOME ALCOHOL, GOT DRUNK, AND HAD SEX. THERE IS A QUESTION OF WHAT WAS TOLD TO MADISON. MADISON INDICATES THE PHONE CALL WAS TREATED AS A REQUEST FOR CONSULTATION. SHE DID NOT KNOW THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN INVOLVED OR THEIR AGES.

1992 6/15/92 tHIS INCIDENT INVOLVED A BURGLARY, ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, AND RAPE. IT WAS NOT REPORTED TO POLICE AND WAS NOT INVESTIGATED BY CPS. (GENERAL ACCEPTED PHILOSOPHY OF REGION 6, CHILD-ON-CHILD SEX IS NOT A CPS ABUSE ISSUE.)

1992 7/1/92 A DRAFT DOCUMENT OF DCFS MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE REVIEW IS PRESENTED BY NORTHWEST ASSOCIATES TO DSHS MANAGEMENT. THE STUDY COST $122,000 AND WAS CANCELED PRIOR TO IT BEING FINALIZED. THIS STUDY REFERS TO THE 1964 GREENLEIGH REPORT CONCERNING SIMILAR ISSVES.

1992 7/1/92 OLYMPIA POLICE START AN INVESTIGATION OF ONGOING PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ASSAULTS AT THE OKBR. THEY ARRESTED TWO RESIDENTS FOR RAPE THAT OCCURUED DURING THE NIGHT.

1992 7/2/92 INTAKE IS ADVISED BY OLYMPLA POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE INVESTIGATION AND ARRESTS.

1992 7/2/92 LICENSING SUPERVISOR JIM O'NEAL ISSUES A STOP PLACEMENT ORDER FOR THE OKBR.

1992 7/2/92 LICENSING RECORD WRITTEN BY PUTMAN INDICATES A CALL FROM MADISON THAT SHE WAS NOTIFIED 2 WEEKS AGO BY LAURA RAMBO TO REPORT THAT A GROUP OF RESIDENTS FROM THE OKBR BROKE INTO A HOME, DRANK WINE, AND ENGAGED IN CONSENSUAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY. AN ADDITIONAL ENTRY FOR THIS DAY IS A CLL FROM GASSETT AT THE OLYMPIA POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ADVISE OF AN INVESTIGATION ON THE OKBR. PUTMAN WRITES CHARGES MAY BE FILLED AGAINST STAFF PERSONS WHO MAY HAVE HAD KNOWLEDGE OF SEXUAL ACTIVITY WHICH THEY FAILED TO REPORT, STOP. OR PROTECT AGAINST. THE SITUATION IS CHARACTERIZED AS "AN ONGOING VICTIMIZATION." THE OLYMPIA POLICE DEPARTMENT ATTRIBUTES NUMERIOUS IN THE VICINITY TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE OKBR. PUTMAN CALLS RAMBO, "SINCE OKBR DID NOT CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT."

1992 7/9/92 TO 7/15/92 DETECTIVE GASSETT PROVIDES CPS INVESTIGATOR GEORGE HARTWELL WITH A COPY OF THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION AS REQUIRED BY STATUTE. THE REPORT WAS TO BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL AND WAS PROVIDED FOR CPS USE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN AT THE OKBR. HARTWELL GAVE THE REPORT TO VAN WOERDAN, KNOWING THE OKBR STAFF WAS BEING INVESTIGATED. THE RELEASE OF THIS FILE SETS IN MOTION A CHAIN OF EVENTS AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES POSTURING BY ATTORNEY BUZZARD. LETTERS FROM OKBR ATTORNEY BUZZARD GO OUT TO GASSETT, CHIEF WURNER, REDAL, AND PROSECUTOR SUTHERLAND.

1992 7/15/92 DSHS MEETS WITH MEMBERS OF OLYMPIA POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DISCUSS THE POLICE INVESTIGATION.

1992 7/16/92 HARTWELL IS ASSIGNED TO A RISK ASSESSMENT OF THE OKBR. HIS REPORT SAYS POOR JUDGEMENT ON THE PART OF THE STAFF AT THE OKBR AND INCONSISTENCY IN REPORTING ABUSE. HARTWELL STATES THE PROPOSALS IN HIS REPORT REPRESENT A BEGINNING POINT FOR WORK TO ENABLE THE GROUP HOME TO CREATE A CLMIATE IN WHICH THE THREAT OF SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION/EXPLOITATION IS REDUCED TO AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL. HE INDICATES THERE IS A LARGER PROBLEM CONCERNING THE INADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GROUP CARE BEDS.

1992 7/17/92 AAG McCARTAN ADVISES DCFS REGION 6 ADMINISTRATION TO WRITE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO THE OKBR. ASSISTANT SECRETARY SOLIZ IS NOT AWARE OF THE SITUATION AT THE OKBR OR THIS MEMORANDUM.

1992 7/30/92 GASSETT IS CALLED BY A WITNESS (FORMER OKBR EMPLOYEE SWINEHART) WHO SAYS VAN WOERDAN HAS INFORMATION FROM THE STATEMENT HE GAVE TO POLICE. HE IS TERRIFIED BY AN ANONYMOUS CALL ABOUT HIS STATEMENT.

1992 7/31/92 GASSETT CONFRONTS HARTWELL REGARDING THE RELEASE OF THE POLICE REPORT. HARTWELL TELLS GASSETT THAT HE RELEASED THE REPORT TO VAN WOERDAN AND STAFF BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW. HE TELLS HER SHE IS ON A WITCH HUNT.

1992 8/4/92 REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR REDAL RIF'S THE GROUP CAR COORDINATOR MONITOR POSITION IN REGION 6. THIS ELIMINATES THE SCREENING AND REFERRAL OF CHILDREN TO APPROPRIATE GROUP CARE FACILITIES AND THE MONITORING OF GROUP HOMES. OTHER FUNCTIONS ARE ALSO REDUCED OR ELIMINATED.

1992 9/192 GARY CARLYLE FROM THURSTON COUNTY DETENTION DELIVERS TO REDAL AND GALT A COPY OF THE OLYMPIA POLICE REPORT. CARLYLE SAYS TO REDAL, "READ THESE, AND IF YOU EVER PLACE A KID THERE, I WILL BE SURPRISED." CARLYLE FELT GALT WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THE OKBR STAFF BECAUSE OF COMMEN'TS REGARDING THE POLICE REPORT.

1992 9/15/92 CORINNE NEWMAN, THtfRSTON COUNTY DLTENTION ADMINISTRATOR, TALKS WITH REDAL WHILE AT A CONFERENCE ON CHILD CARE. NEWMAN EXPRESSES HER CONCERNS OVER THE SAFETY OF THE BOYS AT THE OKBR. SHE IS LEFT WTTH THE FEELING NOTHING IS GOING TO HE DONE BY DSHS. EARLY THE NEXT WEEK, SHE BRINGS HER CONCERNS TO THE ATTENTION OF SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE PAULA CASEY, JUVENILE JUSTICE LIAISON.

1992 10/2/92 CHIEF WURNER, AND OLYMPIA CITY PROSECUTOR CALLNER MEET WITH COUNTY PROSECUTORS SUTHERLAND AND TABOR. WURNER GIVES THEM THE POLICE REPORT AND RECOMMENDS THE PROSECUTION OF THE OKBR STAFF. HE OFFERS A DETECTIVE AND PROSECUTOR TO ASSIST THEM. SUTHERLAND EXPRESSES CONCERN TO CALLNER ABOUT HIS POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF ITEREST WITH HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE KIWANIS.

1992 10/2/92 DURING THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, TABOR REQUESTS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE OLYMPLA POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THE CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST OKBR EMPLOYEES VAN WOERDAN, RAMBO, AND QVEENER. HE HAS A MEETING WITH KIWANIS MEMBERS, AND THEY REQUEST A COPY OF THE POLICE REPORT. TABOR TELLS THEM HE NEEDS PERMISSION FROM VAN WOERDAN TO RELEASE IT. VAN WOERDAN CALLS AND GIVES PERMISSION, SO SUTHERLAND GIVES THE REPORT TO KIWANIS PRESIDENT VAN SCHOORL BEFORE THE INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETED.

1992 10/15/92 JUDGE CASEY CALLS SECRETARY SOLIZ TO VOICE HER CONCERNS WITH THE OKBR. THIS IS THE FIRST KNOWLEDGE SOLIZ HAS OF THE SITUATION, AND SHE REQUESTS A COPY OF THE POLICE REPORT.

1992 10/20/92 SCOTT NEILSON, JUVENILE COURT, GUARDLUN AD LITEM FOR THE OKBR RESIDENTS, FILES A MOTION FOR STOP PLACEMENT AT THE 0KBR AND THAT ALL PARENTS, JUDGES, GUARDIAN AD LITEM, AND CASEWORKERS INVOLVED WITH CHILDREN AT THE OKBR BE ADVISED OF THE SITUATION. AAG RICHARD McCARTANI, REPRESENTING DCFS, ARGUES SUCCESSFULLY AGAINST THE MOTION.

1992 11/17/92 JUDGE CASEY CALLS SOLIZ FOR A SECOND TWE TO FOLLOW UP FROM THEIR FIRST CONVERSATION.

1992 12/1/92 A THIRD CALL IS MADE BY JVDGE CASEY TO SOLIZ. SOLIZ SAYS SHE HAS A MEETING COMING UP WITH THE BOARD AND SHE IS LOOKING INTO THE SITUATION.

1992 12/06/92 SOLIZ MEETS WITH THE OKBR BOARD AND GIVES THEM THE ULTIMATUM TO GET RID OF VAN WOERDAN.

1992 12/31/92 VAN WOERDAN RESIGNS FROM THE OKBR AND QUEENER BECOMES THE INTERIM DIRECTOR.

1993 2/1/93 THE STOP PLACEMENT ORDER ISSUED ON 7/2/92 IS LIFTED BY DSHS, ALLOWING THE OKBR TO TAKE ON NEW BOYS.

1993 2/5/93 A LAW SUIT IS FILED BY ATTORNEY RICHARD KELLY ON BEHALF OF TWELVE FORMER OKBR RESIDENTS.

1993 2/24/93 THURSTON COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE DECLINES PROSECUTION OF THE OKBR STAFF.

1993 8/4/93 SUE CORWIN, LICENSOR, WRITES QUEENER ABOUT THE MONITORING REVIEW CONDUCTED ON 8/3/93. SHE SAYS THERE ARE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS OF THE MINIMUM LICENSING REQUIREMENTS AND A FAILURE TO PROVIDE ONGOING DOCUMENTATION AS STATED IN THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN OF 10/30/92.

1994 8/4/94 SECRETARY SOLIZ WAS DEPOSED BY PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY. SHE BECOMES AWARE SHE WAS NOT APPRISED OF THE TOTAL PICTURE INVOLVING THE OKBR.

1994 9/19/94 JOHN DOE 3, RESIDENT AT THE OKBR, BREAKS HIS HAND IN A FIGHT. STAFF FAILS TO GET HIM MEDICAL ATTENTION.

1994 9/23/94 SECRETARY SOLIZ ORDERS THE CLOSURE OF THE OKBR.

1994 9/24/94 SECRETARY SOLIZ ORDERS AN INVESTIGATION BY OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE DCFS OVERSIGHT AND MONITORING OF THE OKBR.

1995 3/30/95 CPS SUPERVISOR MADISON IS ISSUED A REPRIMAND FOR FAILING TO ASSIGN 71 CASES FROM 1/1/94 TO 9/30/94.

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.