locals hold it dear to their hearts. On the way up hill along the Olalla Valley Road from the lagoon, the Olalla Bible Church and the Olalla Community Club stand. The OCC was built around 1906 by the Modern Woodsman of America and in 1937 they deeded the structure to the community. The OCC was incorporated and chartered to serve the community. It is a rare treasure passed on by generations of Olalla families. Olalla Community Club Its mission is to support the citizen, organizations and maintain the building for social and civic needs. Over the decades, several renovations have taken place. In 1976, the OCC created its non-profit status and in September 2007 a new metal roof was installed. The current president is Marty Kellogg. Next to the OCC is the Olalla Bible Church, built around 1910. Together they represent some of the oldest and largest historic buildings still in working order in South Kitsap. Throughout Olalla's history, the strong sense of community has played out in various forms of a community celebrations. Most notable was the Strawberry Festivals in the 60's and beginning in 1991, a 25-year run with the Olalla Bluegrass Festival. Currently, the name has changed to the Olalla Americana Festival to support a wider genre of music. Olalla has some small claim to fame as the location of an early 20th-century health retreat (Sanitarium) called Wilderness Heights a.k.a. "Starvation Heights". The sanitarium was owned and operated by Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard. Hazzard's practice of starvation to cure one's ills resulted in the death of a visiting English heiress in 1911, and the conviction of Hazzard for her murder. The original bathtub where Hazzard performed autopsies is still in the house, which has a family residing there. Olalla author Gregg Olsen wrote about Starvation Heights in his award-winning book of the same name. In addition to that, Gregg Olsen has recently acquired Al's, after its shutdown during the covid pandemic, Gregg Olsen has since then allowed Kona Ice, a small shaved ice company to operate there every saturday. He also has plans to re-open it in June. See also List of Chinook Jargon placenames References M.S. Kline, Steamboat Virginia V (Documentary Book Publishers Corp., 1985) Roland Carey, The Sound of Steamers (Alderbrook Publishing Co., 1965) Roland Carey, The Sound And The Mountain (Alderbrook Publishing Co., 1970) Gordon R. Newell, Ships of the Inland Sea (Binford &