RAGE 2 'APRIL 13; 1979
Local Girl “Miss Celilo Wyam
Carroll Johnson, 16, of Warm
Springs was crowned Miss Celilo
Wyam Sunday, April 8, at the
annual Celilo Salmon Feast. She
won the honor of representing
Celilo Village for one year by
selling 774 raffle tickets in a
fund-raising drive for the Celilo
Longhouse.
The daughter of Katie and
Wilbur Johnson, Carroll attends
Madras High School where she is
a member of the Indian Club.
Her court is made up of three
other girls - 1st princess Lauri
Stahi of Wapato, Washington;
2nd princess Sharon Kuenki of
Wahkiacus, Washington; and 3rd
princess Carla Tewee of Warm
Springs.
Last year Carroll was a
princess for Celilo Wyam. Other
honors she has earned include
“Wide Spot Princess” for 1977-78
and Delta Park, Jr. Princess in
1974-75.
Carroll was also honored this
past February 24 when she was
invited by the Washington Birth
day Committee to attend a
breakfast with Miss Indian
America and the late Miss
Yakima Nation, Margaret Pink-
ham. She said that Miss Pink-
ham (who was killed in a car
accident March 31, 1979) was
very helpful in encouraging all
the girls in getting up and
speaking in front of people.
“That experience has helped me
in speaking in front of a crowd,”
Carroll said.
Carroll decided to run for-
“Miss Celilo Wyam” because she
wanted to help raise more money
for the longhouse and because
the committee encouraged her to
run again. She will now represent
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Celilo at whatever functions she
attends during the year.
Carroll’s ancesteral heritage
goes back to the famous Kah-
Nee-Ta who was her great-great-
great-grandmother on her fa
ther’s side. Her maternal great-
grandparents are Tom and Min
nie Lerock of Satus, Washington.
On her father’s side, her great
grandmother was the late Isa
belle Palmer. Kanet Wolfe is her
great-grandfather on her mo
ther’s side.
Carroll’s background is
Warm Springs-Yakima-Wasco-
Wailaki.
“I want to thank all my
relatives and friends for buying
tickets,” said Carroll. “And I’d
like to thank my parents for
encouraging me to sell tickets.”
She added that she will be very
proud to represent Celilo Wyam.
Both Sides At Fault
In Madras Fight
by Sandy Rangila
Carroll Johnson - Miss Celilo Wyam
Community Calendar
Dance featuring “ Savage Resurrection,” 8:00 p.m., Agency,
Longhouse. Admission, $3.00 per single and $5.00 per couple. -
Plus dance contest with trophy prizes.
! April
13, 14
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Madras High School Indian Club contest war dances at«
Kah-Nee-Ta Lodge in the Wasco Room, 8:00 p.m.
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Buckeroo Breakfast, 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 a.m., Community]
Center, sponsored by Madras High School Indian club.
Annual Root Feast Rodeo, Warm Springs Rodeo Grounds, i
1:30. Admission, $2.00 adults, $1.00 children, senior citizens,J
free.
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Rural Fire Protection meeting to discuss site selection tor
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fire sub-station. Agency Longhouse, 7 p.m.
20 21 22 Fourth Annual Oregon Indian Education Conference}
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Winema Hotel, 1111 Main St., Klamath Falls. Registration
at 8:00 a.m.
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All-Indian Worlds Fair, State Fairgounds, Phoenix, Ariz.j
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NO SCHOOL, Teachers In-Service Day.
COCC Night
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Acknowledging that this was
not a “one-sided case” , Justice
Court Judge Lowell Hirtzel,
April 5, ordered 18-year-old
Brent Graybael of Warm Springs
to pay a $500 fine “out of his own
pocket” in connection with a
February 14 incident involving
, Indian and non-Indian youths in
Madras.
Judge Hirtzel also repri
manded Terry Starkel, 22, of
Madras for discharging a gun
within the city limits during that
same incident.
Represented by attorney
Owen Panner, Graybael pleaded
guilty to the charge of criminal
mischief in the second degree for
his part in a fight which started
at the Madras Safeway parking
lot and moved on to Erickson’s
lot. The complaint was filed by
the state on behalf of Starkel
whose car was smashed up
during the melee.
In the words of District
Attorney Michael Sullivan, “This
was not an easy case at all. It
was difficult to sort out what
really happened,” he said.
For the purpose of getting at
the truth, court-admissible lie
detector tests were administered
to Graybael, Starkel and the late
Bryan Defender of Warm
Springs. The results of the tests,
which were made available to
the press, showed that the Indian
boys were apparently goaded
into the fight which was started
by Starkel, that Starkel was
armed with a loaded pistol which
he fired twice and that Defender
was the most truthful of the three
in his answers.
In presenting the case for the
state, Sullivan told the court that
he felt that Graybael was not
entirely at fault. He said the
polygraph tests indicated that
Starkel “was not telling the
entire truth” and that Starkel’s
actions “were not entirely appro
priate.” .
Sullivan requested that
Graybael make restitution in the
form of $1,285 for damages to
Starkel’s car and $68 for Star
kel’s medical expenses. He also
suggested a fine and “perhaps a
few weekends in jail.” He added
that the outcome would influence
his decision as to whether or not
to bring Starkel up on charges of
discharging a firearm within city
limits.,
Sullivan later explained to
Spilyay Tymoo that he “would
have entertained a complaint
against Starkel had restitution
been ordered.”
Panner, in his statement for
the defense, said that this case
had quite a history. Graybael
had originally been charged with
a felony, but after an extensive
investigation, the District Attor
ney’s office had reduced the
charge..
He said he was “upset by this
case, and was impressed with
the substantial truth of the
Indian boys’ statem ents.” Pan
ner then explained to the court
the results of the polygraph tests.
He added that the tests indicated
“the Indian boys didn’t start it
(the fight), but that they did a
good job of finishing it.” He
noted before the court that
damage had been done not only
to Starkel’s car, but to Gray-
bael’s car in an earlier incident.
He said that Graybael is not
denying that he smashed up
Starkel’s car and that technical
ly he was guilty. “ However, in
justice to the defendant, al
though he had no legal right to do
it, they are normal boys who
reacted” perhaps without the
best judgement. “Either side
could have backed off at any
point,” Panner observed.
In noting the tension between
the two communities, Panner
mentioned that the feeling was so
high in Madras against the
Indian boys that they had had to
be escorted to the police station
and then to Warm Springs for
their own safety. “Feeling has
been building for some time.
This was not just an isolated
incident,” said Panner.
Panner said he would like to
recommend that each communi
ty select a few people who can
figure out how to improve rela
tions between the two communi
ties. “ It’is a relationship worth
protecting,” he said.
“I want to see both boys
(Graybael and Starkel) shake
hands when this is over,” Panner
stated.
In conclusion, Panner told
the court that he does not feel
Graybael should make restitu
tion, be fined or spend time in
jail. He said he thinks the Indian
boys were just as much the
victims.
In rendering his decision,
Judge Hirtzel said, “There’s
nobody who wants to be more
fair than this court right now.”
He said that after going over the
files very thoroughly, and after
listening to the District Attor
ney’s and defense council’s com
ments, there was no question in
his mind that the Indians were
wrong and that Starkel was
wrong.
“Discharging a gun from
within city limits is something
this court won’t tolerate,” stress
ed Hirtzel. “ I hope no one here
ever comes before me on such a
charge.”
He ordered that no compen
sation be made to Starkel for his
car because “this episode could
have ben stopped at any time.
One is just as much to blame as
the other.”
Under Panner’s watchful
gaze, the two boys did shake
hands after the hearing. “I ’m
sorry. It was a bad situation that
got out of hand,” Starkel told
Graybael. Graybael then mutter
ed that he also was sorry.
Sullivan appeared happy
with the outcome of the hearing
noting, “ I think the judge took
care of everything.”
National Indian Media Conference
The third annual National
Indian Media Conference has
been scheduled for April 23-25.
This years headquarters has
been set up at the Granada
Royale Hotel, 3210 N.W. Grand
Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona.
The NIMC will be co-spon-
sored by the National Congress
of American Indians, Washing
ton, D.C., and the Native Ameri
can Pubic Broadcasting Consor
tium, Lincoln, Nebraska.
The major emphasis of the
three-day meet will be the pre
sentation of topical specialty
workshops. The workshops will
be geared to those involved in
both print and electronic media.
Included will be a workshop on
media training and employment
opportunities.
The two previous confer
ences were held in San Francis
co.