PAGE 12-THE JOURNAL, OGDENSBURG, N.Y.- TUESDAY, JUNE 7,1988
Past Shorting,—
Deaths
J. Stanley Sayer
GOUVERNEUR - Funeral services for J, Stanley Sayer, 81, of 59
Barnes St., Gouverneur will be
Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Green
Funeral Home, Gouverneur with
Rev. Gerald Service, pastor of the
St. James Church officiating.
Burial, will be in Riverside
Cemetery, Gouverneur.
Calling hours will be Wednesday
afternoon and evening 2 to 4 and 7
to 9 p.m.
Mr. Sayer died Sunday evening
(June 5, 1988) at the home of his
granddaughter Jennifer Covey, in
Carthage.
Surviving are three daughters,
J a n e t Anderson of Syracuse,
Joanne Hubbard of Gouverneur,
Mary Lee Cleveland of Harrisville;
18 grandchildren and several
great-grandchildren.
He was born in Gouverneur Jan.
24, 1907, son of Stanley and
Elizabeth O'Neil Sayer. He attended Gouverneur schools and married Marie Gore Feb. 8, 1941 in
Watertown. Mrs. Sayer died Sept.
5,1986.
Mr. Sayer was employed at the
W.H. Loomis Talc Co. from 19261954 and at the International Talc
Co. from 1954-1973. He retired in
Dec. 1973 from, the personnel office
at the International Talc Co. He
was a member of the Gouverneur
Elks Lodge #2035.
Lena L.Burns
Funeral services for Lena L.
Burns, 82, of 1416 Ford St.,
Ogdensburg will be Friday morning at 9:30 a.m. at the McLellan
Funeral Home, Ogdensburg and at
10 a.m. at St. Mary's Church with
Re,v. Philip Allen, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in St.
Mary's Cemetery.
Calling hours will be Wednesday
and Thursday afternoon and evening 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Mrs. Burns died this morning
(June 7, 1988) at the Skilled Nursing Facility, A. Barton Hepburn
Hospital.
Surviving are three sons, Donald
F. of Ogdensburg, Gerald J. of
Oswego, Arthur L. of Ogdensburg;
a daughter, Janet Tomassini of
Ogdensburg; 17 grandchildren; 27
great-grandchildren; several
nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by a
daughter, Jane Burns; three
sisters, Deliah Mathews, Vina
O'Marah, Florence Enright; three
brothers, Moses, Frederick, and
Joseph.
She was born in Ogdensburg May
20,1906, daughter of Frederick and
Mary Bean Mathews. She attended
local schools and married Arthur
D. Burns in Notre Dame Church.
He died Feb. 8,1976.
She was a communicant of St.
Mary's and a member of the VFW
Ladies Auxiliary for 52 years.
sons, John of Tupper Lake, Kenneth of Ogdensburg; one daughter,
Mrs. Truman (Mary Ellen) Kimble
of Heuvelton; two sisters, Mrs.
Beatrice Shoen of Flackville, Mrs.
J o s e p h ( E m m a ) S o r e l of
Ogdensburg; a brother, Stewart of
Camillus; 12 grandchildren; two
g r e a t - g r a n d c h i l d r e n ; several
nieces, nephews, and cousins.
He was predeceased by a son,
William in 1965, a sister, Marion
and two brothers, James and
Gerald.
He was born in Morrisburg, Ont.
June 28, 1914, son of Kenneth and
Mary Reddick Courtney. He "attended schools in Canada and
Ogdensburg and married Vera
Finley Oct. 31,1934 in Massena. He
came to the U.S. when he was 12
years old and lived in Ogdensburg.
After their marraige, the couple
farmed on the Dollar Road and
then moved to a farm on the Taylor
Road where they stayed from 1954
to 1976. They also operated Courtney's General Store, Heuvelton, for
several years during that time.
After retiring from farming 12
years ago, the couple moved to
Canton. He also worked as a
livestock broker for many years
until his death.
He was a member of the First
Presbyterian Church, Canton and
of the Silas Wright Glub, Canton.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the Heart Fund.
Continued From Page 7
their son.
"Before we could ever talk to the
youngster, they (parents) took him
straight to the state hospital," said
Det. Manning. "The family was not
really interested in filing charges. 1
moved (sought an arrest) on the
basis that Mr. and Mrs. Rowland
Woman Not
Police
The New York State Police
reported Monday afternoon that
the complaint that Kim Reed Short,
30, Black Lake, Town of Morristown, had ben kidnapped proved
to be unfounded.
Investigator Joseph Lightfoot,
New York State Police, said that
Dr. Jerry Black, Buckhannon,
West, Va. and Mrs. Short were
stopped by police in the Watertown
area shortly after noon on Monday.
Lightfoot personally went to
Watertown and interviewed the
womai^, She reportedly told
Lightfoot and other troopers that
she left Ogdensburg with Black of
her own free will, Lightfoot said.
State Police had received a complaint shortly before noon Monday
that Mrs. Short might have been
taken from the area against her
will. Lightfoot said that some circumstances concerning the case
HEUVELTON - Funeral ser- supported the claim, the investigavices for Irene M. Alverson, 100, of tion revealed otherwise.
Heuvelton will b e Friday at 2 p.m.
at the Fox F u n e r a l Home,
Heuvelton. Burial will be in
Rensselaer Falls Cemetery.
Calling hours will be Thursday 3
to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m..
Mrs. Alverson died this morning
(June 7, 1988) at the St. Joseph's
The Ogdensburg School Board
Nursing Home.
has approved funding that will
She is survived by two sons, Dr. cover a three-year contract for its
G. Carl Alverson of.Rt. 2, Lisbon, teachers.
Schuyler Alverson of Rensselaer
The a g r e e m e n t with t h e
Falls; one daughter, Mrs. Eleanor Ogdensburg Education Association
Wait; eight grandchildren.
(OEA) gives $498,000 to the
A complete obituary will appear teachers for each of the three years
in The Journal on Wednesday.
of the contract, allowing for an
average pay hike of about 9 percent
each year.
In a joint release, the district and
the
OEA said they believe dthe conContinued From Page 7
tract
"compares favorably with
Det. Manning said deputies and the settlements
and teacher concity police searched the home of tracts
of other districts of similar
Sherrie Dominie at 4 Mill Street size.
after obtaining search warrants "Both sides are confident this
signed by City Court Judge George agreement
will continue to mainSilver based on information tain excellence
in the Ogdensburg
developed from a "confidential in- City School District,"
said the
formant".
released.
Irene Alverson
Board OK's
Teachers' Pact
Funding Plan
New Arrest
Dick Wright
Lions Club's
New President
Richard Wright, 705 Elizabeth
St., city, will be installed Thursday
s
Ogdensburg
William R. F u r e y succeeds
ggj ? David
^.Lions
presiClub.
dent ofWright
the
Sandburg who
has
Graveside funeral services for
William R. Furey, 83, of Houston,
Texas and formerly of Ogdensburg
will be Friday morning at 10 a.m.
at the Ogdensburg Cemetery. Arrangements are with the McLellan
Funeral Home.
There will be no calling hours.
Mr. Furey died Sunday (June 5,
1988) at the John Sealy Hospital in
Galveston, Texas.
Surviving are two sons, James of
Rochester, William Swatsworth of
Gillett, Pa.; two daughters, Mrs.
James (Sharon) Lowie of Houston,
Texas with whom he resided,
Patricia Russell of Bathesda, Md.;
nine grandchildren and two
greatgrandchildren.
He was born in Ogdensburg Nov.
29,1904, son of William and Lois E.
Russell Furey. ire attended and
graduated from local schools and
attended Clarkson University.
He was employed as a merchant
marine for the Cleveland Cliff Iron
Ore Company and worked as a
crane operator for U.S. Steel until
his retirement in 1963.
served a president for the past
year.
Robert Fraser, Canton, past
District Governor for District 20W,
will be the installing officer. It will
be a ladies night for the Lions and
their guests.
Cocktails will be 6 p.m. and dinner 7 p.m. at the Woodlands
Restaurant, Ogdensburg.
Other officers to be installed include David Sharpe, first vice
president; David McLellan, second
vice president and Walter (Skip)
Bracy, third vice president.
Michael Bouchard and Joseph M.
Basta were re-elected secretary
and treasurer respectively.
David Lightfoot will be the Lions
new Tailtwister and John Lynch is
the Lion Tamer, xne directors will
be Frank Brown, Gerald Sholette,
Lawrence (Broc) Morley and John
Kelly.
Sandburg and Wright have asked
that the Lions make a special effort
to attend Thursday's installation
meeting.
John It.
Courtney, Sr.
Nude Man Was
Stranger To
Truck's Owner
HEUVELTON — Funeral services for John R. Courtney, Sr., 73,
of Sykes Road, Canton and formerly a Heuvelton area farmer will be
Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Fox
Funeral Home in Heuvelton with
Rev. Richard Stone, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, Canton
officiating. Burial will be in the
Pine Hill Cemetery, Eel Weir
Road.
Calling hours will be Tuesday
evening and Wednesday afternoon
and evening at the funeral home.
Mr. Courtney died yesterday
(June 6, 1988) after being stricken
at his home. He was pronounced
dead on arrival at Canton-Potsdam
Hospital.
Surviving are his wife, Vera; two
gave a statement to an officer right Judge Lloyd said that the court,
after the shooting."
The detective added, "people and the district attorney had
often go to the hospital and all we received communication concerncan do is telephone them (the ing Derek Rowland, but would not
hospital) and tell them we have a reveal the content of the letter.
warrant arid ask them to notify us Llovd was not the town justice at
when he (Derek) was released. the time of the June 2, 1987 inci_, , „ ,
They notified us and we arrested dent.
District Attorney Charles Gardhim."
Upon arresting Derek Rowland ner is prosecuting a case in county
on a warrant for felony reckless en- court and was not available for
dangerment, first degree, Det. comment prior to presstime today.
Manning said he was still unable to
question Derek, because he was
under the protection of his attorney. Derek Rowland, said Det.
Manning, was released from the St.
Lawrence Psychatric Center on his
father's request. He was then taken
before the town justice for arraignment and was releasaed on his own
recognizanace pending disposition
of the esse
City police report that United
The detective said after the June States Customs officer Dan Har2, shooting, the sheriff's depart- radine called to see an«of f icer about
ment impounded all the guns in the a 22-year-old Virginia woman ana
Rowland home and advised her five month-old child who had no
Charles Rowland to keep the guns place to stay and 1 no money.
away from his son Derek. Det. Customs officers said she arrived
Manning said Charles Rowland at the border at 10:13 p.m. on Moneventually came to the Canton day. Don Ballou of the United Way
sheriff's station and claimed the made arrangements for them to
guns.
stay at the Anchor Down Motel and
The detective sergeant said provided a meal for them. Ballou
sheriff's deputies had responded to said the woman's car may have
a number of complaints involving broken down in Canada. He said he
Derek Rowland prior to the June 2, turned over the pair this morning
1987 shooting. But, said Det. Mann- to the department of socail sering, none of the complaints in- vices.
dicated Derek Rowland exhibited
violent behavior.
Hermon Town Justice William
Continued From Page 7
Lloyd said the orginal charge of
Oliver said he asked the men
felony first degree reckless endangerment still stands against what they planned to do with the
Derek Rowland. He said Derek change. During questioning by
Rowland was never indicted for the District Attorney Charles Gardner,
felony, but was put under the Oliver noted that he knew the two
supervision of the probation men couldn't take the change back
department upon the recommenda- to the prison. "Too much noise," he
tion of District Attorney. Charles said.
The men buried the change, acGardner in December 1987".
But a spokesman for the ST. cording to Oliver. He noted that one
Lawrence County Probation correction officer had been superDepartment said this morning vising the inmate work detail. "He
their office was never contacted by was up near the Quality of Life
anyone to supervise the Rowland building," Oliver noted.
A nude city man who was found
inside a truck early Sunday morning was a stranger to the owner of
the truck, the owner said Tuesday
morning.
Kevin Maginn, the owner of the
truck, said he had never seen the
man before he found him nude in
the truck. Police said the man had
defecated in the truck.
Maginn said the man, who he did
not press charges against, did not
clean up the mess or offer to make
restitution.
It was incorrectly reported Monday that the man was a friend of
the owner. The Journal regrets the
error.
Morristown
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Business Manager Michael" Tooley
to attend a business management
workshop in July.
,
The board also granted an internship in guidance counseling for
Karen Cunningham, a teacher at
Morristown Central School. Cunningham will also maintain teaching
duties during the internship, said
Ouderkirk.
A one-day leave of absence,
without pay, for Charlene Ott, was
also okayed.
Candace B. Murdock was hnired
as a cook manager a t a salary of
$9,283 effective July 1, 1988. Murdock replaces Elizabeth Daigle.
The board also approved a
number of coaching and extracurricular appointments. They are
as follows:
Charles Edkins, boys varsity soccer at Step 2; Linda Seeley, girls
varsity soccer at Step 5; Michael
Tooley, modified soccer at Step 3;
Mark Blanchard, boys varsity
basketball at Step 5; Edkins, boys
junior varsity basketball at Step 2;
Ray LaPlante. elementary boys
basketball at Step 3; Ed Easton,
basketball scorekeeper at $4 per
hour; Tooley, girls varsity and
junior varsity basketball coach at
Step 5; Karen Cunningham,
elementary girls basketball at Step
4; Easton, boys varsity baseball at
Step 3; Edkins, boys modified
baseball at Step 2; Seeley, girls
v a r s i t y and j u n i o r v a r s i t y
volleyball at Step 5; Patricia Cox,
modified softball at Step 2; and
Seeley, boys volleyball at Step 5.
Extra-curricular appointments
are:
Nancy Pitcher, athletic
association at Step 5; Phyllis Marshall, cheerleading advisor at Step
4; Hilton Hotaling, drama enrichment at Step 1; Carl Teahan,
French and Spanish enrichment at
Step 2; Al Kirby, FFA advisor at
Step 5; Charlene Ott, Honor Society
advisor at Step 4; Ed Bennett,
newspaper publicity a t $200; Carol
Beckner, seventh and eighth advisor at Step 4; Candace Murdock,
junior class advisor at Step 1,
Hotaling, senior class advisor at
Step 3; Sandra Rupert, senior trip
advisor; Mary C. Spilman, Whiz
Quiz at Step 5; Anne Moore, yearbook at Step 2; and William
VanVleet, grade 10 advisor at Step
1.
Woman
No Money
Sought Help
Inmate Burglary
*
According to VanBenschoten, the
break occurred while Madonna
was pulling a silicon mold off the
sculpture. He says there appeared
to be some corrosion on the piece
that caused it to come loose with
the p l a s t i c - l i k e s u b s t a n c e .
VanBenschoten says Madonna, a
well-known mold maker, was not at
fault in the incident and the corrosion was likely caused by the age of
the piece.
"There's more likelihood of age
weakening Remington's sculptures
because there is less supporting
them," says VanBenschoten of the
works, often suspended by a leg of
a horse. In an interview before the
accident, Madonna said, "Remingtons are difficult because of the
Four city men arrested for
possession of marijuana during a
birthday raid of an 8 Mill Street
home on May 19, have been
sentenced to40 hoursof community
service and the dismissal of the
charges if they stay out of trouble
for six months, said city court officials.
David A. Vemsey, 18, of Route 2,
city, Kendall R. Cohen, 46, of 519
Pine St., city, Francis Terrance, 23
of 715 Rensselaer Ave., city and
Paul A. Deloney, 19, of 1235
Mechanic St., city all appeared
before City Court Judge George
Silver Monday for sentencing. All
four pled guilty and were sentenced
to do community service and
granted an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal.
City Court Clerk Ann O'Neil said
the other four men arrested during
the May 19, raid are to appear in
court on June 13. They are Paul E.
Recore, 25, of 821 Pord St., city,
Raymond J. Perkins, 36, of 8 Mill
St., city, Thomas E . Kiah, 46, of 900
New York Ave., city and Richard
A. Dominie, 20, of 4 Mill St., city.
All eight men, said city police
were ticketed for possession of
marijuana when city police acting
on a tip from an informant, raided
Raymond Perkins' home on Mill
Street interrrupting a birthday party being held in his honor.
Mill Street has been termed by
city residents "Pot Alley" for the
amount of suspected marijuana
dealing residents believe was occurring there.
School Board
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Lockwood said there'd been a
public hearing, he'd said that in
good faith."
But, he said, "we were quite genuinely surprised that the city has
taken no legal action, other than to
ask for a tax abatement."
School board members, said
DuPre', "will be observing very
carefully" the public response to
the Opportunity Zone at the city's
public hearing this coming Monday
at7p.m.
DuPre' said this morning that in
executive session Monday night he
told the board that it was his opinion, based partly on a response
from the Department of Commerce, that abatements could not
be "split," and only commercial,
i n d u s t r i a l , " and b u s i n e s s
abatements given under the Zone.
Asked if he considered it legal to
discuss such a matter in executive
session, DuPre' said "no action
was taken. Also, I am of the opinion
that a report of an attorney to a
client is permissible. It is
something you can argue, but I
believe an attorney-client communication is permissible."
DuPre' also provided materials
from the state which stressed Opportunity Zone tax breaks for commercial and industrial use and
made no mention of residential tax
abatements as such.
And he also provided minutes of
a Feb, 17, 1987 school board
meeting attended by Douglas
McDonald, then the city's director
of planning and economic development.
According to the minutes,' "Mr.
McDonald further indicated that
the proposal would provide monies
for commercial, industrial and
some retail development, but
would not include housing."
"The designated zone," the
minutes state earlier, "is one
square mile or 550 acres to be
developed for commercial, hv
dustrial, and retail purposes."
Said DuPre', "If the city can
work with the governor or whoever
it takes to present this program for
businesses, I'm sure the school
board will look favorably at it."
Superintendent of Schools Stitt
again stressed that he believed it
was the state's official brochure
and other state information which
was at fault in not clearly pointing
out that residential property was
included.
He said city officials were basing
their information on the state's in-*
formation.
"The board has always bent over
backwards to cooperate" in commercial and industrial development, Stitt added, saying "our job
is to have a good school, which
leads to economic development.
That's our role."
DuPre' speaking for the board of
education said the board members
objected to being blamed by
onetime Lighthouse Point
developer Bernier, Peck,
Gozalkowski and Carr for their
decision to pull out of the project.
"Especially," he said, referring
to Paul Carr's May 16 remark that
failure of the district to pass the
abatement would not stop the
developer, "since we were told that
our action was irrelevant."
Asked why he had been called in
to speak on behalf of the district,
DuPre' cited "the complexity of
the matter. It deals with a new
piece of legislation whose provisions have not been interpreted.... specif ially in regard to requirements for public hearing and
no differentiation between types of
property, as well as the action of
the county in viewing this as a subject for commercial and industrial
tax abatement."
You Can Sign
Up For City
Rec Programs
The Ogdensburg Parks and
Recreation Department will hold
signups for all summer programs
on Saturday from 9 a.m. until noon
at the Ogdensburg Community
Center.
A signup session will also be held
on June 18 from 9 a.m. to noon.
Residents may sign up for any program on either Saturday.
If a parent plans to register a
child for the summer Day Camp,
they must bring immunization
records. No Day Camp registrations will be taken without the
records.
The Recreation Department will
also begin its Sharing and Learning
Program on July 5. The program,
which will run through August 17,
will be held Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. until noon at the
Community Center.'
Madill Fun Fair
Set For Friday
Madill School's Fun Fair is 3 to 7
p.m. Friday at the school, 80O Jefferson Ave.
Madill PTA Secretary Vicky Peo
said there will be games and prizes
for all ages; Principal Richard
Lockwood has volunteered to cook,
but more volunteers a r e needed.
Call PTA President Donna Doyle at
393-4212.
Proceeds pay for school trips.
Seaway Festival
Continued From Page 7
hockey team.
Also performing at the Monday
night pageant were members of the
OFA Jazz Rock ensemble, directed
by Mary Lou Keenan.
Entertaining Night
Myrna O'Neil, who annually
coordinates the Seaway Festival
Queen's Pageant with Marie Truax
and Flora Jane Beaton, called the
many configurations Everything Monday performance a "very
is turned."
entertaining night."
This is the second time the Bron- "There was a very appreciative
cho Buster has sustained damage, and well-behaved crowd and I was
the first during a trip to really pleased with the perWashington D.C. in 1983 when the formance of all the young ladies,"
"quirt" or hand-held whip of the said O'Neil. "They all carried
cowboy fell off.
themselves quite well and were
M u s e u m d i r e c t o r L o w e l l very poised throughout the evenMcAllister, who is attending a con- ing."
vention in Pittsburgh, told museum
The 12is entries
this year's
employees was worried about the pageant
the mostincontestants
in
sculptures while the work was go- r e C ent years, said O'Neil. But the
ing on.
Zonta Club-sponsored event has atAlthough Van Benschoten says tracted as many in years past,
the damage will be "completely un- Rybka and her two princesses
noticeable" and won't affect the w m attend numerous events
value of the piece, he says the inci- throughtout the reign, including an
dent will be a factor in future appearance at the Seaway Festival
museum decisions of this type.
Parade on July 30.
Remington's Bronchoh Buster Broken
BY KAREN KELLY
which contracted Jim Madonna to
A prominent piece on Frederic make the molds. Before agreeing
Remington's priceless sculpture to work with the foundry the Remthe Broncho Buster snapped off ington museum insisted that
Friday, leaving museum ad- Meisner have adequate insurance
ministrators to question their deci- to cover such a risk. All repair done
sion to allow casts to be made of on the sculpture will be covered by
three Remington bronzes. The this policy. Administrative Aide
fragment, a two-inch stirrup which Mark VanBenschoten says the risk
extended from the horse's saddle of damage was a factor considered
on the sculpture, will cost in the at the onset of this project.
thousands of dollars to repair and "The slight risk (of damage) was
may require close to 15 hours of considered and it was determined
to be worth the returns," said
work.
Although previous reports stated VanBenschoten. The museum will
that Silversmiths U.S.A., the com- recieve close to $500,000 for the
pany casting the pure silver pure silver replicas of the
replicas, was responsible for the sculptures which will be Included in
damage; the actual liability is in the museum's acquistion fund to
the hands of the Meisner Foundry purchase original Remingtons.
Four Plead
Guilty Monday
In City Court
r
Youth Misses
Dog, Flips
Motorcycle
HEUVELTON — A Heuvelton
youth suffered minor injuries in a
motorcycle accident at 7:20 p.m.
Monday, said Sheriff's Deputies.
Jeffery A. Grenier, 16, of Route 3,
Heuvelton was travelling south on
the Eel Weir Road when he tipped
his motorcycle over trying to avoid
a dog, deputies said.
Grenier was treated at A. Barton
Hepburn hospital and released,
deputies said.
Black Lake
Cemetery
Meeting June 11
The annual business meeting of
the Black Lake Cemetery will be
held at the Cedars Grange Hall at 8
p.m. on Saturday, June 11. All
those interested are asked to attend.
Police Blotter
Dan Polniak of 505 Clark Street.,
city reported juveniles broke windows out of a trailer that he owns at
1409 Knox Street. City Police
Sergeant Robert McPherson
reported he has taken care of the
matter at 6:54 p.m. on Monday.
Philip Snyder, 43, of Rt. 1, Lisbon
was charged with unsafe passing
and operating an uninspected
motor vehicle following a motor
vehicle accident he was involved in
at 3:05 p.m. on Monday at the Kennedy School on Park Street.
Jennifer B. Berich, 18, of RD 1,
Rensselaer Falls was charged with
permitting clinging to her vehicle.
Randy Legault, 28, of 326 Park St.,
city was charged with clinging to a
vehicle at 10:20 p.m. on Saturday.
Robert Merria, 25, of 401 Main
St., city was charged with DWI and
driving the wrong way down a one
way street at 10:43 p.m. on Saturday.
Ken Hilborne of Rt. 3, city
reported that an unknown person's
vehicle struck his 1970 Cheverolet
Corvette in the parkinglot of RJ's
Tavern at 8:25 a.m. on Sunday.
Rowland Case
Continued From Page 1
vestigators, "While he was snoring
I could hear him say, 'I want you to
kill me and I am serious.'"
" I went into my bedroom down
the hall from his and got my single
shot lever action .22-^caliber rifle. I
loaded the rifle with a bullet from
my pocket and went into his
bedroom.
" I just aimed at his head and shot
one time. I don't know if the bullet
hit him or not. He made a strange
sound and that was it."
Rowland said he then ran from
the trailer in which they lived and
ejected the empty casing from the
rifle.
He got into his father's Buick and
drove to the home of his cousin,
Brad Harmer, near Kendrew Corners. Finding the door locked,
Rowland drove to his brother
Greg's house just outside Dekalb
Junction where his mother,
Maybelle, also lives.
He said, "I think I told her (his
mother) that somebody had shot
my father."
He and his mother drove to a
friend's home in Dekalb Junction.
The friend called state police and
the friend's boyfriend called for an
ambulance.
"At first," Rowland told police,
"I didn't tell the troopers the truth
about what happened because I
was all confused and didn't know
what to do. After the trip to the
state police station (on the
Potsdam-Canton road), I decided
to tell the truth about everything
that happened."