Mike Heine ROCKS!!!
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The Gazette probably has to up his pay all the time just to keep other papers from "stealing" him.
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And how is she any different than Krystal Hart's parents? Except fortunately, none of THESE teens killed anyone!

“This whole ordeal was not a mistake or bad choice but rather an average, normal family that got caught up in an unusual circumstance.”

I suppose this is the pat answer for all parents who can't control their children.

It was BOTH a bad choice and a mistake. One that could have led to more deaths.... Where was this woman's head? Be a responsible parent!

Sheesh!

"In addition to loaning books, Walworth Memorial Library Director Bobbi Sorrentino was giving children alcohol this summer, according to police and court records."
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If this isn't "Enquirer" journalism, I don't know what is. Mike Heine should get a new job.
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Please tell the whole story..if there is more to it...if not, shame on you.

http://www.gazetteextra.com/libraryhead0...

I googled this and the ages were 15-18. If kids are 18 and out of school it is a different situation.

Before anyone gets mad - I don't agree with kids drinking while still in high school. I don't think they're mature enough to handle it. But I think after high school, they are adults. If they're going to be drinking, might as well be in a controlled home. Once they go to college, it's a totally different situation. I think it's almost better for kids to have some experience with alcohol in a safer environment with people they trust instead of going to college all innocent then going nuts with drinking because they can.
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Ok, I'm ready for my verbal thrashings now.

So "Kid", if one of my under 18 teenagers happens to be staying overnight at a friends it is perfectly OK by you that they be served alcohol as long as they don't leave? You are obviously not the parent of a teenager.
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SG-If this woman had no idea that drinking was occuring this article nor her quote does anything to clarify that fact. I highly doubt the authorities would be fining her these amounts if that was the case. If it is then there are plenty of other parents who could be fined huge amounts including those "cool" parents who buy kegs for their junior students and classmates after prom.

Man...it's some judgemental types out there.

Do any of you have teenagers? Do you have any inkling of how sneaky they are as a matter of habit?

I've got 5 kids, 3 of them teenagers, and I'm here to tell you, if you don't watch them like a hawk, even the nicest will go off the rails sometimes.

That said, one of my kids knows most of the kids involved in this, and word I get is that Mom didn't know what was going on, and didn't provide the booze. Interesting to note, if your kids sneak a six-pack into the basement and drink it with their friends, you can be convicted of "providing alcohol to a minor".

This is a Lady that has worked tirelessly to better her community, and to help the residents of that community. Even her supervisors on the Board there are praising her, yet all anyone can think to write is how terrible it all is. Hope YOUR kid never sneaks a beer into your backyard during a party!

Ugh. I hate it when parents try to be the "cool parents" and do crap like this.
This woman should be penalized to the fullest extent.

the big question is if these kids left after they were drinking?? kids are drinking anyways, if mom makes them stay after drinking i see nothing wrong with this. if she allows them to leave or basically just 'sponsors' a party then shes wrong.

When I was a teenager, my parents would allow me to have a glass of wine or a wine cooler with them every once in awhile. It would have to be with them, under their supervision, and I could not go anywhere afterwards. I believe that this is one of the reasons why drinking was not so interesting to me when I turned 21. However, they never would have offered alcohol to someone else's kid. Never. I believe that offering a beverage to your own kid, under supervision and in moderation, is your own perrogative. Someone else's? That's overstepping some serious boundaries.

Sounds like another parent trying to be their kid's best buddy at all costs! I guess she didn't understand the part that a parent is supposed to PARENT, not be the buddy. My kids didn't like the rules and everytime they said they hated me I would just smile and say "Thank you! That means I am doing my job." Now my older kids, who are on their own, thank me for how they were raised. They know how to make good decisions and they stay out of trouble and "unusual circumstances."
I hope this woman has learned a lesson and avoids "unusual circumstances" like the plague from now on. I wonder if the other kids' parents are going to come back and file civil suits against her? My parents always taught me to think and plan ahead, this lady must have missed that lesson. Good luck to her in the future.

".....but rather an average, normal family that got caught up in an unusual circumstance.”******************Not sure what world she lives in, but average normal families do not sponsor beer parties for their children. Does the library have Spotted Cow on tap?

I always wondered why the Walworth Library offered four beers on tap ...

It would seem that by the time you're 47 years old the lesson that it's a bad choice to illegally provide alcohol to minors would have been learned. But I guess some people don't learn as quickly as some others. Hopefully, if she hasn't already, she will learn that it's also a bad idea to supply them with drugs or firearms before she gets caught up in any further unusual circumstances.

"said she and her family just got caught up in “an unusual circumstance.”
It would have been nice if they expanded on the unusual circumstance. Was the unusual part the fact that they got caught or what?

"the whole ordeal was not a mistake OR a bad choice"...how about it was BOTH. I don't know how a parent could make a statement like that and possibly be raising her children to know right from wrong. Sounds like she needs parenting classes. Unreal.