ANGRY FATHERS THROW PUNCHES
Last month the Miller family vacationed out of town and left Gilbert Miller’s bicycle with Kip Hollister, Roger Hamilton, and Gary Berman to borrow. Once they returned from vacation the bike was no longer where it should have been, behind the garage. Curious, Mrs. Miller had the parents of Roger and Gary to come to the house to settle the situation. Mr. Hamilton arrived first and was informed about the situation. The story from the kids was that they had “rolled” the bike but returned it to the house. Before Mrs. Miller could continue Roger spat out ‘Gary was choking me, Dad.’ This was just the beginning of the heated night. Shortly after, Mr. Berman arrived to deal with the situation at hand. After talking to his son in private Mr. Berman accused Roger that it was his idea to “roll” the bike and Roger quickly tried to defend him self from the accusation. Mr. Berman shot back with ‘you shut up!’ This is a grown man telling a young child to shut up and later on told his son that Roger was a stupid jerk. Mr. Hamilton, like any father in this situation became very agitated. He kindly said that Mr. Berman was getting out of line that his comments weren’t needed. Still, arrogant Mr. Berman continued with the unnecessary comments and finally it happened— Mr. Hamilton lunged at Mr. Berman. The fathers continued to fight until Mr. Hamilton had enough self-control to stop. Roger only a few feet away he did not want his child to witness him fighting. As a parent he knew he would be setting a bad example and was the bigger man and walked away. Mr. Hamilton always remembered about his father is that he saw him in a fight… he did not want that to be the case for Roger.
