Posted on 08/12/2004 4:48:48 PM PDT by mylife
Lemonade stand wins fight with city By Joel Currier 08/11/2004
Two girls found the lemonade business sweeter than ever Wednesday, after the St. Louis Health Department shut their curbside stand the previous day.
Mim Murray, 10 and Marisa Miller-Stockie, 12, of St. Louis, have been selling lemonade together for three summers in their neighborhood north of Forest Park. The two friends hope to save enough to buy laptop computers before starting seventh grade in a few weeks. Last summer, they made more than $100.
But on Tuesday afternoon, a city Health Department inspector told the girls they lacked the proper business licenses and were selling unsafe ice cubes, the girls said. The girls were selling Country Time lemonade from a powder mix and store-bought ice cubes near the corner of Des Peres Avenue and Forest Park Parkway.
A nearby resident, O.V. Carreathers, 48, of the 5900 block of Pershing Avenue, had complained about the stand on Friday to the city's Citizens Service Bureau. The girls took the day off on Monday, but the inspector tracked them down on Tuesday.
"I just didn't want them on my property," Carreathers said Wednesday. "I just didn't want them blocking my walkway."
Mim and Marisa said their stand had been on the grass between the rear of Carreathers' property and the parkway. They said Carreathers had threatened to spray them with a garden hose if they didn't leave.
"That's not the American way, dude," Mim said Wednesday.
The girls fought back, with a little help from their friends.
Mim's mother, Germaine Murray, called a local television station and their Catholic pastor, Monsignor Salvador Polizzi, who complained to Mayor Francis Slay.
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Sounds like another Demonrat here too.
Anyone in St Louis have a couple of decent used laptops that could be donated to these girls?
I dont know Knute, Its a nice idea.
Though personally I'd like to see them earn the money.
I liked the part where the folks were flocking in from Miles around after the meanies were outed! L0L
I admire their can do attitude.
I have a special "soft spot" for young ladies pursuing goals in the areas of math & science.
My 27 y/o daughter has her Masters in Computer Science and has written several published papers on the difficulties faced by young females at the Jr High & High School levels if they have interest in these scientific fields.
FMCDH(BITS)
What kind of pig would call the police to bust a lemonade stand?
Any bets the inspector did NOT check out the store selling the ice cubes???
Dude, property rights are the American way.
L0L I suspect you are correct, and despite my earlier suspicion that the inspectors name was followed by (D), Its very possible that it is followed by (A) L0L
true enough.
There is one in every neighborhood. I liked the way it ended though. Good for those kids and local government.
I liked it as well. And I thought we could all use a break from the woes of the world for a moment
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