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Girls' lemonade stand shut down by neighbor

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Two seventh grade girls really know a thing or two about turning lemons into lemonade. They were doing a booming business at their lemonade stand Wednesday ? a day after a neighbor complained and the city Health Department temporarily put them out of business.
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But the girls said a Health Department inspector told them Tuesday they didn't have the proper business licenses and were selling unsafe ice cubes. The girls were using powdered lemonade mix with ice cubes bought from a store.

A resident, O.V. Carreathers, 48, had registered a complaint about the stand on Friday with the city's Citizens Service Bureau. The girls didn't work Monday, but the inspector found them Tuesday.

Carreathers said she wanted to keep the girls off her property: "I just didn't want them blocking my walkway."
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Melba Moore, the city's health commissioner, said temporary food and beverage vendors are supposed to obtain permits, but that doesn't apply to children's lemonade stands.

"It should not have happened. And I apologize," said Moore, who gave the girls $3 Wednesday for a 25-cent cup of lemonade.
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Besides earning $112 Wednesday, the girls said they have learned something from their lemonade experience: "You don't have to sit there and take it," Mim said.
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My question is when does a lemonade stand become a vender stand?
 
my question is, what kind of a jackass neighbor do you have to be to call the health dept on a bunch of kids selling lemonade from a stand?
 
Mim Murray, 10, and Marisa Miller-Stockie, 12, of St. Louis, have sold lemonade together for three summers, hoping to save enough for laptop computers before school starts.
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wtf do these kids need laptops for?
 
one big quote instead of several small, and sometimes repeated quotes.

ST. LOUIS - Two seventh grade girls really know a thing or two about turning lemons into lemonade. They were doing a booming business at their lemonade stand Wednesday ? a day after a neighbor complained and the city Health Department temporarily put them out of business.
Mim Murray, 10, and Marisa Miller-Stockie, 12, of St. Louis, have sold lemonade together for three summers, hoping to save enough for laptop computers before school starts.

But the girls said a Health Department inspector told them Tuesday they didn't have the proper business licenses and were selling unsafe ice cubes. The girls were using powdered lemonade mix with ice cubes bought from a store.


A resident, O.V. Carreathers, 48, had registered a complaint about the stand on Friday with the city's Citizens Service Bureau. The girls didn't work Monday, but the inspector found them Tuesday.

Carreathers said she wanted to keep the girls off her property: "I just didn't want them blocking my walkway."

The girls said their stand had been on the grass behind Carreathers' property.

After the stand was shut down Mim's mother, Germaine Murray, called a St. Louis television station and the family's pastor, Monsignor Salvador Polizzi. He brought the situation to the attention of Mayor Francis Slay.

Melba Moore, the city's health commissioner, said temporary food and beverage vendors are supposed to obtain permits, but that doesn't apply to children's lemonade stands.
"It should not have happened. And I apologize," said Moore, who gave the girls $3 Wednesday for a 25-cent cup of lemonade.

Besides earning $112 Wednesday, the girls said they have learned something from their lemonade experience: "You don't have to sit there and take it," Mim said.

Marisa added, "We learned to stand up for ourselves."
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Originally posted by: booger711
Mim Murray, 10, and Marisa Miller-Stockie, 12, of St. Louis, have sold lemonade together for three summers, hoping to save enough for laptop computers before school starts.
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wtf do these kids need laptops for?
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WTF do AT memebers need laptops for?
 
Originally posted by: maziwanka
my question is, what kind of a jackass neighbor do you have to be to call the health dept on a bunch of kids selling lemonade from a stand?
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Seriously, if they're blocking your walkway, couldn't you just ASK THEM to move their stand?
 
Originally posted by: booger711
Mim Murray, 10, and Marisa Miller-Stockie, 12, of St. Louis, have sold lemonade together for three summers, hoping to save enough for laptop computers before school starts.
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wtf do these kids need laptops for?
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thats not the issue here... and whats wrong with a 12 year old having a laptop?
 
Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: booger711
Mim Murray, 10, and Marisa Miller-Stockie, 12, of St. Louis, have sold lemonade together for three summers, hoping to save enough for laptop computers before school starts.
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wtf do these kids need laptops for?
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WTF do AT memebers need laptops for?
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i use mine for college
 
Originally posted by: booger711
Mim Murray, 10, and Marisa Miller-Stockie, 12, of St. Louis, have sold lemonade together for three summers, hoping to save enough for laptop computers before school starts.
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wtf do these kids need laptops for?
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All night Lan parties
 
Well, it is a big health risk. The thing is, children may not know about proper sanitary practices, and you could get anything from their cold to hepatitus that way. If I knew the kid and the parents, I would take the risk. But if they're bringing in $100 per day, the chances are they are dealing with a lot of passers by who don't know them or their parents. So, if the question was 'when does a lemonade stand become a vendor?' I think the answer lies in the volume of business and whether the customers are well enough acquainted with the children to make a good guess regarding the degree and quality of parental supervision.
 
Originally posted by: booger711
Mim Murray, 10, and Marisa Miller-Stockie, 12, of St. Louis, have sold lemonade together for three summers, hoping to save enough for laptop computers before school starts.
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wtf do these kids need laptops for?
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at least they are working to EARN them and not ask mommie or daddy for it.
 
Originally posted by: booger711
Mim Murray, 10, and Marisa Miller-Stockie, 12, of St. Louis, have sold lemonade together for three summers, hoping to save enough for laptop computers before school starts.
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wtf do these kids need laptops for?
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To post on anandtech when their on the road.

oh, thats me =p
 
Originally posted by: booger711
Mim Murray, 10, and Marisa Miller-Stockie, 12, of St. Louis, have sold lemonade together for three summers, hoping to save enough for laptop computers before school starts.
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wtf do these kids need laptops for?
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So they can get on ATOT.... duh!!
 
Originally posted by: daveshel
Well, it is a big health risk. The thing is, children may not know about proper sanitary practices, and you could get anything from their cold to hepatitus that way. If I knew the kid and the parents, I would take the risk. But if they're bringing in $100 per day, the chances are they are dealing with a lot of passers by who don't know them or their parents. So, if the question was 'when does a lemonade stand become a vendor?' I think the answer lies in the volume of business and whether the customers are well enough acquainted with the children to make a good guess regarding the degree and quality of parental supervision.
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I'd trust nice young girls more than many of the restaurants I've seen.
 
Originally posted by: jdini76

My question is when does a lemonade stand become a vender stand?
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so are you saying she should be shut down?

this is like claiming garage sales are home business.
 
Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: booger711
Mim Murray, 10, and Marisa Miller-Stockie, 12, of St. Louis, have sold lemonade together for three summers, hoping to save enough for laptop computers before school starts.
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wtf do these kids need laptops for?
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WTF do AT memebers need laptops for?
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for internet usage in hot passionate positions that a desktop could only dream of.
 
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