Thursday, August 12, 2004

Lemonade Stand Up for Yourself

Mim Murray, 10, and Marisa Miller-Stockie, 12, of St. Louis, had their lemonade stand shut down by a Health Department inspector after a neighbor complained that they were on her property. However, they didn't give up and the very next day the mayor and the city's health commissioner reopened their stand.

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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