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Article: Officer puts squeeze on lemonade stand
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- August 6, 2009
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Eight-year-old Daniela Earnest has made lemonade out of lemons in
more ways than one this week.
Hoping to raise money for a family trip to Disneyland, the Tulare
girl opened a lemonade stand Monday. But because Daniela didn't have
a business license, the city of Tulare shut it down the same day.
From that came a radio station's offer of Disneyland tickets to
Daniela's family -- in exchange for 30 cups of lemonade -- and an
appearance in front of the Tulare City Council on Tuesday night that
will likely lead to a compromise allowing her lemonade stand and
other pint-sized business ventures to operate legally.
The story began Monday morning when Daniela and her stepmother,
Marisa Earnest, set ...