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Unlicensed Lemonade

Homemade lemonade is a refreshing alternative to iced tea on a hot day. Associated Press (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com(509) 319-0354
Homemade lemonade is a refreshing alternative to iced tea on a hot day. Associated Press (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
Homemade lemonade is a refreshing alternative to iced tea on a hot day. Associated Press (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

Drinking lemonade from a little girl’s unlicensed stand is a health risk we’ll take any day of the week. But we would have been out of luck last week in Portland, Ore. Some knuckle-headed health inspectors shut down the entrepreneurial dream of 7-year-old Julie Murphy.

The little girl was selling glasses of lemonade for 50 cents a pop at a local art fair. Her crime? She didn’t have a $120 temporary restaurant license, the Oregonian reports . A clipboard-toting health inspector told the girl and her mom that they’d have to shut down the stand or get nailed with a $500 fine. Scott Hensley, NPR Read More.

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* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog