Girl With 'Illegal' Lemonade Stand Earns $1,838

The 7-year-old Oregon girl who found herself at the center of a national flap about childhood lemonade stands versus government bureaucrats is going to Disneyland.

Julie Murphy managed to make $1,838.31 in her second attempt at selling lemonade - enough to bankroll a trip for her and her mother, Maria Fife.

Inspectors Shut Down Girl's Lemonade Stand

Multnomah County health inspectors last month shut down Julie's enterprise at a local Portland arts fair because she lacked a food-safety license. News of the lemonade standoff went national.

County Chairman Jeff Cogen later apologized and told health inspectors to use "professional discretion" in enforcing food-safety laws intended for commercial businesses.

As for Julie, Portland radio station KRSK and Les Schwab Tire Centers set her up in business for the afternoon Friday at a tire store in suburban Milwaukie.

[rwsmith29456]

Apparently her lemonade was a 'value added' product.

[thinkaboutit13]

Wonder if Mom has to pay a gift tax on her trip that her daughter is financing? What a freeloader.

[tsigili]

Nice. I wondered if the city had paid her the money, at first. Nice to see it was patrons, and not tax dollars.

[Zowwyy]

$.050 for lemonade and she makes $1,800?? At that point it is not a kid stand.

[book_of_wally]

Yep, she can easily afford to buy that permit. We have been hoodwinked by a 7 year old girl!

[Wondering53]

I'd say the outrageousness of her being charged had people contributing by the droves! My son had a small lemonade stand at the end of our street a few years ago, $.25 a cup and made $80. I thought that was pretty good. Alot of people donated without buying!

[LIBERALS-lie]

LIBERALS (Oregon is a Democratic state) are concerned with health issues when it comes to a lemonade stand, but will allow illegal aliens to enter our country and bring in H1N1,whooping cough...

No hypocracy there...its all Bush/Cheneys fault...global warming...wall street greed...

[Vycodyn]

Your part of the problem with this country, asinie comments and no real idea what's really happening except to sip the Kool-Aid your lying conservative leaders spew at you. The wing-nut liberals are no better and also add to this countries decline.