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Lebell · 06-21-2003, 05:10 PM

This girl is beyond cute and thank God, still innocent.

And I'm sure the neighbor has spent all week regretting that ill-fated phone call.

I'm tempted myself to make a donation for her college fund.

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Girl's lemonade stand back in business

06/21/2003

By DIANNA SMITH, dlsmith@naplesnews.com

Forget about the Gulf of Mexico. Who cares about the breathtaking sunsets. Never mind the romantic lure of the Naples Pier.

Something sour has put Naples on the map.

Media from all over the United States have swarmed to now-famous Avigayil Wardein — a brown-haired, 6-year-old who just lost two front baby teeth.

Naples police busted Avigayil on June 13 for selling lemonade without a city permit. The story filtered through the news wires and quickly became a topic on CNN, MSNBC and Fox news networks, as well as the "Today" show and "Inside Edition."

Rush Limbaugh is talking about it. More than 60 radio stations from across the country have called Avigayil's mom, KC Shaw. On Friday, she talked with producers from the "Late Show" with David Letterman and "The Tonight Show," hosted by Jay Leno.

It was only nine days ago that Avigayil was known to passers-by as the cute girl who sells plastic cups of lemonade for 50 cents in front of her Old Naples house. Today, she's known as the Naples lemonade gal who has the whole country rooting for her and her ambitious little lemonade stand.

It turns out not many folks knew someone needs a city permit to operate a lemonade stand. Even Naples Mayor Bonnie MacKenzie bought lemonade from the small setup before Avigayil was forced to close it.

"I've been a customer of hers more than once," MacKenzie said. "That means I've aided and abetted. You know what, I'm not one bit sorry. It's good lemonade."

On June 13, Naples police responded to a complaint from an anonymous neighbor who grumbled about the permit-less lemonade stand on the corner of Sixth Street and 11th Avenue South.

Although the Naples police officer who answered the call was only doing his job, he felt so bad he bought a cup of lemonade. City officials shook their heads in shame. So they waived the permit fee, which was $35.

After a temporary shutdown, the city allowed the business entrepreneur to reopen.

Avigayil will lug the white plastic table and two gallons of fresh lemonade to the edge of the driveway today at 613 11th Avenue S., where her table is usually crowded with construction workers, landscapers and beachgoers with dry throats and sweaty clothes.

Phone calls from media, strangers and old friends have flooded the Shaw house, which the family might leave sometime soon to appear on national late night talk shows in Los Angeles and New York.

While sipping on a glass of cold lemonade, Shaw said Friday that she has had phone calls from people offering to pay for the permit and wanting to donate money to Avigayil. She's had so many offers, in fact, that she has set up an account called the Lemonade Girl College Fund at Orion Bank at 3838 U.S. 41 N.

Many of the other calls have been from people angry with the neighbor, whom the family believes complained about the stand. The caller didn't reveal her name to police, so it isn't confirmed that the neighbor is the woman who placed the call.

Shaw's neighbor has been unavailable for comment despite repeated attempts to reach her this week. The neighbor called police Friday morning to complain that the media had set up in front of her house and kept knocking on her door.

Phone calls also have flooded Naples City Hall, where staffers have listened to callers either praising the city for waiving the permit fee or criticizing the police for responding to the call.

"One guy was yelling, 'are you proud of what the nation thinks of your city?'" city staffer Michael Moose said. "It's pretty bizarre."

Naples police Chief Steven Moore said the city police department has received several calls, including one at 4 a.m. Friday from a man asking if officers had anything better to do than to shut down a lemonade stand. Others called irate, claiming they heard the police took Avigayil to jail.

"It's taken on a life of its own," Moore said with a smile.

But Avigayil doesn't seem to realize it.

She's still a normal 6-year-old who wants to spend what little money she has on candy, art supplies and dresses she can wear when she practices her ice skating moves. She likes to show off her fingernail polish — blue on one hand and purple on the other — as she fills the plastic cups with her mother's homemade lemonade.

Avigayil says she's famous. But she doesn't realize how many people know about her. She bases fame on how many coins and dollar bills are in her tip jar — a glass vase with a sign taped across it letting customers know spare change can be tossed inside.

Since news of the lemonade stand began spreading earlier this week, she expects to be "famous" for a long time.

"It makes you get lots and lots of money," Avigayil said, while holding her tip jar. "It's really fun."

rogue49 · 06-21-2003, 05:31 PM

awww

Halx · 06-21-2003, 05:45 PM

I enjoyed reading that.. very funny.

Now, everyone will forget about this in a couple weeks.

The_Dude · 06-21-2003, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Halx
I enjoyed reading that.. very funny.

Now, everyone will forget about this in a couple weeks.

definately. i'd say a couple of days

Bill O'Rights · 06-21-2003, 11:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Halx
I enjoyed reading that.. very funny.

Now, everyone will forget about this in a couple weeks.

Cynical Halx, very cynical. True...but cynical nonetheless.

I do so enjoy reading stories like this, that restore just a little touch of humanity back to the world.

Fade · 06-22-2003, 12:13 AM

ironic, what will happen if the lemonade is tainted? Ill be one of the people to say that she should get a permit, ALLOWING that she makes in excess of $500.

MrFlux · 06-22-2003, 12:29 AM

I'll be the first person to say that you, sir, are an heartless bastard! Who cares if the lemonade's tainted? The point of buying it isn't to drink it, it's to make a little girl happy.

Peetster · 06-22-2003, 04:44 AM

What a cute story.

oblar · 06-22-2003, 07:23 AM

good story

I must say I hadnt even heard of it yet, but I don't have a television... soo, most of my news is tech news.

and i have to agree with hal, everyone will forget about it fairly quickly, except for those that routinely get lemonade from her (those will take a month or so.)

Angel · 06-22-2003, 10:27 AM

Yet another story that tugs on my heart strings!

It is simply spine tingling to see a little ones face light up when you purchase something from their "establishment." Even if you don't want to drink the lemonaid...buy it, make her day, then go down the street and give it to that homeless person that will be every bit as thankful as the entrepreneur.

leprechaun · 06-22-2003, 01:48 PM

so I had just finished eating my greek pizza and I was scrolling down to check out topics and Lemonade catches my eye.......now I have a huge craving for lemonade and now way to fix it....poor me, life is so hard...hehehehee

MacGnG · 06-22-2003, 02:05 PM

lol thats what the neighbor gets, that little girl is gonna be selling lemonade for a long time.

WhoaitsZ · 06-22-2003, 06:46 PM

i've seen OJ fucking Simpson for YEARS and he's still on tv and in discussions.

princess diana....... iraq, bush, clinton, SARS........

all over publicized. right now i'm thrilled to see a baby get her day's glory.

cchris · 06-23-2003, 05:40 AM

A good result in the end and

Fuck the neigbour.

Ambition · 06-23-2003, 06:01 AM

great story. what a pain in the ass neighbor though, it's amazing how much of a pain in the ass people can be. the neighbor is a heartless MFer.

bobdobbs8056135 · 06-23-2003, 08:58 AM

only in florida

CSflim · 06-23-2003, 11:52 AM

Yeaayyy! Go Avigayil! I'm also glad the reporters are maing life miserable for the heartless neighbour...c'mon fess up...we know it was you!

joshibahn · 06-24-2003, 08:53 AM

I can see it now, the little girl pulling up the driveway in her power wheels electric barbie jeep, chrome wheels and a smile, flipping off the neighbor.....

Fallon · 06-24-2003, 09:14 AM

Today, I was driving down the road and in a hurry to get back to work, and i saw two girls selling lemonade on a side-road. I felt bad because I didn't have the time to pull over as I was already late for work, but hopefully they'll be there tomorrow. Sorry for my side-tracking, but while i went past, I thought of this article.

rev_skarekroe · 06-24-2003, 10:18 AM

The neighbor was right! That little girl should be hauled off to jail, disrupting the neighborhood with her juice racket. It used to be such a nice, quiet place 'til that brat started up her little "business". Well if if she's making money I say she needs to obey the law or face the consequences!

Nah, I'm kidding.
sk

Skettios · 06-24-2003, 11:03 AM

Wow that was really cute.

what were we talking about again?

mike059 · 06-24-2003, 04:55 PM

What happened to common sense here. why was she bothered at all. this is a prime example of overboard government actions. what kind of moron requires a permit for a kid's lemonade stand in the first place. I think the kid should sue the city for lost revenue.

sandeep · 06-24-2003, 06:33 PM

The funny thing is a friend of mine has a neighbor that sounds like the exact same person. calling the police everytime the wind blows too hard.

i guess some people are just fussy.

good for her though. and from the sound of it, she'll be raking in a lot more than just pennies and dimes now.

Gortexfogg · 06-24-2003, 08:14 PM

I remember this story from about a week ago and it's good that the girl's got all this support and is, most importantly, happy. I wonder, though, will she have to pay any kinds of taxes? I'm sure that neighbor has their law book out right now...

Fallon · 06-25-2003, 06:12 AM

mike059, I hope you're joking. The government was doing what it was requested to do, and after they talked to her, the city gave her a permit for free. I know as well as anyone how bad the government is, but in this case, they are the ones to blame. They had to do it because of a complaint or they'd probably get in trouble because they did nothing about the complaint. The cops felt bad for doing it, and the mayor was guilty of aiding her, and he even admitted it.

Tirian · 06-25-2003, 07:11 AM

Conspiracy theory:

Maybe it was the Mom who called, knowing she'd be able to get the sympathy of the public through the media and drum up all kinds of publicity.

Nah, I'm kidding too.

Troublebot · 06-25-2003, 08:38 AM

Yeah, the Lemonade Kid is great and I'm glad she's making her dough, but I want to here more about the city official named Michael Moose.

'Cause I dig that name.

06-21-2003, 05:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
Lebell Cracking the Whip Location: Sexymama's arms...	The Lemonade Girl - Update This girl is beyond cute and thank God, still innocent. And I'm sure the neighbor has spent all week regretting that ill-fated phone call. I'm tempted myself to make a donation for her college fund. ------------------------------------------------------------ Girl's lemonade stand back in business 06/21/2003 By DIANNA SMITH, dlsmith@naplesnews.com Forget about the Gulf of Mexico. Who cares about the breathtaking sunsets. Never mind the romantic lure of the Naples Pier. Something sour has put Naples on the map. Media from all over the United States have swarmed to now-famous Avigayil Wardein — a brown-haired, 6-year-old who just lost two front baby teeth. Naples police busted Avigayil on June 13 for selling lemonade without a city permit. The story filtered through the news wires and quickly became a topic on CNN, MSNBC and Fox news networks, as well as the "Today" show and "Inside Edition." Rush Limbaugh is talking about it. More than 60 radio stations from across the country have called Avigayil's mom, KC Shaw. On Friday, she talked with producers from the "Late Show" with David Letterman and "The Tonight Show," hosted by Jay Leno. It was only nine days ago that Avigayil was known to passers-by as the cute girl who sells plastic cups of lemonade for 50 cents in front of her Old Naples house. Today, she's known as the Naples lemonade gal who has the whole country rooting for her and her ambitious little lemonade stand. It turns out not many folks knew someone needs a city permit to operate a lemonade stand. Even Naples Mayor Bonnie MacKenzie bought lemonade from the small setup before Avigayil was forced to close it. "I've been a customer of hers more than once," MacKenzie said. "That means I've aided and abetted. You know what, I'm not one bit sorry. It's good lemonade." On June 13, Naples police responded to a complaint from an anonymous neighbor who grumbled about the permit-less lemonade stand on the corner of Sixth Street and 11th Avenue South. Although the Naples police officer who answered the call was only doing his job, he felt so bad he bought a cup of lemonade. City officials shook their heads in shame. So they waived the permit fee, which was $35. After a temporary shutdown, the city allowed the business entrepreneur to reopen. Avigayil will lug the white plastic table and two gallons of fresh lemonade to the edge of the driveway today at 613 11th Avenue S., where her table is usually crowded with construction workers, landscapers and beachgoers with dry throats and sweaty clothes. Phone calls from media, strangers and old friends have flooded the Shaw house, which the family might leave sometime soon to appear on national late night talk shows in Los Angeles and New York. While sipping on a glass of cold lemonade, Shaw said Friday that she has had phone calls from people offering to pay for the permit and wanting to donate money to Avigayil. She's had so many offers, in fact, that she has set up an account called the Lemonade Girl College Fund at Orion Bank at 3838 U.S. 41 N. Many of the other calls have been from people angry with the neighbor, whom the family believes complained about the stand. The caller didn't reveal her name to police, so it isn't confirmed that the neighbor is the woman who placed the call. Shaw's neighbor has been unavailable for comment despite repeated attempts to reach her this week. The neighbor called police Friday morning to complain that the media had set up in front of her house and kept knocking on her door. Phone calls also have flooded Naples City Hall, where staffers have listened to callers either praising the city for waiving the permit fee or criticizing the police for responding to the call. "One guy was yelling, 'are you proud of what the nation thinks of your city?'" city staffer Michael Moose said. "It's pretty bizarre." Naples police Chief Steven Moore said the city police department has received several calls, including one at 4 a.m. Friday from a man asking if officers had anything better to do than to shut down a lemonade stand. Others called irate, claiming they heard the police took Avigayil to jail. "It's taken on a life of its own," Moore said with a smile. But Avigayil doesn't seem to realize it. She's still a normal 6-year-old who wants to spend what little money she has on candy, art supplies and dresses she can wear when she practices her ice skating moves. She likes to show off her fingernail polish — blue on one hand and purple on the other — as she fills the plastic cups with her mother's homemade lemonade. Avigayil says she's famous. But she doesn't realize how many people know about her. She bases fame on how many coins and dollar bills are in her tip jar — a glass vase with a sign taped across it letting customers know spare change can be tossed inside. Since news of the lemonade stand began spreading earlier this week, she expects to be "famous" for a long time. "It makes you get lots and lots of money," Avigayil said, while holding her tip jar. "It's really fun." __________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis The ONLY sponsors we have are YOU! Please Donate! Last edited by Lebell; 06-22-2003 at 12:33 AM..

06-21-2003, 05:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
Halx Please touch this. Owner/Admin Location: Manhattan	I enjoyed reading that.. very funny. Now, everyone will forget about this in a couple weeks. __________________ You have found this post informative. -The Administrator [Don't Feed The Animals]

06-22-2003, 12:29 AM	#7 (permalink)
MrFlux Fluxing wildly... Location: Auckland, New Zealand	I'll be the first person to say that you, sir, are an heartless bastard! Who cares if the lemonade's tainted? The point of buying it isn't to drink it, it's to make a little girl happy. __________________ flux (n.) Medicine. The discharge of large quantities of fluid material from the body, especially the discharge of watery feces from the intestines.

06-22-2003, 07:23 AM	#9 (permalink)
oblar Über-Rookie Location: No longer, D.C	good story I must say I hadnt even heard of it yet, but I don't have a television... soo, most of my news is tech news. and i have to agree with hal, everyone will forget about it fairly quickly, except for those that routinely get lemonade from her (those will take a month or so.) __________________ "All that we can do is just survive. .All that we can do to help ourselves is stay alive." - Rush

06-22-2003, 10:27 AM	#10 (permalink)
Angel Naughty Just Right Location: Euphoria	Yet another story that tugs on my heart strings! It is simply spine tingling to see a little ones face light up when you purchase something from their "establishment." Even if you don't want to drink the lemonaid...buy it, make her day, then go down the street and give it to that homeless person that will be every bit as thankful as the entrepreneur. __________________ In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was within me an invincible summer. ~Albert Camus

06-22-2003, 12:13 AM	#6 (permalink)
Fade Banned	ironic, what will happen if the lemonade is tainted? Ill be one of the people to say that she should get a permit, ALLOWING that she makes in excess of $500.

06-22-2003, 04:44 AM	#8 (permalink)
Peetster Right Now Location: Home	What a cute story.

06-22-2003, 01:48 PM	#11 (permalink)
leprechaun Upright Location: at the end of the rainbow	so I had just finished eating my greek pizza and I was scrolling down to check out topics and Lemonade catches my eye.......now I have a huge craving for lemonade and now way to fix it....poor me, life is so hard...hehehehee

06-22-2003, 02:05 PM	#12 (permalink)
MacGnG Know Where!	lol thats what the neighbor gets, that little girl is gonna be selling lemonade for a long time.

06-22-2003, 06:46 PM	#13 (permalink)
WhoaitsZ Crazy Location: right behind you...	i've seen OJ fucking Simpson for YEARS and he's still on tv and in discussions. princess diana....... iraq, bush, clinton, SARS........ all over publicized. right now i'm thrilled to see a baby get her day's glory.

06-23-2003, 05:40 AM	#14 (permalink)
cchris Junkie Location: Sydney	A good result in the end and Fuck the neigbour. __________________ There's a fine line between participation and mockery

06-23-2003, 06:01 AM	#15 (permalink)
Ambition Insane Location: Miami, FL	great story. what a pain in the ass neighbor though, it's amazing how much of a pain in the ass people can be. the neighbor is a heartless MFer. __________________ Looking for answers to questions that can't be answered.

06-23-2003, 08:58 AM	#16 (permalink)
bobdobbs8056135 Upright Location: in the woods	only in florida __________________ the days run over the hills like wild horses...-Bukowsky- i am the flying rodeo clown of death in qpids liberation army... lending my strange services in the noble cause of taking over the world before microsoft enslaves us all.

06-23-2003, 11:52 AM	#17 (permalink)
CSflim Sky Piercer Location: Ireland	Yeaayyy! Go Avigayil! I'm also glad the reporters are maing life miserable for the heartless neighbour...c'mon fess up...we know it was you! __________________

06-24-2003, 08:53 AM	#18 (permalink)
joshibahn Psycho Location: portland, or	I can see it now, the little girl pulling up the driveway in her power wheels electric barbie jeep, chrome wheels and a smile, flipping off the neighbor..... __________________ TFP=heaven Heaven, n 1: the abode of God and the angels and the souls of those who have gained salvation 2: any place of complete bliss and delight and peace [syn: eden, paradise, nirvana, promised land, Shangri-la]

06-21-2003, 05:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
rogue49 Loser	awww

06-24-2003, 09:14 AM	#19 (permalink)
Fallon Junkie Location: RI	Today, I was driving down the road and in a hurry to get back to work, and i saw two girls selling lemonade on a side-road. I felt bad because I didn't have the time to pull over as I was already late for work, but hopefully they'll be there tomorrow. Sorry for my side-tracking, but while i went past, I thought of this article.

06-24-2003, 10:18 AM	#20 (permalink)
rev_skarekroe Insane Location: Parts Unknown	The neighbor was right! That little girl should be hauled off to jail, disrupting the neighborhood with her juice racket. It used to be such a nice, quiet place 'til that brat started up her little "business". Well if if she's making money I say she needs to obey the law or face the consequences! Nah, I'm kidding. sk __________________ "If I could have one wish, as in the fairy tales, I would unmake my past, and rise like Lazarus and stand in sunlight and banish all the dark." D. Tibet

06-24-2003, 11:03 AM	#21 (permalink)
Skettios Condition: Stable and Improving Location: Finger on the little red button.	Wow that was really cute. what were we talking about again? __________________ Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. Frederich Nietzsche

06-24-2003, 04:55 PM	#22 (permalink)
mike059 Tilted Location: Pensacola, Florida	What happened to common sense here. why was she bothered at all. this is a prime example of overboard government actions. what kind of moron requires a permit for a kid's lemonade stand in the first place. I think the kid should sue the city for lost revenue.

06-24-2003, 06:33 PM	#23 (permalink)
sandeep Insane	The funny thing is a friend of mine has a neighbor that sounds like the exact same person. calling the police everytime the wind blows too hard. i guess some people are just fussy. good for her though. and from the sound of it, she'll be raking in a lot more than just pennies and dimes now.

06-24-2003, 08:14 PM	#24 (permalink)
Gortexfogg I and I Location: Stillwater, OK	I remember this story from about a week ago and it's good that the girl's got all this support and is, most importantly, happy. I wonder, though, will she have to pay any kinds of taxes? I'm sure that neighbor has their law book out right now...

06-25-2003, 06:12 AM	#25 (permalink)
Fallon Junkie Location: RI	mike059, I hope you're joking. The government was doing what it was requested to do, and after they talked to her, the city gave her a permit for free. I know as well as anyone how bad the government is, but in this case, they are the ones to blame. They had to do it because of a complaint or they'd probably get in trouble because they did nothing about the complaint. The cops felt bad for doing it, and the mayor was guilty of aiding her, and he even admitted it.

06-25-2003, 07:11 AM	#26 (permalink)
Tirian Addict Location: Canada	Conspiracy theory: Maybe it was the Mom who called, knowing she'd be able to get the sympathy of the public through the media and drum up all kinds of publicity. Nah, I'm kidding too.

06-25-2003, 08:38 AM	#27 (permalink)
Troublebot Intently Rocking Location: Davey's	Yeah, the Lemonade Kid is great and I'm glad she's making her dough, but I want to here more about the city official named Michael Moose. 'Cause I dig that name. __________________ Howard Moon: The wind is my only friend. Wind: [whistling] I hate you.