What is going on with the East Alton Rotary Club? We will cover it here, along with all sorts of other interesting and off-kilter stuff that will inform, enlighten and amuse you.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
PEOPLE BEING PEOPLE
The 10-year-old West Side girl who got a $50 ticket for selling lemonade in Riverside Park was back in business yesterday and had a special customer -- Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe. Clementine Lee set up her stand in Columbus Circle, where Benepe bought three cups at 50 cents a pop. "He was nice," said the girl, who sold 80 cups, raising $40 for the World Wildlife Federation. Meanwhile, the parks enforcement-patrol officer who gave the little girl the summons has been temporarily removed from enforcement and is being retrained in park rules and regulations. Benepe quashed the ticket.
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