Eight-year-old cooks up idea to raise funds for music camp

CAVE SPRING - Eight-year-old Mallie Powell got a quick lesson in economics recently when she tried to raise money for summer music camp. <br> <br> Last weekend, she figured selling homemade fried apple pies on the town square was a way to get her closer to her dream of going to summer camp in Nashville. <br> <br> But, a police officer informed her that she needed a business license to sell the $1 treats and told her she&#39;d have to move along. Her efforts to raise the funds seemed fruitless - until family members appealed to city officials. <br> <br> Now, she&#39;s back in business. <br> <br> Mayor Frank Scalf had told Mallie and her mother, Judy Powell, that it would be OK for her to sell pies on the town square, but only she could be involved. No adults could sell or participate. <br> <br> ``We&#39;re not going to leave an 8-year-old out there by herself,&#39;&#39; Powell said. <br> <br> Scalf explained that there had been a misunderstanding and that he had given Mallie permission to sell the apple pies in the middle of town. <br> <br> ``I&#39;m not so heartless that I&#39;m going to run a little girl off who&#39;s trying to raise money to send herself to camp,&#39;&#39; he said. ``If I had been doing it, I&#39;d gone into one of the shops on the square and asked if I could sell fried pies in front of that business using their business license.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Mallie&#39;s grandfather, Allen Crowe, purchased a business license so his granddaughter could raise $695 to attend music camp in three weeks. <br> <br> As for Mallie, she planned to spend much of her July Fourth holiday on the town square - with those fried apple pies and dreams of heading off to Nashville soon.

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