By Alec Etheredge
The Shelby County Reporter
Sitting around bored on a typical summer day in the Timberline neighborhood of Calera, Maggie Marling sprinted up to her dad inside their home and started shouting out the best idea she had ever come up with.
“Dad, dad, I want to start a lemonade stand,” the 8-year-old said ecstatically to her dad, who was trying to balance a business call in one ear and Maggie asking questions of what she needs in the other ear. “Where can I get lemons? Where can I get cups?”
Her dad, George, put the phone aside for a brief second and told her to draw up a business plan.
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