Bottled OJ baron gets big boost after being featured on Facebook news group page
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HEMET — A young, Hemet area entrepreneur, selling “fresh squeezed orange juice” along busy Florida Avenue, got a huge boost in his OJ sales after he was recently interviewed by a San Jacinto Valley-based community news group on Facebook.
Will Whelan, of Hemet Valley Incidents, spotted the bottled OJ baron, identified as “Lev,” selling bottles and cups of orange juice, west of the intersection of E. Florida Ave. and San Jacinto Street and decided to interview the juvenile juice junky.
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During an interview with Will Whelan of Facebook’s Hemet Valley Incidents Lev, a young entrepreneur talked about his family’s freshly squeezed OJ.
Looking somewhat like an orange himself – complete with a bright orange shirt and cool, multi-colored sunglasses – the future franchisor explained he was selling his family’s freshly squeezed orange juice at just $2 for a bottle and $1 for a cup to help raise money for a sick family member.
Countless valley residents chimed in on HVI’s post, sharing their stories about meeting the nectar peddler while buying OJ from him.
Many others talked about seeing the “hard-working and dedicated” miniature merchant selling his juice and mentioned how much they had always wanted to stop. Others who commented on the post said they planned on visiting Lev in the near future.
“It’s always nice seeing youngsters working for their money, teaching them the value of a dollar,” Whelan later said in a social media post on Facebook’s Hemet Valley Incidents.
The videotaped interview had been viewed more than 4,000 times and received hundreds of comments on the different pages the post was shared to.
Lev’s mother, Alisa Willett, joined the conversation – answering people’s questions and commenting back to many of those who commented on her son’s juice sales. The very proud mom clearly enjoyed all the kind words said about her thirst-quenching tradesman. Originally from Odessa, Ukrain, Willett also thanked area residents for their “warm welcome to the community.”
Lev also later popped up in the post’s comments, answering commenters’ questions about his juice sales and invited thirsty area residents in need of some taste bud-tempting vitamin C to stop by any time.
“What an awesome child,” Glenda Ten-Napel wrote after seeing HVI’s post about Lev’s liquid libations. “Kuddos to his parents for raising him correctly!“
Hemet Valley Incidents’ Will Whelan interviewed the wheeler dealer about his family’s “fresh squeezed OJ.
David Cordrey, who said he himself began selling lemonade when he was just 5-years-old and just three years later built a fruit and vegetable stand to hawk his family’s vegetables – straight from their garden – told Willett, “Your son is on his way to great things!”
Another area resident, Brooke Duncan told Willett, “Kids including myself would hold a lemonade stand or a little garage sale growing up in the 70’s in Santa Ana. I think it’s great kid stuff for a great cause.”
According to the pint-sized pitchman, he sells his orange juice in front of Salon Eleven O Seven and American Family Mortgage often, usually once school lets out around 2 p.m.
“Thank you so much,” Lev’s mom said in one of her countless comments to well-wishers and happy customers. “I believe Lev has a great future in the USA.”
Hemet Valley Incidents video
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Trevor Montgomery, 46, recently moved to Shasta County from Riverside County and runs Riverside County News Source and Shasta County News Source. Additionally, he writes for several other news organizations, including Riverside County based newspapers, Valley News, The Valley Chronicle and Anza Valley Outlook, as well as Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County and The Mountain Echo in Shasta County.
Trevor spent 10 years in the U.S. Army as an Orthopedic Specialist before joining the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was medically retired after losing his leg, breaking his back and suffering both spinal cord and brain injuries in an off-duty accident. (Click here to see segment of Discovery Channel documentary of Trevor’s accident.)
During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations, including Robert Presley Detention Center, Southwest Station in Temecula, Hemet/Valle Vista Station, Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center and Lake Elsinore Station, along with other locations.
Trevor’s assignments included Corrections, Patrol, DUI Enforcement, Boat and Personal Water-Craft based Lake Patrol, Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement, Problem Oriented Policing Team and Personnel/Background Investigations. He finished his career while working as a Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigator and was a court-designated expert in child abuse and child sex-related crimes.
Trevor has been married for more than 27 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and has 13 children and 14 – soon to be 15 – grandchildren.