December 13, 2018 Page 5
Grandma Turtle’s
Marshmallow Salad
Recipe provided by Chase Waite
Ingredients
• 1 pkg (8 oz) softened Philadelphia
Cream Cheese
• 1 container Cool Whip
• 1 pkg cherries with stems
• 1 can crushed pineapple
• 1 bag (10 oz) Kraft Mini
Marshmallows
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1. Cut up the softened cream cheese into small pieces and place in a
mixing bowl.
2. Beat together with an electric mixer the cut up cream cheese and
the whole container of cool whip just until they are mixed and the
cream cheese is not clumpy. Then drain the crushed pineapple and
dump it into the mixing bowl.
3. Beat the drained pineapple into the cream cheese cool whip mixture
until well distributed. Next, hand stir in the bag of mini marshmallows,
until mixed and coated. Smooth out top with back of spoon.
4. Drain the cherries with stems, and place them over the top of the
salad. Refrigerate overnight so that the marshmallows have time to
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Disabled Parking Cheats to Feel
the Holiday Blues with Big Fines
By Rob McCarthy
Someone’s watching disabled parking spaces
at local shopping malls to see who’s being
naughty and nice this holiday season. Those
who abuse the privilege can expect a blue, blue
Christmas. The Department of Motor Vehicles
has warned shoppers and their families that
state-issued placards for people with limited
mobility are not to be loaned out. Those who
defy the warning are subject to loss of their
parking privilege and a hefty fine if they’re
caught by a DMV field agent.
Abuse of disabled parking is fairly common
in the South Bay, though it’s not easy
to detect. DMV agents working area parking
lots in November found one in 10 drivers who
displayed a blue or red placard were breaking
the law. That matched the statewide average
for parking violations, too.
A top official with the DMV appealed to
the public to do the right thing this holiday
shopping season. “The DMV is committed to
curbing fraud and will give offenders the gift
of a citation. So, I ask you to save the space,”
said Director Jean Shiomoto in early December.
Field agents are active year-round policing
disabled-parking spaces at public venues,
including the Los Angeles County Fair. A
crackdown during the fair resulted in 345 citations
and an alarming rate of abuse, according
to agents. They discovered one in six drivers
were misusing a placard.
The offenders went home from the fair with
a minimum $250 ticket and without the parking
placards, which were confiscated on the spot.
Most violators used a placard that belonged
to a relative to avoid parking fees or to grab a
more convenient space nearer to the front gate.
Leave enforcement to the authorities during
this hectic time of the year when tempers
can flare over a parking spot, says the DMV.
Not every disability is obvious, leading to a
confrontation that can turn physical, authorities
say. Rather than accuse another driver, report
a possible violation using an online complaint
form with the DMV. Or call the local DMV
investigations office with a complaint.
The local office is in Inglewood, which is
open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. The phone
number to reach an investigator is 310-412-6416.
Spokesman Jaime Garza explained that not
all disabilities are obvious. A heart or lung
condition, for example, can make someone
appear to be in good health when they actually
aren’t, he said. “That’s why we check
every person when we conduct an enforcement
operation even if it appears they are using a
placard legally,” Garza said. It is also illegal to
park in the blue-striped area between disabled
spaces for loading and unloading.
California issued more than 2.9 million disabled
placards to licensed drivers in the state,
according to its records. The DMV launched
a public-awareness campaign in March 2017
to deter abuse of disabled parking permits. It
encourages businesses to download and display
a warning poster for customers. The posters,
which feature a wheelchair-bound person, are a
proven deterrent and they let drivers parking in
front of a business know they’re being watched.
Possession of a disabled parking permit
doesn’t give a driver carte blanche to park in
any designated spot for free or for any length
of time on private property. City codes may
allow the property owner to set aside disabled
spaces for customers of specific businesses on
the premises.
A blue or red disabled placard is generally
for parking on public roads and streets. The
rules about parking on private property vary
and fall under city or county jurisdictions, according
to the DMV. Questions about what’s
permissible on private property should be directed
to the local police department’s parking
enforcement officer.
To curb fraud of its special parking permits,
a new California law took effect earlier this
year. The DMV is required to send a renewal
notice every six years to each permanently
disabled person who is issued a placard.
The first renewal notices won’t be mailed
out until 2023. •
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