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Fourth of July Festivities:
Should You Bring Your Pet?
As the country dons its red, white and blue to celebrate Independence Day, nothing says patriotism like a good old-fashioned barbecue with a side of fireworks. But beware pet parents, what's fun for people can be a downright drag for our furry friends.
The ASPCA recommends keeping your pooch indoors as much as possible during backyard parties and Fourth of July festivities, even if he is a pro picnicker. From toxic food and beverages to raucous guests and fireworks, the holiday weekend is a minefield of potential pet problems.
"Even the most timid dog can leap a six-foot fence if he's spooked by loud noises," says Dr. Pamela Reid, Vice President of the ASPCA Animal Behavior Center. If your dog shows signs of distress from fireworks or boisterous revelers, Dr. Reid suggests giving him a Kong toy stuffed with peanut butter. "The consistent licking should calm his nerves," she says.
The ASPCA offers some more expert advice to keep your pet singing, "Oh Say Can You See," all the way to the fifth and beyond:
- Keep your pet on the wagon. Since alcohol is potentially poisonous to pets, place all wine, beer and spirits well out of paws' way.
- Avoid scraps from the grill. Stick with your pet's normal diet--any change, even for a day, can result in stomach upset. Certain foods like onions, avocado, chocolate, grapes and raisins are especially toxic to pets.
- Avoid lathering your pet with any insect repellent or sunscreen not intended for the four-legged kind. Ingestion can result in drooling, vomiting, diarrhea, excessive thirst and lethargy.
- Stay fire-smart. Keep your pet away from fireworks, matches, citronella candles and lighter fluid, which if eaten can irritate the stomach, lungs and central nervous system.
- Be cool near the pool. Don't leave pets unsupervised around a pool or lake--not all dogs are expert swimmers! Also, pools aren't large water bowls--they contain chlorine and other toxic chemicals that can cause stomach problems.
As always, if you suspect your pet has ingested something poisonous from the picnic table, please contact your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435. And be sure to check out our more complete list of holiday pet care tips for a safe and happy Fourth!
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Tolly Carr Being Released from Prison Monday, May 18th, 2009
Former local news anchor Tolly Carr is expected to be released from prison Monday.
He's served more than two years for the March 2007 death of Casey Bokhoven.
Carr accepted a plea deal from prosecutors after the former WXII-TV morning anchor ran over and killed the 26-year-old Bokhoven while driving drunk.
Bokhoven was walking home early in the morning of March 11. Carr's pickup went a construction roadblock on First St., lost control and hit Bokhoven, who was on a sidewalk.
Prosecutors had a toxicology report estimating Carr has somewhere between 12-22 drinks the night leading up to the accident. The report stated his blood alcohol was up to three times above the 0.08 legal limit.
Carr refused to take a breathalyzer test by officers at the scene. Several hours after the accident, Carr turned himself over to authorities and submitted to a blood test.
In August 2007, Carr pled guilty to felony death by motor vehicle and felony serious injury. He was sentenced to between 25 and 39 months in prison. He began serving his sentence immediately. Authorities said since Carr went to jail days after his arrest and went to prison immediately after entering his plea, he received credit for time served.
On November 18, 2008, Carr's lawyer reached a settlement with Bokhoven's family attorneys. The family agreed to drop their wrongful death civil suit against Carr. In exchange, Carr agreed to make payments to the family beginning in May 2010. Details about the amount of the settlement, including how much Carr will pay the family each year, are confidential.
Carr will spend the next five years on supervised probation.
He will be released Monday from the minimum-security Guilford Correctional Center in McLeansville.
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Tolly Carr to face uncertain future after he leaves prison
Ex- TV anchor served 2 years for felony death by vehicle
By Dan Galindo
JOURNAL REPORTER
Published: May 17, 2009
Former television anchor Tolly Carr is expected to walk out of a Guilford prison Monday a free man, having served just over two years for running over and killing Casey Bokhoven in a drunken-driving incident in 2007.
As he completes probation and tries to rejoin society, Carr faces some of the usual challenges of being a felon, along with the uncommon task of rebuilding a public reputation.
Carr had been a homegrown role model; he attended Winston-Salem State University, where he would later teach, and worked his way up the ladder at WXII-TV over seven years to become one of the station's morning anchors.
People familiar with television media work said that Carr's celebrity status will continue to raise questions about whether he has shown publicly that he takes responsibility for his actions.
"Tragedies like these take their toll first and foremost on the victims and their families, and then on the lives of those high-profile individuals who have committed them," said Jill Geisler, the leadership and management leader at Poynter, a school for journalists.
"Unlike many other ex-offenders, he is a public figure," she said, "and no doubt a lightning rod for criticism because of the magnitude of his crime."
Carr declined an interview request for this story; so did Bokhoven's family.
"This is the first time I've mentioned his name in how long," said Sean Bokhoven, Casey's brother. "It's about Casey, for us."
Casey Bokhoven, 26, was walking home from an evening out with friends in the early morning of March 11, 2007, when Carr's pickup truck left the road on First Street and went airborne, landing on Bokhoven. Carr had driven around a roadblock and into a construction zone, then he weaved down the uneven road until he lost control. A passenger in his pickup was seriously injured.
Earlier that night, Carr had gone bar-hopping downtown with friends.
A toxicology report estimated that he had between 12 and 22 drinks that night, and that his blood-alcohol content when he was driving was nearly two to three times the legal limit of 0.08.
Since pleading guilty to felony death by motor vehicle and felony serious injury by motor vehicle in August 2007, Carr has also settled a civil lawsuit filed by the Bokhoven family. The settlement keeps undisclosed the amount of the payments that Carr will make starting in May 2010. Several bars sued also reached confidential settlements.
When he pleaded guilty in the criminal case, Carr said he realized that it was unfair that he has a life to rebuild. Bokhoven was a chef at Forsyth Country Club and had been accepted in culinary school.
"Casey had a lot to offer the world," Carr said.
"I should be the one who's dead. I shouldn't be the one who's here breathing the air in the courtroom."
Carr has been in the Guilford Correctional Center in McLeansville since February 2008.
He has not been on work release. He had no infractions in prison, and was working in the prison's library, said Keith Acree, a spokesman for the Department of Correction.
Since September 2008, Carr has been able to spend up to six hours in the community, three times a week, as long as he is supervised by a volunteer. Bill Bailey, a friend of Carr's and an official at the local Urban League, has been Carr's volunteer supervisor.
Locke Clifford, one of Carr's attorneys, said he didn't know what kind of work Carr would try to find. "I suspect he'll be wide open," he said.
Promoting awareness on drunken driving may be an option, or low-profile work in media, such as writing or producing, said Geisler of the Poynter Institute. But, she said, anyone who hires him will have to weigh the risk of controversy.
*Dan Galindo can be reached at 727-7377 or at [email protected].
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 Casey Bokhoven, 26, was walking home from an evening out with friends in the early morning of March 11, 2007, when Carr's pickup truck left the road on First Street and went airborne, landing on Bokhoven. |
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