FW: Local student to be interviewed LIVE today on CBS Early Show

Shared with us by Kingsport Weyerhaeuser management: Charlie Floyd, Plant Manager & Tom Segelhorst, Human Resources Director.

 

LIVE

CBS Early Show

7:00 a.m. (expected airtime 7:30 a.m.)

Friday, January 6, 2006

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Segelhorst, Tom [mailto:Tom.Segelhorst@weyerhaeuser.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 5:34 PM

Jeff-
See email below.  Lisa Carr works here at the mill and Kamitra is her daughter.  I know this is short notice - but the interview and on air will be tomorrow.  I have spoken with Lisa and we have her permission for you to send this out if you would/can.

Thanks for your service.

Tom Segelhorst

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From:   Floyd, Charlie 
Sent:   Thursday, January 05, 2006 5:11 PM
To:     Segelhorst, Tom
Subject:        FW: Kamitra & CBS Morning News

FYI,
CTF

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From:   Carr, Lisa 
Sent:   Thursday, January 05, 2006 8:58 AM
To:     Sprouse, Marlene (Plymouth, NC)
Cc:     Evers, Dave; Fletcher, Steve H.; Hammonds, Sidney; Floyd, Charlie; Ramey, Phil
Subject:        Kamitra & CBS Morning News

Marlene,

Kamitra received a phone call from a New York City CBS Morning News Anchor last night due to publicity she received in two local newspapers for the rescue effort she made of our neighbor, Gladys Garland, and her dog, Levi.

I agreed to a LIVE interview between the news anchor and Kamitra via satellite in the morning.  A camera crew will be at my house at 7:00 AM, Friday, 1/6/2006, to set up.  The interview will air at approximately 7:30 AM on the CBS Good Morning News Show.

I am one PROUD Momma!

LISA G. CARR
JUNIOR BUYER
PHONE: 423-392-2787
FAX: 423-392-2719
E-MAIL: lisa.carr@weyerhaeuser.com

 

 

From Kingsport Times-News….

Date Published: January 3, 2006

We would do well to emulate teens' example

At a time when young people often seem to be getting more than their share of hard knocks, it's refreshing to learn of teens such as Kamitra Carr and Brad McKee.

Over the holidays, 16-year-old Kamitra, who lives in Boones Creek, was awakened at 3:30 a.m. by a dispatcher from 911 who advised that a next-door neighbor's house was ablaze, the result of a malfunctioning heat pump.

Responding immediately, the 10th grader at Daniel Boone High School ran barefoot and in her pajamas across the cold, December ground and rescued a wheelchair-bound Gladys Garland and her pet dog, Levi, from a home dangerously choked with thick smoke. In doing so, Kamitra's courage, quick thinking and selflessness may well have averted a tragedy.

And then there's Brad McKee, a Holston Middle School student who has twice spearheaded collection drives to help alleviate the suffering of others, most recently for those hard-hit by Hurricane Katrina.

At 13, McKee is already a fund-raising veteran, having previously partnered with friend Nehal Mehta from Dobyns-Bennett High School to collect school supplies for children in areas devastated by the tsunami that struck Southeast Asia last year.

This fall, the Holston eighth-grader organized a communitywide drive to benefit Hurricane Katrina victims. He called on his classmates, his neighbors, his church and local business contacts he had made during the first drive. And again, they responded. The Key Club at Central High School, Hawkins County Schools, Holston Elementary and, of course, Holston Middle School, joined by business partners like Eastman and S&ME Inc., donated supplies valued at $30,000, enough, in fact, to fill a 24-foot truck, which Brad happily delivered in person to students in Lumberton, Miss., during his fall break.

Those who know these two extraordinary young people best say that Brad and Kamitra are the type of people who seem to have a natural gift for helping others.

But such attributes don't just occur by accident. Kind, generous and involved young people are the result of parents and other adults who model and reinforce such traits. In turn, their example inspires others.

Young, old or in-between, we all have the ability to make a difference in our communities. Indeed, the more volunteers who step up to do their part, the less each volunteer has to do.

If you see Kamitra Carr or Brad McKee, by all means, congratulate them. And then, please consider doing something else: imitate their example.