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6B Saturday, December 1, 2001 THE TENNESSEAN www.tenne8sean.com LOCAL NEWS TENNESSEAN.com Every day matters, www.tennessean.com Metro program makes big IMPACT! on teens with college ambitions )1 inliil mn mrw -r lnw 0G9 T(mfBfB 2002 Mercedes-Benz C240 4 YEAR 50,000 MILE WARRANTY FREE MAINTENANCE 2002 Mercedes-Benz E320 4TEAJ SHOOrHlE WARRANTY FREE MAKTTNANCF 3 i. uWi tywwu I II in I 'Olufi ifciMMl Mill'" i m. frt tmkMtm ttdlmfUmtk -MH A By ANITA WADHWANI A'ru Writer Cordell Moore opened a bank account yesterday, an ordinary activity for many. But it's an important step for him and eight other east Nashville young people without a lot of money but with college ambitions. "This is all legit.

There's nothing like this when you're earning money on the streets, where you have to worry about people tak'ng the money away from you," said Moore, 18, who deposited $40. "It's a great opportunity for people like me to save for college." Moore and other selected teens got help in opening accounts at AmSouth Bank by Community an east Nashville-based program that aims to increase educational and economic opportunities for youth. The program, called Success Checks, matches each bank deposit up to $40 per month with $120. That three-to-one rate of return is the kind of incentive that Community IMPACT! hopes will keep motivating teens to save. "This is a way to send a message that there are opportunities for you out there," said John Hilley, of Community IMPACT! "It increases their sease of optimism.

The fastest way to get someone out of poverty is not just to give them more income but to increase their assets the most important of which is self-esteem. We think this does that." The program also requires the teens to take part in an eight-week financial literacy training course and to update the group on the status of their savings. "We think it's important that young people begin saving and to teach young people about savings, investing and financial services, something that many times is not taught in the classroom," said Latr-Lsha Stewart, community director of AmSouth Bank. Two branches of AmSouth and two other area bankers are helping to sponsor the program, the first of its kind in Tennessee. First Tennessee Bank committed $30,000 and Firststar kicked in $25,000 for the first two years.

The bank accounts are at AmSouth. For information, call Hilley at 500-7584. Moore said the bank account which will grow to $1,920 in a year if he saves $40 per month was a "gift" although he must earn all he deposits. He Is grateful for Community IMPACT! and all the adults who have helped him. "I'm not afraid to say that when I was younger I got up in what I call the hype, running the streets.

I wouldn't trade it for anything now because I feel like I learned from it. I feel like I can accomplish anything as far as not being a statistic, as far as being in jail and locked up. The money you make on the street is a curse. This is my future." Anita Wadhwani covers general assignments and Nashville communities. Contact her at 259-8821 or STKI 403455 39.57 1st Mo.

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ifryTt 3-year-old tornado victim diesatVUMC kQliT! flirt nffafh That's a lot to be thankful for. i 'A. Jb'j Ciii. A A 3-year-old Henry County boy died yesterday afternoon at Vanderbilt University Medical Center from injuries he sus-taineded when a tornado ripped through his fiimily's home Lite Monday night. Seth Goforth was critically injured when he was thrown from the double-wide mobile home on Cliffy Creek Road The twister killed his mother, Elizabeth Goforth, 32, and injured his father, Jerome Goforth.

37, and older brother, Hunter, 10. Last night. Jerome and Hunter Goforth were in stable condition at Vanderbilt. a hospital spokesman said. The tornado touched down at about 11:15 p.m.

Monday in I lenry County's Oakland community, near Paris. Authorities said five other people were injured in addition to the Goforths. The N.ition.tl Weather Service classified the Oakland tornado as an F-3. at the midpoint of the Fujita tornado scale. An F-3 tornado has winds of LS8-206 mph.

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