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NOTEworthy<br />
Arthur Ramo<br />
(left), Adbulahad<br />
Akrawi and<br />
Bashir Shallal<br />
discuss registration<br />
in Southgate.<br />
[Local]<br />
CHALDEAN VOTING LIGHT<br />
At press time, it appeared that Chaldean-American participation<br />
in Iraq’s historic elections was light.<br />
Community members were upset about the choice of<br />
polling space — Southgate — and said it represented<br />
a bias against them, since few Chaldeans live in that<br />
area. However, several community organizations led the<br />
way to make registering and voting easier by bussing<br />
groups of Chaldeans to the site. The former HQ store<br />
is owned by Wayne County. County Executive Robert<br />
Ficano secured the site within 48 hours of receiving a<br />
call from the White House asking for help.<br />
In California, meanwhile, Mar Sarhad Jammo led<br />
lobbying efforts to have a polling site established in<br />
San Diego, where the majority of that state’s<br />
Chaldeans live. But Los Angeles remained the sole<br />
polling site. The Chaldean community of San Diego<br />
and Arizona also bussed groups to the polls.<br />
BANK OF MICHIGAN<br />
OPENS<br />
The Bank of Michigan opened its doors<br />
for business on January 10. The bank is a<br />
full-service financial services organization<br />
focused on serving small- to mediumsized<br />
businesses in local communities.<br />
The bank has more than 180 investors.<br />
It is currently seeking deposits and loan<br />
applications.<br />
Longtime Michigan banker George<br />
Mochmar has been named president and<br />
chief executive officer of the bank. He<br />
was most recently chief operating officer<br />
and executive vice president for First<br />
National Bank of America.<br />
The Bank of Michigan is located at<br />
30095 Northwestern Highway, just north<br />
of Inkster Road, in Farmington Hills. Call<br />
(248) 865-1300.<br />
NEW BOOK TRACES<br />
CHALDEAN HISTORY<br />
A 400-age book, Chaldeans / Kaldaee:<br />
Since The Early Beginning of Time / 5300<br />
BC - Present has been published by<br />
artist and scholar Amer Hanna Fatuhi.<br />
FEELING FLUSH<br />
Even the preschool set knows where to<br />
get the freshest news on the community.<br />
Just ask Sam Yono II of Bloomfield Hills.<br />
The 2-year-old is the son of Sam and<br />
Christina Yono.<br />
The book, which is in Arabic, is the result of more than 25 years of research, Fatuhi said.<br />
He hopes the work will help prove to Iraq’s new government that Chaldeans are native<br />
Mesopotamians who need to be protected in the Iraqi Constitution, and that their history and<br />
language needs to be taught in schools.<br />
The book costs $100 for four copies, plus shipping and handling. Contact Amer Fatuhi,<br />
P.O. Box 171, Hazel Park, MI 48030; (248) 414-7307. To read an interview with the author in<br />
Arabic, visit http://www.ankawa.com/cgibin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=48&topic=32151.<br />
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10 CHALDEAN NEWS <strong>FEBRUARY</strong> <strong>2005</strong>
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