FEBRUARY 2005

HER PRICE WAS RIGHT
After hearing those magic words, “come on
down!” Sylvia Mammo, a Chaldean woman
from Michigan, was the top prize winner on the
Price Is Right TV game show last month. The
episode is set to air at 11 a.m. on February 4 on
CBS (check your local listings).
Mammo attended a taping of the show with her
family while on a visit to California. As regular
watchers know, contestants are called from the studio
audience and don’t know in advance if they’ll
get to try for prizes. Mammo got the call and,
though she lost an intermediate challenge, went on
to win the grand finale, the Showcase Showdown.
Her prizes, worth $19,690, include a trip to
Argentina, furniture, carpeting and a grand piano.
“I was jumping up and down the whole time.
It’s embarrassing,” said the 21-year-old resident
of West Bloomfield. “It was the most exciting
thing, and the fact that my whole family got to go
up on stage when I won made the experience
more worthwhile.”
‘BREAKFAST OF NATIONS’
FEATURES CHALDEANS
Shenandoah Country Club was the site of
Leadership Oakland’s Breakfast of Nations on
January 12. The event brought together nine
leading ethnic organizations to discuss how
diversity can lead to profitability in business and
in the community.
Breakfast of Nations was designed to change
attitudes about diversity and to encourage interaction
between ethnic groups. Noted researcher,
Kurt Metzger, Ph.D., Research Director, Center
for Urban Studies and Director, Michigan
Metropolitan Information Center, Wayne State
University delivered the keynote presentation:
“Community Health — How to Build Healthy,
Diverse Communities.” His speech touched on
the current state of diversity, patterns in the
region and approaches of other cities.
Participating groups included: Chaldean
American Chamber of Commerce, Anti-
Defamation League, Arab American Chamber of
Commerce, Council of Asian Pacific Americans,
Jewish Community Council, Michigan Hispanic
Chamber of Commerce, Native American
Business Alliance, NAACP — North and South
Oakland Chapters and New Detroit.
YOUTH GROUP HELPS FAMILY
Chaldean Americans Coming Together
(C.A.C.T.), a group for Chaldean students at
Walled Lake Western High School, recently
held a bake sale to raise money for a needy
family in the area.
“We wanted to do something charitable for
the holidays,” explained member Darin Sitto.
C.A.C.T. also plans a field trip to Walled
Lake Middle School to recruit more students.
The group meets once a month to discuss various
issues and topics and to plan diverse
activities.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
The Chaldean Iraqi Association of Michigan had 496 active
members, according to its October 30, 1981 newsletter.
Membership fees were $2,085 and annual dues were
$400.
The issue announces the newly elected board of directors:
Michael J. George, president; Joseph Nadhir, 1st vice
president; Najib Karmo, 2nd vice president, Manuel
Meram, recording secretary; Ralph Ayar, corresponding
secretary; Badie Bodiya, treasurer; George P. Najor, assistant
treasurer; and, serving on the reserve board, Salim
Sarafa, Cal Abbo and Bernie Garmo.
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