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NOTEworthy you know you’re CHALDEAN if… You say goodbye 17 times on the phone. Your parents still scream at the top of their lungs when making long-distance calls. Your relatives alone could populate a small city. Share your ideas! E-mail info@chaldeannews.com or write to The Chaldean News, 30095 Northwestern Highway, Farmington Hills, MI 48334. Kroger officials Dave Breslin (left) and Paul Walker (right) flank scholarship winner Spencer Farouk Sitto and Channel 4’s Paula Tutman. Breast Cancer Walk Team Grows Chaldeans for a Cure, a group of women who plan to march in the fight against breast cancer, has grown to 14 members. Samantha Garmo started the group and has since signed on Veronica Dallo, Dana Koza, Cindas Gabbara, Ashley Jolagh, Jessica Jonna, Jessica Mansour, Candis Najor, Fatima Owainati, Maria Sagmani, Rita Sagmani, Gabrielle Saroki, Jennifer Yono and Lisa Zetuna. The Breast Cancer 3-Day is a three-day, 60-mile walk that raises funds for Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Fund. It takes place September 26-28 and donations are encouraged. Each walker must raise at least ,200. Learn more, or join the team, by calling Garmo at (248) 755-0247 or writing samanthagarmo@aol.com. Christians Demonstrate in Belgium for Nineveh Plain Some 5,000 demonstrators demanded the establishment of an administrative area for Christians on the Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq on April 19 outside the European Parliament in Brussels. Demonstrators came by buses from several European countries. The event was organized by a coalition of Assyrian groups. The official statement released by the organizing committee urges the European Union, United Nations and the U.S. to provide necessary protection for the Christians of Iraq and to “help in establishing an autonomous zone for them and provide them with the security they urgently need.” The demonstrators rejected the idea by German politicians to bring large numbers of Christian refugees to Europe, saying that Europe should instead help them remain on their ancestral lands where they have lived for thousands of years. According to the organizers more demonstrations are planned to take place in Europe, focusing on the issue of a self-administered area for the Assyrians of Iraq. — Assyrian International News Agency (www.aina.org.) Pre-Saddam Iraq Subject of New Book Life in pre-Saddam Iraq is detailed in “Once Upon a Time in Iraq,” a new book by Basil Balian. Balian, an ex-Iraqi and resident of Cincinnati, memorializes his growing-up years in Iraq. From his early childhood spent among the Kurds in Khanaqin as the son of a British Petroleum Company executive, to his adolescent and young adult years in Baghdad and as a student at the American Jesuit high school, Baghdad College, Balian shares personal stories of an Iraq long gone. “Iraq was going through relatively normal times during the decades that I write about,” said Balian, who mentions Chaldeans in the book. “Iraq was pro-West at this time. There was an underlying strong nationalistic sentiment among the middle class and educated masses to be independent but the main outside influence was a western influence. Indications are that history is about to repeat itself. Maybe there are lessons to be learned this time.” The 250-page book is available from www.Lulu.com. Lawrence Tech Offers Summer Camps Lawrence Technological University is offering 10 enrichment camps this summer for high school students. Topics include: biomedical engineering, entrepreneurship, forensics, robotics, alternative energy and power generation, architecture and interior design, automotive design, imaging and graphic design, biotechnology and gaming. Learn more at www.ltu.edu. Sitto Scores Scholarship Spencer Farouk Sitto has received a ,500 scholarship from the Kroger Company Minority Management Advisory Council Fund of The Columbus Foundation. He won the funds for his essay, “I Am Making History.” Spencer, 16, attends Avondale High School where he is starring as the Pharaoh in the school musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” People Joe Kyriakoza has been promoted to vice president, national advertiser solutions, at Jumpstart Automotive Media. He was previously vice president of product strategy. His newly created position includes direction of national sales and product strategy. Kyriakoza contributes occasional sports features to The Chaldean News. Frank Jonna, executive vice chairman of the Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce, was named a Diversity Champion by Crain’s Detroit Business in its April 14 issue. Jonna is the CEO of John Kuriakuz Frank Jonna Jonna Companies. Crain’s called him a “real estate success” and said “he gives generously to charities funneled through the Chaldean Chamber.” 14 CHALDEAN NEWS MAY 2008
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