"Great Rate" O O APY* APY* Compiled by Steve Stein G. "BUZZ" SILVERMAN, pres- ident of Silverman Companies in 9 MONTH CD 13 MONTH CD Ann Arbor (Downtown) 665-4030 Ann Arbor (Main Centre) 665-4080 Bloomfield Hills 258-5300 Farmington Hills 737-0444 Grosse Pointe 882-6400 Visit Any Branch, Or Open By Phone Today, 1 -800-968-4425 Republic Information Center Hours Monday-Friday 7 AM - 7 PM • Saturday 9 AM - Noon Farmington Hills, has been elect- ed first vice president of the Builders Associ- ation of South- eastern Mich- igan (BASM). Buzz Silverman REPUBLIC BANK Abe Ran Member FDIC • Robert Halperin Annual Percentage Yield (APT) is accurate as of Janaury 12, 199S. Penalty for early withdrawal. Minimum of $1,000 to open and earn interest. DISTINCTIVE PERSONAL BANKING SECURE YOUR PFP RETIREMENT INCOME... Single Premium Deferred Annuity Plus from The Principal® offers you: • Tax-deferred growth • Annual withdrawal and flexibility • Income options • IRA rollovers Current One Year Rate* Minimum Guaranteed Rate 7.75% 3.00% Call today. Jerald Kaufman, CLU, ChFC 21411 Civic Center Dr., Suite 204 Southfield, MI 48076 (810) 354-4111 * Current rate effective 12/1/94. This rate includes a 1% bonus which is only applied in the first contract year. Call 354-4111 for today's rate. Rate no guaranteed and subject to change without notice. 38 SF/311, 312, 315, 316 Ci Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company (The Principal') Des Moines, Iowa 50392-0001 Your edge on the future.sm Irvin Yackness Peter Burton Robert Hal- perin, president of Robert Hal- perin Builders in Farmington Hills, and Scott Scott Jacobson Jacobson, president of S.R. Ja- cobson Development in Birming- ham, have been elected treasurer and secretary, respectively. Peter Burton, president of Bur- ton Katzman Development in Birmingham, and Abe Ran, pres- ident of Somerset Development in Farmington Hills, have been elected vice presidents on the ex- ecutive committee. Irvin Yackness will continue to serve BASM as executive vice president in addition to his duties as general counsel. BASM includes more than 1,950 professional builders, de- velopers and associate members in related industries throughout southeastern Michigan. It is the third largest association of the more than 800 state and local home builders associations that comprise the National Associa- tion of Home Builders. AN EMPLOYER job bank has been launched by the Berkley School District Community Schools Advisory Committee. Local business owners who are seeking full- or part-time employ- ees are being listed on WBSD, the Berkley School District's cable channel. WBSD is Channel 58 in Berkley and Huntington Woods and Channel 33 in Oak Park. FIRST TIME home buyers will have an opportunity to learn the how-to's of purchasing a home at a free program from 6:45-9 p.m. Jan. 23 at the Jimmy Prentis Mor- ris Jewish Community Center in Oak Park. How to apply and qualify for a home mortgage, choose a lender and real estate agent, fill out a pur- chase agreement, budget and un- derstand a credit application will be discussed. Reservations are required for the workshop, which is sponsored by the Neighborhood Project of the Jewish Federation of Metropoli- tan Detroit, First Federal of Michi- gan and the Michigan Group. For further information and to regis- ter, call the Neighborhood Project, (810) 967-1112. - MARTINE GILBERT, the BIRD Foundation's director of trade and development, will address the next breakfast meeting of the Ameri- can-Israel Chamber of Commerce of Michigan. The meeting will be held from 7:30-9 a.m. Feb. 3 at the Skyline Club in Southfield. A kosher breakfast will be served if requested. To make reser- vations for the meeting, call the American-Israel Chamber of Com- merce ofMichigan, (810) 661-1948. KENNETH ROGERS, director of the Oakland County Depart- ment of Community & Economic Development, will be the guest speaker at the Jan. 17 monthly meeting of the Detroit Chapter of the American Society of Apprais- ers (ASA). The meeting will be held at the Rivercrest Banquet Hall in Rochester Hills. A 6 p.m. cocktail hour will precede dinner at 7 p.m. For further information and reser- vations, call ASA Detroit Chapter secretary Mike Kurschat, (810) 816-9166. DAVID LITTMANN, first vice president and senior economist at Comerica Bank, will speak on "What's Ahead in the Economy" at 7:30 a.m. Jan. 18 at the Com- munity House in Birmingham. A continental breakfast will be served at the event, which is free of charge because of the sponsor- ship of Proctor & Associates mort- gage bankers. Reservations are