CONTENTS MAY2014 THE CHALDEAN NEWS VOLUME 11 ISSUE IV on the cover 20 Remembering Mar Delly By Vanessa Denha Garmo Chaldeans pay respect to our former Patriarch 22 Guest Column By Junior Jwad Mar Delly: A good and faithful servant 20 special health & wellness section 24 The Doctors Are In By Niccole LaDue Diabetes 101: Fight back with a healthy lifestyle departments 6 From the Editor By Vanessa Denha Garmo A prayerful perspective 8 In My View By Michael Sarafa Spring cleaning for the mind 10 Noteworthy 11 Community Bulletin Board 14 Chai Time 16 Halhole! 18 Religion 19 Obituaries 32 One on One By Vanessa Denha Garmo Andy Arena: Committed to fighting crime 44 Economics and Enterprise By Joyce Wiswell Nothing seedy about this new factory 46 classified listings 48 Events Photos by Razik Tomina Chaldean Night at the Padres Happy New Year! By Monica Jiddou-Patros, M.D. Who Needs Sleep? Sobering reasons to get your ZZZs By Neil Jaddou, M.D. and Alaa Toma, M.D. The Downside of Spring: Surviving allergy season By Paul Hakim, M.D. Be Wise, Women: Don’t let myths keep you from important health tests features 33 Analyze This By Vanessa Denha Garmo Intelligence analyst pieces together the path to helping others 36 Chaldean on the Street By Anthony Samona What do you love most about Mom? 37 A Meeting of the Minds in Macomb By Eric Younan Chaldean Summit fosters understanding 38 building community By Joyce Wiswell Talking ‘Bout Their Generation: Teens open up during Building Community event 40 ‘Not from this World’ By Weam Namou Prolific poet Khalid Almekdisy is fondly recalled On the cover Mar Emmanuel III Delly was elevated to Cardinal by Pope Benedict in 2007 42 Positive Momentum By Joyce Wiswell Matt Sorisho looks ahead MAY2014 CHALDEAN NEWS 5
