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Psychic, Author and Researcher Sylvia Browne to Appear at Casino Whether you believe her psychic abilities are real or not, Sylvia Browne is no doubt the most famous psychic of our time. She wows audiences with her abil ity to know the past, present and future of those she has never met. Browne is a world-renowned spiritual teacher, psychic, author, lecturer and re searcher in the field of parapsychology. She is well-known for her dynamic, genu ine, down-to-earth style and personality. For many years Browne shared her gift with friends and family, becoming well-known for helping people to see their future. After moving to California in 1964, she continued to help people privately. She then wanted to make a profes sional, legally sanctioned organization to further her research into the paranormal. Browne has more than 50 published works resulting from her research into parapsychology with 22 appearing on the New York Times bestsellers list. Her most recent books, All Pets Go to Heaven, Psychic Healing, Messages from Spirit, Accepting the Psychic Torch and The Sylvia Browne Truth About Psychics have been major hits with readers all over the world. Show time is 8 p.m. Tickets range from $25 to $40. Ring in 2011 with Arabian Nights Style at Chinook Winds Casino New Year’s Eve will be here before you know it and Chinook Winds Casino Resort is ringing in the New Year with an Arabian Nights theme. It won’t be a thousand and one nights but one spectacular evening of celebration. Dressed to the nines or casual, you are certain to have a wonderful evening. The casino floor will be full of excitement as party hats and favors will be passed out throughout the evening along with a sparkling cider toast at midnight. Performing live in the convention center from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. will be the party band Highway 9, performing a variety of dance music for all musical tastes. In the Rogue River Lounge, DJ Metal will spin songs from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. Tickets for each party are $20 and include party hat and favors. Seating for dinner in the Rogue River Lounge will be from 5-9 p.m. and will close for one hour between dinner service and the party. Champagne is available for purchase at each event. Join in on the fun at the lounge at Chinook’s Seafood Grill from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. and listen to live music. Aces Bar & Grill at Chinook Winds Golf Resort will host a party starting at 9 p.m. For only a $5 cover charge, listen to the always popular Ty Curtis Band. For those who hope to start the New Year off with a big win, New Year’s Eve Bingo has cash drawings all evening long. Buy-in includes holiday dinner buffet, party favors, noisemakers and a sparkling cider midnight toast. Dinner buffet will be served from 4:15-6:30 p.m., with the first session beginning at 7:30 p.m. The buy-in is $100 until midnight on Dec. 30 and $125 on New Year’s Eve. While Mom and Dad party at the resort, bring your kids to the Aladdin and Friends party for kids at the Chinook Winds Play Palace and Arcade. The child care party is for children age 3-11 who are potty-trained. Children 12 and older are welcome in the arcade. The party runs from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Admission is $30 in advance and $35 on New Year’s Eve. VA, IHS Sign MOU to Improve Health of Native Veterans, Expand Partnership WASHINGTON - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the In dian Health Service (IHS) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will help both agencies improve the health status of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) veterans. The IHS-VA MOU, signed in No vember, outlines a new plan for enhanced coordination, collaboration and resource sharing that will draw on the strengths and expertise of the two agencies. “This memorandum of understanding is a renewal of the important partnership between the Department of Veterans Af fairs and the Indian Health Service. It represents VA’s commitment to American Indian and Alaska Native veterans through associations with the Indian Health Ser vice and Tribal facilities throughout the nation,” said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki. “The partnership further expands VA’s capability to serve those veterans within their communities and provides increased access for veterans in extremely rural areas.” The MOU will facilitate greater innovation at the local level between IHS, Tribal, urban and VA programs. While recognizing the importance of a coordinated effort on a national scope, the MOU also emphasizes the necessity and importance of Tribal consultation for local adaptation. This will be accomplished by in creasing available services, improving the delivery of care by sharing programs, developing new models of care using the latest technologies, providing cultur ally competent care for beneficiaries and increasing the quality of care though training and workforce development. “This MOU between the IHS and VA provides a firm foundation for col laboration to meet the needs of the AI/AN veterans who have served our nation,” said Dr. Yvette Roubideaux, IHS director. “It is an important step forward in our work to better serve all American Indian and Alaska Native people.” In addition, this agreement will address joint emergency, disaster and pandemic preparedness and response planning. Implementation Work Groups will be established to address each of the main goals outlined in the MOU. The VA and the IHS will produce an annual progress report. Both agencies are now organizing workgroups to make progress on implementing elements in the MOU as soon as possible to benefit veterans. The MOU expands the partnership initially established through an MOU in 2003 that improved communication between the agencies and Tribal govern ments, and developed strategies for shar ing information, services and information technology. The MOU can be viewed at www.ihs. gov/announcements/documents/3-OD- ll-0006.pdf. VA Begins Paying Benefits for Additional Ailments Related to Agent Orange VA encourages affected Vietnam veterans to file claims, up to 200,000 potentially eligible WASHINGTON - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has begun dis tributing disability benefits to Vietnam veterans who qualify for compensation under recently liberalized rules for Agent Orange exposure. “The joint efforts of Congress and VA demonstrate a commitment to provide Vietnam veterans with treatment and compensation for the long-term health effects of herbicide exposure,” said Eric K. Shinseki, secretary of veterans affairs. Up to 200,000 Vietnam veterans are potentially eligible to receive VA disabil ity compensation for medical conditions recently associated with Agent Orange. The expansion of coverage involves B- cell (or hairy-cell) leukemia, Parkinson’s disease and ischemic heart disease. Shinseki said VA has launched a vari ety of initiatives - both technological and involving better business practices - to tackle an anticipated upsurge in Agent Orange-related claims. “These initiatives show VA’s ongo ing resolve to modernize its processes for handling claims through automation and improvements in doing business, providing veterans with faster and more accurate decisions on their applications for benefits,” Shinseki said. Providing initial payments - or increases to existing payments - to the 200,000 veterans who now qualify for disability compensation for these three conditions is expected to take several months, but VA officials encourage all Vietnam veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange and suffer from one of the three diseases to make sure their applica tions have been submitted. VA has offered veterans exposed to Agent Orange special access to health care since 1978 and priority medical care since 1981. VA has been providing disability compensation to veterans with medical problems related to Agent Orange since 1985. In practical terms, veterans who served in Vietnam during the war and who have a “presumed” illness do not have to prove an association between their illnesses and their military service. This “presumption” simplifies and speeds up the application process for benefits. The three new illnesses - B-cell (or hairy-cell) leukemia, Parkinson’s disease and ischemic heart disease - are added to the list of presumed illnesses previously recognized by VA. Other recognized illnesses under VA’s “presumption” rule for Agent Orange are: • • • • • • • • • • • • Acute and subacute transient periph eral neuropathy Chloracne Chronic lymphocytic leukemia Diabetes mellitus (type 2) Hodgkin’s disease Multiple myeloma Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma Porphyria cutanea tarda Prostate cancer Respiratory cancers Soft tissue sarcoma (other than osteo sarcoma, chondrosarcoma, Kaposi’s sarcoma, or mesothelioma) AL amyloidosis Veterans interested in applying for disability compensation under one of the three new Agent Orange presumptives should go to www.fasttrack.va.gov or call 800-827-1000. December 2010 • Siletz News • 21
