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:
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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
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