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01-11-10 Libertarian David Chastain Runs for Georgia Secretary of State (Duluth Weekly) Latest Secretary of State candidate, David Chastain, addressed attendees at the monthly lunch meeting of the Madison Forum at Marietta’s Rib Ranch on Tuesday. After announcing he had filed as a candidate last week, Chastain related his recent experience in trying to determine the average undercount of electronic votes across Georgia...Chastain promised his prospective supporters that as Secretary of State he would serve the entire four years of his term and not depart early to run for higher office. He also promised that he would be sure to find a deputy secretary with experience in developing quality processes from the private sector to assist in standardizing election management and identify more reliable voting technology. Full Story Back to Top
01-07-10 Ed Chasteen Promotes Free Bike Helmets (Liberty Tribune) According to Ed Chasteen, a local bike riding enthusiast, members of the Greater Liberty Riders club donated money to buy 100 helmets. Chasteen is also a member of the bike-riders’ organization. “We have free helmets to give away for boys and girls 3 or 4 years old to 18 or 19 years old,” Chasteen said. “We were able to buy them for $465. It was a really good deal.” Chasteen said the helmets are available at Biscari Brothers, 884 S. 291 Highway in the Price Chopper shopping center at the corner of Liberty Drive and Missouri Highway 291. “They’ll help fit them if they just go in there,” Chasteen said. Chasteen said the club’s goal was to make sure all children wear a helmet when they ride their bikes. He said once all the helmets were claimed, the club would buy more helmets. Full Story Back to Top
01-04-10 Tony Shasteen Discusses Comic Books (Newsarama) In a market where a huge chunk of the market share is held by one sub-genre – superheroes – it's difficult for comic creators to get readers to try any other type of comic book despite the wide variety of quality material available...Tony Shasteen, artist on the Stephen King/Peter Straub adaptation Talisman, said it's frustrating that some of the exact same creators who attract massive audiences if they create a comic about superheroes can't get retailers and readers to take a chance on their book that doesn't have a traditional superhero in it. "I can't blame the retailers. Traditional books from traditional publishers sell, and retailers are in the book-selling business," Shasteen said. "Take the Talisman for example. I don't really know what the numbers are on the book yet, but this is a book written by Stephen King, one of the world's most popular authors, being published by Random House, one of the worlds largest publishing houses, and I would be willing to bet that a lot of readers don't know it's out there because it's not being published by Marvel or DC. That just blows my mind," he said, then added with a laugh: "Granted, there's a hack drawing it, but whatever!" Full Story Back to Top
01-04-10 Jake and Rachel Chastain Adopt Saddest Dog (Galesburg Register-Mail) On Oct. 6, a Staffordshire terrier named Kate got a new name and found a new home. She was taken from Prairieland Animal Welfare Center by a local minister, the Rev. Jake Chastain and his wife Rachel. They said they had previously adopted the “saddest cat” at the shelter and had returned to adopt the “saddest dog.” Kate, who was renamed Nia by her new owners, fit this description. She’d first been brought to the shelter as a stray on Dec. 5, 2007, some 22 months before...The Chastains had never had a dog before, and as one might expect, they had concerns about the possibility of aggression in their adopted pit bull. To this end, they did extensive research on how to establish dominance. ”She’s not allowed on the furniture,” said Rachel Chastain, going on to add that they don’t allow Nia to eat off their plates, and she must lie down before she is given food. These measures, among others, serve to make it clear to Nia that she is subordinate in the family “pack.” As a result, the Chastains say they haven’t had any problems. Full Story Back to Top
01-04-10 Clay Chastain Scales Down Recent Proposal (Bizjournals.com) Clay Chastain has given his newest push for light rail in Kansas City a second thought and scaled back his original proposal. In a new light-rail plan submitted on Jan. 3, Chastain’s transit proposal is smaller and centered on Kansas City rather than the regional-scope idea he floated in October. That plan cost $3.63 billion. Chastain’s newest plan costs $1.85 billion plus another $20 million in annual operations costs...Chastain said he opted for a smaller plan because of a regional rail plan proposed by Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders in October. Chastain still is pushing a petition initiative to strip the Kansas City Council of its power to repeal citizen-led initiatives. Full Story Back to Top
01-03-10 Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain Are Parents in Tree of Life (also with Sean Penn) (Seattle Post Intelligencer) The Tree of Life (2010) When Terrence Malick makes a movie cinemaphiles take note. He's only directed five in 38 years and is so slow and methodical that his latest was planned as a follow-up to the 1978 "Days of Heaven." "Life" is a period piece revolving around a Midwestern family in the 1950s. Brad Pitt and newcomer Jessica Chastain play the parents, and Sean Penn is one of the sons as an adult who has lost his way. The movie examines the parenting that led to his troubles. Full Story Back to Top
12-30-09 Jim Chastain Funeral Report (Norman Transcript) There was more laughter than tears as the life of Norman author, poet and attorney Jim Chastain was remembered, in just the way he wanted, in a packed sanctuary Tuesday afternoon at McFarlin Memorial United Methodist Church. The 46-year-old long-time Norman Transcript movie critic died peacefully in his sleep Dec. 24, after a long battle with cancer. Full Story Back to Top
12-24-09 Author Jim Chastain Succumbs to Cancer (NewsOK.com) Jim Chastain, whose fight for survival was chronicled in The Oklahoman and on NewsOK.com, died Thursday morning after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 46. Chastain was a Norman author and poet who worked as a lawyer for a state appellate court judge. His written works include an autobiography, "I Survived Cancer But Never Won the Tour de France," and two poetry books, "Like Some First Human Being" and "Antidotes & Home Remedies," which was a finalist for an Oklahoma Book Award in 2009...Chastain first was diagnosed with cancer in 2001. Attempts to remove it from his right arm proved unsuccessful, and the arm was amputated in 2004. For three years, he lived cancer-free, only to learn in 2007 that he had developed colon cancer, which had spread to his liver. Other apparent tumors were found in his lungs...Chemotherapy slowed his cancer's progress, however, and he lived to celebrate his 46th birthday in December. That month, he posted on his NewsOK blog: "I'm still alive, but my health has really been slipping in the last two months. Hope to get some posts out soon, but I rarely feel like writing." He is survived by his wife, LeAnn; a daughter, Maddye, and a son, Ford. Full Story Back to Top
12-24-09 Author Jim Chastain in Hospice Care (NewsOK.com) I had a visit with my friend Jim Chastain last week. Many of you know Jim from stories printed in The Oklahoman about his battle with cancer. If you’ve followed him on his blog on NewsOK.com, you know his latest post simply reads: "I’m still alive, but my health has really been slipping in the last two months. Hope to get some posts out soon, but I rarely feel like writing.” For Jim, not to feel like writing is rare, but he wanted me to tell you how much he appreciates your interest and support. He’s waging a tough battle and has help from hospice now. He is tired. He is sad. He is frustrated that he’s not finding the energy to complete a manuscript, though all of us who know him will not be surprised if he finds a way to get it done. Full Story Back to Top
12-22-09 State Hospital Director Bo Chastain Praises Santa Program (WLBT-TV) The jolly old elf spread holiday cheer at the Mississippi State Hospital in Whitfield Tuesday. 25 santas visited patients on campus, singing Christmas songs and delivering over 1,000 gift bags...The long-running program has become a meaningful event for patients on campus..."We want the Christmas season to be special and memorable to everyone who's here in the state hospital at Christmastime," said Bo Chastain, director of the state hospital. "And so all of these people coming out and supporting the Santa Day event makes that possible. Full Story Back to Top
12-18-09 Frances Shasteen, 103, Declared Dead by Medicare; Computer Will Not Believe She Lives (Pittsburg Morning Sun) LA JUNTA, Colo. - Frances Meyers Shasteen, 103, was declared deceased on Feb. 28 by the federal Medicare health system. Then, its ordered payments to Shasteen stopped. The problem is, Shasteen is alive and well. “Medicare will not pay hospital and doctor bills that would qualify for payment if she’s alive. Because … as anyone should know … doctors and hospital are not equipped to provide services to dead citizens,” Shasteen’s son Don wrote in a recent letter to the La Junta Tribune-Democrat...No one, including Medicare officials, have been able to get the declaration changed, according to officials at AVRMC. It forced Don Shasteen to ask for intervention by State Sen. Ken Kester and U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet...“Medicare now accepts she is alive, but they can’t correct the problems in their system,” the hospital official said. “Their computer won’t acknowledge that a person is alive if they have been declared deceased. They are working on changing it, but it’s very complicated. Full Story Back to Top
12-14-09 Jessica Chastain Featured in Vanity Fair (Examiner.com) Kendrick is featured as the first of eleven stars, including The Debt star Jessica Chastain...Each of these actors and actresses were chosen for a specific month, and Kendrick's is for January 2010. Full Story Back to Top
12-12-09 General Ron Chastain Discusses National Guard and Reserve Role in Future Mobilization (Systems) "The Army will include the National Guard and the Reserve in future mobilization requirements," Army Maj. Gen. Ron Chastain said during a working visit to the Army National Guard Readiness Center. "We will not go back to the strategic reserve that we had before 9/11." While Chastain could not discuss specifics, he said some National Guard units are likely to be re-tasked or change missions following the president's announcement last week about an Afghan troop surge...Chastain also predicted a continued role for the National Guard in Iraq. "The nation-building will continue in Iraq far beyond the combat operations," he said. "Nation-building is not a military task. The National Guard is well-suited for that transition from combat operations to nation-building." Chastain, who deployed as a unit commander for Desert Storm and then again for Operation Iraqi Freedom, said he has experienced the "extremes of mobilization." Full Story Back to Top
12-07-09 Director James G. Chastain Says Hospital Does Not Have Security for Death Row Patient (SunHerald.com) Mississippi's state mental hospital has treated numerous felons over the years, and there's no reason for state officials to disregard a federal judge's order to send death row inmate James Billot there, his lawyers argue...Attorney General Jim Hood contends Whitfield cannot treat Billiot indefinitely because of aging facilities and inadequate security. Whitfield director James G. Chastain has also said the Mississippi State Hospital "does not have sufficient security capacity to safely confine a death row inmate."...Chastain, the facility's director, told The Associated Press last month that the forensic services division at Whitfield provides pretrial evaluations and treatment for criminal defendants, not long term housing for convict murders. Full Story Back to Top
12-04-09 Scientist Bob Chastain and Team Discover Severe Danger to Frog Population (KXRM) A team of scientists, including several from the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, make an important scientific discovery in Panama. And many rare species may have been saved just in time. The group of scientists traveled to Panama to collect and save several rare species of frogs that are only found in one small part of the Central American country. But while they were there, the team discovered a deadly fungus responsible for devastating dozens of species of amphibians had spread. The team was able to rescue what may be some of the last living specimens of four types of frogs...But the discovery announced is sending shockwaves across the scientific world. A killer fungus is spreading much faster than originally thought and endangering 15 to 20 species of rare exotic frogs. "Fifty percent of the amphibians in Panama could be threatened with extinction in the next 2 -- 5 years," said team member and CMZ president Bob Chastain..."We have about three months before this population will severely decline," said Chastain. These very small and very rare frogs could hold the secret to one day curing some of the world's worst diseases. "There is a substance that has been isolated form the skin of an amphibian that is showing great ability to kill the HIV virus," Chastain said. Full Story Back to Top
12-03-09 Susan Chastain to Perform at Holiday Concert (AnnArbor.com) "A whole lot of fun." That's how Adam C. Riccinto, music director of the Ypsilanti Symphony Orchestra, describes the orchestra's Sunday afternoon holiday concert at Towsley Auditorium. "We're playing the "Nutcracker Suite No. 1," he said in a phone call, "but it's primarily a holiday pops concert." Joining the orchestra are well-known jazz vocalist Susan Chastain, a regular with the Paul Keller Orchestra, and members of Split Dimensions. Full Story Back to Top
11-17-09 Clay Chastain Pessimistic About a Harmonious Solution (Kansas City Star - MO) Light rail advocate Clay Chastain reports that his hopes for "a harmonious solution" to the city's light-rail dillema are largely dashed. Chastain met via teleconference last week with representatives of the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, the Mid-America Regional Council and TranSystems, which has helped Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders fashion a regional rail plan for the metro area. "It was pretty grim," Chastain reports. "It didn't go well." Chastain said he offered to work together on a new light-rail plan for Kansas City but continues to insist that a 35-mile "light-rail spine" must be part of the plan. Full Story Back to Top
11-06-09 Tony Shasteen Discusses The Talisman (Newsarama - Millburn, NJ) Beginning on November 18th, Del Rey will begin releasing the comic book adaptation of The Talisman, the 1984 fantasy novel co-written by King and Straub...Drawing those worlds will be Shasteen, whose work in the comics industry has been fairly limited, particularly on interiors...Shasteen:..The bulk of my career I spent as a graphic designer. So I've actually only been in the comic industry for a relatively short amount of time. I did commercial illustration, things like that on the side. But probably eight years ago, I decided to start getting into comics. So I started going to the conventions and trying to get work, and that sort of thing. I built a portfolio and started doing cover work. At the time, I didn't know for sure if I wanted to do interior work...For my first [interior] work, I did the pencils, inks, colors, and everything for a comic called the Occult Crimes Task Force from Image Comics, a four-issue run. And I did the covers and everything for that. Full Story Back to Top
11-06-09 Jesse Chasteen Ranked First in State for 100 Yard Breaststroke (Watauga Democrat - Boone, NC) Jesse Chasteen has the top time in the state among 15-year old boys in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:05.01, which he swam in Lenoir on Oct. 3. Since then he has aged up to the 16-year old boys is ranked fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke with a 1:05.08, which he swam on Oct. 24 at The Great Pumpkin Swim Meet in Huntersville. Jesse also is ranked 10th among 16-year old boys in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 23.48. Full Story Back to Top
11-05-09 Judge Dixie Chastain Dies at 100 (MiamiHerald.com) Judge Dixie Chastain, the first female University of Miami law school graduate and a Miami-Dade County juvenile judge for two decades, died Oct. 25 at 100. Chastain was Florida's sixth female judge, appointed in 1965 to a newly created third seat on the county's Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court. She became a circuit court judge by constitutional revision in 1976, retired in 1978, then served until 1995 as a special-appointment senior judge...Chastain belonged to the Miami Woman's Club and the Everglades Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was a deacon at Central Baptist Church. In 1977, the county commission named the juvenile justice building in her honor. Born Dixie Louese Herlong in the southwestern Alabama town of Manistee -- once a thriving lumber community, now just a dot on maps -- she grew up in Princeton, north of Homestead...Dixie Herlong met a handsome young Georgia-born constable named Reginald Bryan Chastain. They married in August 1935. Dixie began a solo practice. She and ``Reggie'' Chastain had two sons and a daughter by 1941. Reggie died in 1988. Full Story Back to Top
11-01-09 Chastang Falcons Finish Undefeated (al.com - Birmingham, AL) The Chastang Falcons (7-0) ended the regular season undefeated with a shutout over Clark in Mobile County middle school football. Chastang has reeled off 13 wins in a row, including a 20-6 in over the Wildcats in the Area 2 title game last season and an 8-0 win this year. Full Story Back to Top
10-29-09 Though Out of Playoffs, Erin Chastain is Enthusiastic (DePaul Blue Demons) When the conflict was finally over as the Blue Demons had defiantly stood their ground in a hostile environment and remained undaunted in the 85-degree heat, don't feel bad that they lost 1-0 to USF Thursday night in their very first Big East Championship match...with a demanding yet encouraging coach named Erin Chastain filling their heads with hope and promise, these Blue Demons confounded the experts and qualified for their first BIG EAST tournament..."I am disappointed about tonight, but I'm also excited about the future," Chastain said. "There were so many firsts this season with our young team---our first BIG EAST tournament, our first wins over nationally ranked teams, our first win over Northwestern, our first BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week (Strickland). This turnaround happened because these players worked so hard in the offseason and learned to believe in each other. This team had a wonderful chemistry and really connected with each other. I had a wonderful time coaching these young ladies. "At the same time, I'm so glad our seniors went out having experienced a BIG EAST tournament. Full Story Back to Top
10-26-09 Erin Chastain's Blue Demons Keep Going (DePaul Blue Demons) The upset of Georgetown was called "our best game in the last three years," by DePaul coach Erin Chastain. DePaul finished the regular season with a record of 10-8-2, 5-6-0 in the BIG EAST. The Blue Demons travel to Tampa for the first round to face USF (8-7-3, 5-4-2) on Thursday. Full Story Back to Top
10-22-09 Jessica Chastain to Play in Coriolanus and in Tree of Life (Cinema Blend) Butler...announced on a Baltimore radio show, of all places, that he's getting ready to star in Shakespare's Coriolanus, alongside Ralph Fiennes, William Hurt, Vanessa Redgrave, and Jessica Chastain (Chastain will be featured in Terrence Malick's Tree of Life, which just got pushed back to a release date next year). Full Story Back to Top
10-21-09 Tony Shasteen Illustrates New Stephen King Graphic Novel (MTV.com - USA) Comic books based on Stephen King's novels have almost become a genre of their own lately...This November, King's 1984 novel "The Talisman" (co-written with Peter Straub) goes the same route with a new graphic novel adaptation published by Del Rey Comics...Longtime King collaborator Robin Furth, who writes Marvel's "Dark Tower" comics, will adapt "The Talisman" novel with art provided by Tony Shasteen ("Occult Crimes Taskforce"). The series is expected to span at least 24 monthly issues. Full Story Back to Top
10-20-09 Brad Chasteen's Moes Partners with Community Hospice (Jacksonville Daily Record) Moe's Southwest Grill is helping raise money and awareness for children in Northeast Florida with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions. During October, Moe's patrons can purchase a Community PedsCare kite by adding a dollar or more to their meal purchase. The contributions will help area children being cared for by Community PedsCare, the pediatric palliative and hospice care program of Community Hospice of Northeast Florida...Most Community PedsCare services are not reimbursed by insurance and are provided without charge to patients' families. Charitable gifts and fundraising events help provide funding for this care. "Community PedsCare provides an invaluable support service for families facing tremendous medical hardship and suffering. We are honored and grateful that we and our customers can support Community PedsCare's outstanding programs. Our customers' generous contributions will benefit this excellent organization and the wonderful families it serves," said Brad Chasteen, president and CEO of Welcome to Moe's, Inc. Full Story Back to Top
10-16-09 Ford Chastain Helps Promote Oklahoma Film (NewsOK.com) Cast and crew members of the Oklahoma-based film "Simmons on Vinyl" will be at the Austin Film Festival Thursday through Oct. 26 in support of the film's world premiere...Norman-based musician Ford Chastain, who also has a minor role in the film, provided the music for the film from his self-produced independent rock EP, "Night Mumblings." The cast and crew will be giving away three-song CD samplers of Chastain's music at the festival to help promote the film. At 4 p.m. Oct. 24, Chastain will play a one-hour concert at Progress Coffee. Full Story Back to Top
10-14-09 Clay Chastain Compliments Sanders Plan (Blue Springs Examiner) Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders has outlined plans to build a $1.03 billion commuter rail system, using Union Station as a hub with spokes running to Eastern Jackson County, the airport, Kansas Speedway and elsewhere. Officials hope to get federal stimulus funds to build the 134-mile system in a couple of years. Clay Chastain, on the other hand, wants to go to the voters again with a 35-mile light rail line from Lee's Summit to Kansas City International Airport...Sanders is already pressing ahead and won't go to the voters, at least for now. He says his plan can be up and running 18 to 24 months - and will transform the city - if Washington comes up with the $1.03 billion out of economic stimulus money. "If the federal government gives us the money to build this, we'll find a way to run this," he said. It's assumed that an operational subsidy would require "a small tax" and that issue would go to the voters in the future, he said. Chastain is complimentary of the Sanders/TranSystems plan. "It's interesting, especially the way that they're going to try to fund it," he said in a voice-mail message this week. "And I happen to think that it's an excellent plan, and it dovetails right into our plan, actually."...Chastain's plans have generally centered on light rail, which means building new lines. The county plan is "commuter rail," relying on the Kansas City area's many unused or underused freight train tracks. Only about 20 percent of the tracks would have be built. Also, commuter rail cars are heavier, and proponents describe a better, more comfortable ride, complete with wi-fi, tray table and bike racks. Full Story Back to Top
10-14-09 Clay Chastain Announces Plan at News Conference (Bizjournals.com) Clay Chastain said his petition drive for another light-rail plan, and to strip the Kansas City Council of its authority to repeal voter-approved initiatives, will start in earnest Wednesday and continue Thursday in the Northland. Chastain outlined at a noon news conference Wednesday why he thinks Kansas City should adopt his multimodal transit plan. "My motivations remain pure - this city is worth fighting for," Chastain said...With a light-rail spine reaching from Kansas City International Airport to the outskirts of Lee's Summit. It also includes an inner-city streetcar system, a regional commuter rail system to connect light rail to the proximity of the suburbs and an electric bus system in the Northland. The plan also calls for the transformation of Penn Valley Park in to a car-free park with horse-drawn carriage rides, a Ferris wheel and other elements that constitute what he called a "pastoral park."...Chastain said he estimates his plan would attract between 7 million and 10 million passengers in its first year. A companion petition would ask voters to rescind the part of the Kansas City Charter that gives the City Council the ability to repeal voter-approved initiatives. That power thwarted Chastain's only successful petition initiative for a similar but smaller light-rail design in 2006. Full Story Back to Top
10-14-09 Former Chastain Middle School Teacher Found Guilty of Murder (WLBT-TV) Carla Hughes has been found guilty on two counts of Capitol Murder. One for killing her romantic rival, Avis Banks, the other for death of banks unborn child. Hughes covered her face and cried as the verdict was read in Madison county court Tuesday afternoon. Jurors deliberated for eight hours before they reached their verdict. Hughes had been in prison since 2006 since the murders took place. At the time she was dating Bank's fiance Keon Pittman. Both Hughes and Pittman were teachers at Chastain middle school in Jackson. Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty in the sentencing phase of the trial. Full Story Back to Top
10-14-09 Clay Chastain Reveals New Light Rail Plan (fox4kc.com) Clay Chastain is back. He's been pushing for light rail in Kansas City for several years. But now he says that he has a new plan that's similar to his previous ideas, but there some differences regarding funding. Chastain is proposing $50 million in improvements for Penn Valley Park, including a Ferris wheel; $50 million for Union Station improvements, and $50 million for maintenance facilities. "Today we commend to the voters a $2.2 billion economic stimulus project," Chastain told supporters in Brookside. "We think that's going to attract people to living back in the central city, to have that kind of a world class central city park in Kansas City." As for the light rail, Chastains plan calls for 35 miles of light rail spine, 12 miles of street car line, 20 miles of commuter rail and 25 miles of bus rapid transit. The funding for the project would come from a voter-approved sales tax and, Chastain hopes, from matching federal funds..."This is great value for their money, for their tax money because it's going to make this city boom," said Chastain...It will take about 43,000 valid signatures to get the issue of light rail back on the ballot. Chastain's announcement comes just a few days after Jackson County executive Mike Sanders announced his own plan for light rail that relies exclusively on federal funding. Chastain called the Sanders plan unrealistic, but says that he's open to combining their efforts at a later date. Full Story Back to Top
09-28-09 More on Jessica Chastain's Othello (Reuters) Black characters are played by Hispanics and white characters by blacks. The sole white performers are Hoffman and the very Caucasian Jessica Chastain as Desdemona. Clocking in at more than four hours, this is a leisurely or, to put it more accurately, lethargic "Othello" indeed. It's not so much that it is an uncut version of the play but rather that the running time is unnecessarily expanded by glacially paced line readings and extended bits of business that add little resonance to the proceedings. In true avant-garde fashion, the stage mostly is bare save for an oversized "bed" consisting of 45 video screens periodically displaying images that ironically comment on the action. Some of the dialogue is delivered via cell phones, and all of it is amplified to an annoying degree. Full Story Back to Top
09-28-09 Jessica Chastain Plays a Modern Othello's Desdemona (New York Times) Peter Sellars's exasperatingly misconceived "Othello,"...opened on Sunday night at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, with a cast led by Philip Seymour Hoffman as Iago and John Ortiz as Othello...While retaining much of the original text, Mr. Sellars has...eliminated, conflated and rearranged characters to further his idea of the play as a portrait of life in the United States military in the 21st century. This means, among other things, that in the opening scenes, where Othello, newly married to Desdemona (Jessica Chastain). Full Story Back to Top
09-24-09 Clay Chastain Begins Petition for New Light Rail Initiative (KCUR) Die-hard activist Clay Chastain is returning to Kansas City with still another light rail plan. And this time he wants to change the city charter so the council can't repeal a voter-approved initiative as they did with his 2006 plan. Clay Chastain says he and his band of supporters will start their next petition drive October 14th. Full Story Back to Top
09-09-09 Clay Chastain Answers Common Questions on Regional Transit Plan (Sun Tribune) Why does Kansas City need a modern and efficient regional transit system? We need one if we see the value in saving energy, reducing pollution, lowering transportation costs and improving transportation options, generating more green jobs and economic prosperity for the region, and protecting our city, country and the planet by using our resources more wisely. A metropolitan area is only as strong as its transportation system. Kansas City still lacks one of the main selling points of a successful and competitive community: a modern efficient public transportation system. Leaders are supposed to prepare their communities for the future, not duck the future. Kansas City's penchant for freeways, parking garages, sprawl and diesel buses does not comport with a world trying to go green. Stabilizing our future will require fundamental changes to America's agriculture, energy, building and transportation systems involving not only new American innovation but smart conservation practices as well. Full Story Back to Top
09-09-09 Dr. Joseph Chasteen Continues as Editor of Journal after Purchase (Bizjournals.com - Charlotte, NC) Photonics Graphics has bought the Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice from Procter & Gamble Co....Dr. Joseph Chasteen of the University of Washington School of Dentistry will continue as editor of the journal. Unlike a traditional scholarly journal, the Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice offers lots of multimedia features, such as videos and animated pictures, he said. The number of hits has tended to rise by 1 million to 1.5 million hits each year, and the average stay at the site is 14 minutes. "I think the fact that it incorporated multimedia early on set it apart from other dental journals," Chasteen said. "We've become a sort of standard for online journals." Full Story Back to Top
08-23-09 DePaul Coach Erin Chastain Defeats Northwestern (DePaul Blue Demons) For 90 minutes on Sunday, DePaul coach Erin Chastain and her best friend, Northwestern coach Stephanie Erickson, tried to one-up each other at Wish Field. In the end, it was Chastain with the big smile as the Blue Demons beat the Wildcats 3-2 for the first victory over NU in the history of the women's soccer program. ``Even though we're best friends, Stephanie and I are very competitive,'' Chastain said. ``Now we can go back to cheering for each other. Beating Northwestern for the first time---I'm really happy for our players.''...``This team has a lot of fight and spirit,'' Chastain said. ``It was great to see us come back like that.'' Full Story Back to Top
08-18-09 New School to be Named Chastain Road Elementary (Greenville News) When the second elementary school serving the Liberty area opens in 2011, students will be attending Chastain Road Elementary, not Ruhamah Elementary. The board of trustees of the School District of Pickens County voted 5-2 Monday night to overrule the recommendation of a committee charged with picking its top three names from a list of suggestions from the public. Chairman Jim Shelton abstained from the vote. Trustee Shirley Jones said she had been contacted by residents, and the "overwhelming majority" supported naming the school Chastain, which is the road it is on. Full Story Back to Top
08-17-09 Deb Chasteen Host Gay Support Event at University of Georgia (Red and Black - Athens, GA) When the clock reached the appropriate time, students, friends, associates and couples hugged and kissed to show solidarity for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) couples. They had gathered for "The Great National Kiss-In,"...Deb Chasteen, administrative associate in the University's anthropology department, decided to host a "Kiss-In" in Athens because she saw the event "as an affirmation of a right we all share, not as a protest." "I've always wanted everyone to experience the warmth and love that I've felt coming from passersby as I prepared for my wedding, as I ran up and kissed my husband at an airport, [and when] we hold hands in the park," Chasteen said. "Love is too precious not to celebrate wherever it's found," she said. "Yet some people are met with hatred, disgust or danger just for sharing joy." Full Story Back to Top
08-14-09 Susan Chastain's Firefly Club Closed by Michigan Department of Treasury (Detroit Free Press) Ann Arbor's Firefly Club, a beacon for live jazz for nearly a decade and regarded by aficionados as metro Detroit's finest all-around jazz club, has been closed and its property seized by the Michigan Department of Treasury due to a delinquent sales tax bill. Club owner Susan Chastain said the dispute boils down to overdue sales tax payments totaling just $1,000 for the months of June and July, though the club ultimately still owes the state $120,000 in back taxes, penalties and interest charges. Full Story Back to Top
08-13-09 Genealogist Jerri Chasteen Donates Collection to Library (Pryor Daily Times - Pryor, OK) The Thomas J. Harrison Pryor Public Library has received new genealogical information and research materials. Librarian Carolyn Shaver said the late Jerri Chasteen gave an extensive collection of historical research to the library. Chasteen, Claremore, was a genealogist for over 20 years. Though she lived in Claremore at the time of her death, Chasteen was born and raised in Pryor. Her genealogy information includes an in-depth research into the Cherokee ancestry. Chasteen assisted Cherokee Nation with establishing accuracy in their rolls. She worked with the National Archives and the Mormon Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, collecting historical records for all five civilized tribes. Full Story Back to Top
08-10-09 Clay Chastain Requests Summit with President Obama (Kansas City Star) Light rail advocate Clay Chastain wants to have a summit at the White House with the president and Congressman Emanuel Cleaver to work out this community's inability to decide on light rail. The menu: lemonade and cookies. The venue: White House lawn. This was all proposed in a letter that Chastain said he was sending to the president and Transportation Sec. Ray LaHood. The letter, attached below, recounts for the president, Kansas City's long, ugly history with light rail going back to 1997. Full Story Back to Top
08-04-09 David T. Chastain Release New Southern Gentlemen Album (Blabbermouth.net) SOUTHERN GENTLEMEN, the band led by guitarist David T. Chastain, will release its new album, "Instrumentalized", on September 15 via Leviathan Records. Audio samples are available for streaming on the group's MySpace page. Commented Chastain: "There is a simple explanation to the origin of this new release , 'Instrumentalized'. A music supervisor asked us to give him an instrumental version of one of our tracks. After completing his request, we were very happy with the end result. We then decided to arrange a few more tracks for our own enjoyment. In the end, we decided to put together an entire CD's worth of material as we thought the tracks rocked instrumentally and stood on their own. Full Story Back to Top
07-30-09 Jessica Chastain to Appear in Othello (Playbill.com) Additional casting has been announced for the Public Theater production of Othello, starring Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Ortiz, which will begin performances Sept. 12. Peter Sellars directs his contemporary take on Shakespeare's dark work that will officially open Sept. 27 and run through Oct. 4 at the NYU Skirball Center...In addition to Hoffman (Long Day's Journey, Jack Goes Boating, The Seagull) as Iago...Jessica Chastain ("Salomaybe?") as Desdemona...Sellars' production, according to the Public, "explores the new prospects for hope in 21st-century America giving the play a modern resonance that raises a mirror to our culture's racial struggles and achievements, both darkened and illuminated by overwhelming personal and political yearning." Full Story Back to Top
07-22-09 Clay Chastain Plans New Light Rail Initiative (Bizjournals.com - Charlotte, NC) Clay Chastain...who is now on his 10th Kansas City petition drive, said Wednesday that he plans to launch a petition initiative to put a multimodal transportation system with a $3.6 billion price tag on the November 2010 ballot...The main feature of Chastain’s latest plan is a 35-mile light-rail spine extending from the city limits of Lee’s Summit to Kansas City International Airport. This would be longer than Chastain’s previous light-rail plan, which voters approved in 2006. That plan called for a 27-mile light-rail spine from the Kansas City Zoo to the airport...“It’s not a stretch to think a transit system of this magnitude will make new money for the city,” Chastain said. “It will be the financial salvation of the city.” Full Story Back to Top
07-08-09 Clay Chastain Appeals Light Rail Case to Missouri Supreme Court (KMBC.com - Kansas City, MO) "Let's see who's in charge," said Chastain in an interview with KMBC's Micheal Mahoney, "the voters or the elected officials." It's now up the high court to decide whether the justices want to hear the case. Chastain also said he's dropping his petition campaign for another light-rail vote for this fall. He's also shelving another petition drive to change the city charter and limit the council's ability to repeal voter-approved measures. Full Story Back to Top
06-26-09 President Randall Chastain Confirms that Feds Seized Records (Southtown Star - Chicago, IL) Federal agents descended on an Orland Park engineering firm Thursday, walking away with records as part of their ongoing investigation into the village of Crestwood's use of a tainted well. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency investigators raided Burke Engineering, 18330 Distinctive Drive, and were there most of the day Thursday, firm President Randall Chastain confirmed..."We don't really have a role probably other than we work with the village," Chastain said. "They're looking to gather information and we're willing to cooperate and tell them whatever they need know." Full Story Back to Top
06-26-09 Dance Instructor Terry Chasteen Celebrates Michael Jackson's Career (Examiner.com - USA) The Washington DC Thriller Dance Meetup Group is holding special classes all this weekend at The Chevy Chase Ballroom & Dance Sport Center. Come out and learn the moves to the Michael’s hit song Thriller. The event is being co-hosted by Terry Chasteen of www.PleaseDanceWithMe.com and will feature the original routine directly from the video. Exact times are still tentative. Check the www.PleaseDanceWithMe.com site for updates. Full Story Back to Top
06-23-09 Chasteen Kids Do Well in Rodeo Events (Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia, MO) Brady Chasteen, 17, and his brother Tory, 15, have been riding horses since they were each 3 years old. They got their love of horses and rodeo from their parents, Bert and Cindy, who also did rodeo in high school and still do when they can. An older sister Casey, 19, was a two-time champion goat tier and champion girls cutter for three years during high school. The brothers competed last week in the Missouri State High School Association Rodeo State Finals at the Boone County Fairgrounds...After the finals were over Saturday, the boys moved up to fourth place in team roping, and Brady is now in first place and Tory in second place in the cutting event. The Chasteen brothers will head to the National High School Rodeo Finals next month in Farmington, N.M. Full Story Back to Top
06-19-09 Zoo President Bob Chastain Fights to Save Amphibians from Extinction (Colorado Springs Gazette - Colorado Springs, CO) Zoo President/CEO Bob Chastain is in the forefront of the fight to save amphibian species being threatened with extinction by pollution, habitat loss and a deadly chytrid fungus. Six supporters bought trips with Chastain to Panama to see firsthand the Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project. Full Story Back to Top
06-18-09? Assistant Chief of Wildlife Ricky Chastain Announces Arkansas Alligator Hunt (Buckmasters Online - USA) population data, a harvest report from last year’s alligator hunt, a summary of last year’s nuisance alligator activities and a report on Arkansas’s farm-raised alligators will all be compiled into a single report that must be submitted to the U. S Fish and Wildlife Service by July 1. The USFWS will review the information and determine if there is cause to prohibit a conservative hunting season in 2009. The AGFC will review the proposed hunting season dates in June with final approval coming in July. A total of 28 permits will be available with 20 of those coming through the computer draw process, Assistant Chief of Wildlife Ricky Chastain says. “In order for the hunt to take place, we must proceed with some of the administrative steps out in front of the Commission’s final approval of these dates,” Chastain said. Full Story Back to Top
06-16-09 Tony Shasteen Illustrates New Stephen King The Talisman Comic (Comic Book Resources - Ca) Del Rey, an imprint of Ballantine Books at the Random House Publishing Group, announced today the cover artist and colorist of The Talisman comics series by Stephen King and Peter Straub...The epic saga of The Talisman debuts with Issue 0, a never-before-told prequel to the story, to be published by Del Rey Comics this Fall. The Talisman novel, originally published in 1984, is the story of a young teen named Jack Sawyer, who can save his dying mother only by retrieving a magical talisman. To find it he must cross back and forth between our world and the frightening and dangerous landscape of its “twinner” counterpart. Issue 0 explores the separate lives of Jack’s father—in our world, and the mysterious realm known as the Territories—and how evil scheming will forever change Jack’s peaceful life. The series is being adapted by Robin Furth and illustrated by Tony Shasteen. Full Story Back to Top
06-15-09 Gen. Richard Chastain Praises Genealogy Club (thepaper24-7.com - Rockville, MD) On Saturday a new memorial stone was unveiled honoring 13 veterans of three different wars - the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War and the Civil War. Members of the community, veterans, family and friends joined Kim Hancock, chairman of the Genealogy Club, and Claude Johnson, Montgomery County's veteran's service officer, in the special ceremony which also celebrated their neighbors, friends and family buried there....Gen. Richard Chastain, ret., also spoke of Hancock and the Genealogy Club's work, "I really cannot get it through my head how people can be that hard working and that dedicated. I don't know what word I can use, great or outstanding, or whatever it is." Chastain also stressed the importance of keeping a memoir for one's descendants to have. "Write, write, write your memoirs, I don't care how old you are or if you say that nothing has happened in my life, everyone should be writing their memoirs. I wish to my dying day that my mother and father would have written theirs," said Chastain...Chastain ended the ceremony referencing the Gettysburg Address, "The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here." Full Story Back to Top
06-13-09 Rev. Bill Chastain Promotes Christian Concert Program (Denton Record Chronicle - Denton, TX) Some folks bring their lawn chairs, and others just park their vehicles nearby and roll down the windows. As music fills the air, there’s plenty of space for the kids to run and play, and the price is downright nostalgic. It’s Saturday night and time for another Ol’ Fashion Gazebo Gospel Gather’en in historic downtown Pilot Point...In addition to the music, people seem to like the atmosphere provided by the simple setting, said the Rev. Bill Chastain, pastor of Church of the Simple Faith. “You’re sitting in the old square, with brick buildings all around, and the sound reverberates off the buildings,” he said. “It’s comfortable and casual and friendly. “The gazebo is completely surrounded by a parking area. The kids are safe, the music is good and people are friendly.” Chastain has worked to organize and promote the gospel music program and posts regular updates on shows and performers at www.jamforthelamb.org. Full Story Back to Top
06-11-09 Peter Chastain Captains Prima Restaurant (San Francisco Chronicle - CA) When you consider longevity and quality, few restaurants can match Prima in Walnut Creek, where the kitchen has been boiling pasta and stirring risotto for more than 30 years. Prima also pioneered incorporating a wine shop into the mix, so the wine list has always been extensive and well priced. There have been changes through the years, but for the past decade the kitchen has been run by Peter Chastain, who became owner in 2005. The restaurant seats 180 but doesn't seem nearly that big because the tables are divided among a warren of dining rooms that incorporate an open kitchen, bar, fireplace and glassed-in patio overlooking Main Street...the noise is pretty much kept in check, even though the place is always lively. Chastain's menu is wide ranging but well edited...Few dishes herald the season like fava beans ($9.50), and Chastain serves a whole plate of them, slick with olive oil, seasoned with marinated onions and shards of pecorino cheese. Full Story Back to Top
06-10-09 Director James Garvin Chastain Describes Old Cemetery for Mental Patients (Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson, MS) Barbed wire and a chain-link fence guard the forgotten dead in this remote corner of the University of Mississippi Medical Center campus. No names can be found on the west side of this cemetery. The only memories of their lives can be found in numbers etched on gray markers, 1 through 44. They are among hundreds believed buried on the 164-acre property where UMC is now located. From 1855 to 1935, this land housed the state's insane asylum...That cemetery now holds more than 4,000 dead. "Most of those buried in the cemetery had no family to claim their eemains," said hospital director James Chastain. Because of the stigma attached to mental illness at the time, the first people buried in Rose Hill were given only a number, he said. In the 1960s, small, flat headstones with names and dates of birth and death began to be used. "Unfortunately, no plat was kept showing where people were buried," Chastain said. "Over the years, the heavy markers sank deeper and deeper into the earth. Most markers are no longer visible." Friends of Mississippi State Hospital are now working to restore the cemetery. Full Story Back to Top
06-09-09 Clay Chastain Disputes City Position on Legality of November 3rd Vote (Bizjournals.com - Charlotte, NC) Valerie Chastain, wife of and attorney for light-rail activist Clay Chastain, is countering Kansas City’s position that another light-rail election can’t occur Nov. 3. She said in a letter to the Kansas City Council that Missouri law would allow for a Nov. 3 vote on her husband’s latest light-rail initiative. The city’s legal department asserted that because last year’s unsuccessful light-rail election took place Nov. 4, holding another election on the same issue the following Nov. 3 ran afoul of a Missouri statute that said “in no event shall a proposal ... be submitted to the voters sooner than twelve months from the date of the last proposal.” “Twelve months is the equivalent of one calendar year,” Chastain said in her response to the city. “One calendar year goes from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31. Accordingly, Nov. 4, 2008, to Nov. 4, 2009, would be 12 months plus one day.”...On Tuesday, Chastain renewed his call to have the City Council work with him to mutually support the Nov. 3 light-rail vote and allow voters to decide whether the City Council should have the power to overturn voter-approved initiatives. “In exchange, we will agree to drop all legal action against the city — now and forever on this issue,” Chastain said in the release. “As long as the city pays my wife for her attorney’s fees and expenses to date.” Full Story Back to Top
06-08-09 Bob Chastain Farm Hosts Woodworkers Event (thepaper24-7.com - Rockville, MD) That is what has happened on the Bob Chastain farm for the past eight years including Saturday as the Montgomery County Woodworkers were the host for the annual Sawdust Mills Days. "It's just a great day for woodworkers and it's a chance to raise some money for area 4-H kids," Chastain. "We all have a great time."..."We had a person bring us two pecan logs and some Sweet Bay logs all the way from Alabama," Chastain said. "That's not something you can get everyday in Indiana...As far as Chastain is concerned he hopes the event continues for years to come. "It's just a great day for all of us woodies," he said. Full Story Back to Top
05-27-09 Clay Chastain Appeals to Missouri Supreme Court (Bizjournals.com - Charlotte, NC) Clay Chastain is taking his battle with Kansas City to the Missouri Supreme Court. In a motion filed Wednesday, Chastain’s wife and attorney, Valerie Chastain, argued that the state’s highest court should take up their appeal about Kansas City’s decision to repeal a voter-approved light-rail initiative. The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, upheld a Jackson County Circuit Court judge’s decision last year to dismiss Chastain’s claim that Kansas City’s repeal was unconstitutional. The appeals court found that the city charter gave the City Council authority to repeal the initiative. Full Story Back to Top
05-26-09 Clay Chastain Writes Major Opinion Column (Kansas City Star - MO) Some say you can’t fight City Hall — I say you can’t work with City Hall. The Kansas City park board granted me a forum to present to the city a new transit plan that would have light rail running down Main Street USA, to the greatest train station in America, through two lovely parks, along the medians of three beautiful boulevards, and across the longest river in America. They even asked three weeks out if I needed a workshop or any special equipment for my presentation. Yet when I stepped up to speak on May 12 I was coldly informed I had only 10 minutes and they would have no questions. Then came The Star and its cartoonist piling on ridicule. Lee Judge depicted me being tarred and feathered and run out of town on my best rail plan yet...The Star added, “now is not the time for the hefty tax increase such a project would require. The local economy is facing enough trouble without squeezing more tax money from a shrinking pie.”...Actually, there couldn’t be a better time to upgrade Kansas City’s outdated, wasteful and polluting diesel bus transit system given the fact the Obama administration appears ready to make available to American cities substantially more federal money for efficient, energy-saving green public transit projects. Our president says America must pull itself up and out of its economic hole by, in part, investing in green infrastructure projects that will not only bring long-term energy, environmental, and economic benefits to the country, but also create much needed good paying jobs that cannot be outsourced. The Star conveniently omitted the fact that there is a separate accompanying petition initiative which asks voters to rescind the charter provision the City Council used to overturn the 2006 voter-approved light-rail plan. Kansas City voters will want to sign both petitions if they want to make sure that the petition initiative process actually has meaning and cannot be violated by the self-serving interests of City Council members, and if they want Kansas City to be like Charlotte, N.C., where the clean, green light rail and heritage trolley system is a smashing success in terms of ridership, economic development generated and public admiration....City Hall has rejected my numerous overtures at compromises. So, I am being forced to take these issues to the streets to let the voters decide how bright they want their futures. I will see you soon at the grocery stores. Full Story Back to Top
05-18-09 Jessica Chastain to Star in New Shakespeare Movie (Cinematical - Santa Monica, CA) Ralph Fiennes is going to make his directorial debut with his take on the war-filled play, John Logan is penning the adaptation, and he's lined up Vanessa Redgrave, William Hurt, and Jessica Chastain to star. Full Story Back to Top
05-12-09 Appeals Court Finds Against Clay Chastain (Kansas City Star - MO) Light-rail advocate Clay Chastain on Tuesday vowed to fight on after losing another battle with Kansas City in the Missouri Court of Appeals. Also, he outlined a new "green" plan for light rail that would include a 350-foot-tall wind turbine on the riverfront. The appellate court upheld the City Council's authority to repeal a Chastain plan that was approved by voters in November 2006. Chastain's supporters argued the repeal was unconstitutional because it denied the will of the people as expressed through an initiative petition...Chastain, who lives in Virginia but was in town Tuesday to present the new light-rail plan to the Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners, said he would pursue the issue to the Missouri Supreme Court. He also said he would probably begin another petition drive for his latest proposal and to rescind the charter provision allowing repeal of a voter initiative...Chastain said his new vision did not include elements of his last plan that were most troublesome for critics. It would not close Broadway through Penn Valley Park. It would not have gondolas. But it would create an alternative energy park in Berkley Riverfront Park with a single windmill big enough to generate 800 kilowatts of power. Full Story Back to Top
05-07-09 Dr. O.J. Chastain III Partners in Historic Procedure (News-Journal.com - Longview, TX) Medical history was made this past week in Longview when the first hybrid abdominal aortic aneurysm repair with an endovascular stent was performed at Longview Regional Medical Center, according to Dr. Samir Germanwala. He and cardiovascular surgeon Dr. O.J. Chastain III performed the delicate procedure...Chastain and Germanwala inserted the endovascular stent Thursday, and Sutton was released Friday..."We had some hesitation," Jim Sutton said the day after the procedure. "But it went well. Dr. Chastain did the incision and Dr. Germanwala did the procedure. It went really well, she's feeling good and ready to go home." Full Story Back to Top
05-01-09 Clay Chastain Decides Against Another Petition Drive (KMBC.com - Kansas City, MO) Light-rail activist Clay Chastain said he's changing his style on his latest effort to bring light rail to Kansas City...Chastain said instead of launching a petition drive later this month to get a shorter light-rail plan on the Kansas City ballot, he'll meet with the Kansas City Parks Board on May 12 to reveal his plan. "I'm going to try to wear the white hat this time, not the black hat,"..."If it (the light-rail plan) loses, then we'll all acknowledge light rail in Kansas City is a lost cause in Kansas City. I'll sign my name in blood that I won't be doing any more petition drives in Kansas City," Chastain said. Full Story Back to Top
04-29-09 Indiana State Department of Health's Butch Chastain Advises on Swine Flu (Times-Mail (subscription) - Bedford, IN) A case of swine flu has been reported in Indiana, and state and local leaders are scrambling to prepare for worst-case scenarios. Tuesday, Indiana became the sixth state to report a case of swine flu. The infected individual, a student at Notre Dame, had not visited the outbreak epicenter in Mexico...Butch Chastain, former mayor of Mitchell and now a representative for the Indiana State Department of Health's Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Response team, introduced himself to the commissioners during their Tuesday meeting. "I'll be working with the health department in this county and six others," Chastain explained. "I've met with all these people, and we will work closely with them. We visit with each county once a month and help them develop disaster plans for bio-terrorism and a number of other things. Each county is required to set up a pod to store medicines and other things. Full Story Back to Top
04-23-09 Clay Chastain Plans New Light-Rail Initiative in Kansas City (KMBC.com - Kansas City, MO) Light-rail activist Clay Chastain said he will try to put a new, smaller mass-transit plan on the November 2009 Kansas City ballot. Chastain said he will kick off a petition initiative drive May 18 at the Plaza Library. The plan calls for a 9-mile light-rail line going from the Kansas City Zoo to the City Market. "I think it will be well received this time by the establishment and by the public," said Chastain in an interview...he said his wife thinks while they may win the lawsuit, the money the voter-approved plan would need is no longer available...the line would no longer run north of the Missouri River to Kansas City International Airport. Chastain said the new plan does not include converting Penn Valley Park into a pedestrian area. But his plan for a gondola system connecting Union Station, the park and the Liberty Memorial, remains. Chastain said he envisions Union Station as a "multimodel transportation hub." The light-rail spine would be supported by a network of electric Bus Rapid Transit routes. Those BRT vehicles, as they're known, would also be used north of the river to link into the light-rail terminal at the City Market. Full Story Back to Top
04-21-09 Roger Chastain Discusses Mt. Vernon Mills Layoff (Greenville News - Greenville, SC) Mauldin-based Mt. Vernon Mills said Monday it is closing its Williamston plant in 60 days, affecting 140 employees...The facility, which currently has two shifts, makes pocketing and lighter-weight materials, said Roger Chastain, vice chairman...With the 60-day notice, employees will have time to look for jobs. Also, Mt. Vernon Mills is working with the Employment Security Commission and employees to help them find work, Williams said. In addition, the company is applying for Trade Adjustment Assistance, which is available for people whose jobs are lost because of foreign competition. Full Story Back to Top
04-20-09 Florida Final Exit President Jim Chastain Defends Final Exit Network (Winknews.com - Fort Myers, Florida) The Final Exit Network believes in something called "self deliverance". They support the teachings in a book by the name "Final Exit" by Derek Humphrey. "I think people should be able to make that judgment for themselves about when their quality of life has run out," said Florida's Final Exit president Jim Chastain. Chastain says he believes recent media coverage has unfairly represented his group. "We don't suggest that anybody end their life who doesn't want to. Maybe the three biggest points we should make about Final Exit Network are number one, we don't encourage anybody to end their life. Number two, we do not provide any of the equipment or medication for them to end their life and number three, we don't not help anyone end their life," said Chastain. Full Story Back to Top
04-19-09 Enjoy Running Three-Mile Trail at Chastain Park (Examiner.com - USA) If you're looking for a scenic run in a pleasant, safe environment, check out Chastain Park's running trail, which circles the park for a 3-mile loop. The park is located in the upscale Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta. The Chastain Park trail will take you past a beautifully manicured golf course, public tennis courts, an equestrian stable and riding area, over a babbling brook and along a peaceful lake. The run offers some hills ranging from mild to long and steady, but with everything going on in the park, from concerts at the outdoor Chastain Park Amphitheatre to Little League baseball games, you'll always have a pleasant distraction. Full Story Back to Top
04-15-09 Special Agent David Chastain Helps Save Suicidal Man (DeWitt Era-Enterprise - DeWitt, AR) The deputies found the man, whose name was not released, lying on the couch in the living room with a blanket pulled up to his chin...the man pulled down the blanket, revealing that he had a shotgun under his chin. Wright said he threatened to kill himself unless his wife came back to the house. Wright said that Beliew and the man's parents pleaded with the man for more than an hour to lower the weapon, to no avail. At that time ASP special agent David Chastain arrived on the scene and went inside the house. Chastain talked to the man for 25 minutes. The man told Chastain that he would surrender the weapon to Beliew, whom he knew somewhat, if Beliew came back inside the house. Beliew did so, but the man still did not surrender the shotgun. Eventually, Beliew distracted the man enough so that he took his hands off the weapon. At that time, Chastain fired a Taser into the man's torso, incapacitating his long enough for Chastain and Beliew to grab the shotgun away from him...Wright said that the actions of Beliew and Chastain "were crucial in keeping this man from killing himself. They saved his life." Full Story Back to Top
04-12-09 Ed Brayton Challenges Jane Chastain's Quote Attribution (ScienceBlogs - USA) Religious right apologists continue to peddle this fake quote from James Madison. The latest is Jane Chastain at the Worldnutdaily: James Madison, the primary author of our Constitution, said this: "We have staked the future of all our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self-government; upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God." No he didn't. No matter how many times you repeat this lie, it's still false. Full Story Back to Top
03-27-09 Sustainability Coordinator Cheri Chastain Says MicroFueler Has Serious Potential (San Jose Business Journal (subscription) - CA) If startup specialist Thomas Quinn has his way, people will soon be pumping ethanol into their cars from their driveways, and the product could come from the bottom of the beer barrel...Sierra Nevada's Sustainability Coordinator Cheri Chastain said the MicroFueler has some "pretty serious potential."...Sierra Nevada gets rid of about 1.6 million gallons of unusable "bottom of the barrel" beer yeast waste each year. The idea was a sound solution for the waste. "Right now, there's no value for the yeast. We're giving it away. If we can get a fuel source out of it, it would be better for us," Chastain said. Chastain said the company has estimated it could initially generate 100,000 gallons of ethanol per year. That could be used to run company cars or shop vehicles, although all the parties will have a much better idea of potential benefits and cost savings once the MicroFueler is operational. Full Story Back to Top
03-26-09 Rhonda Shasteen Advises Collegians on Marketing Careers (smudailycampus.com - Dallas, TX) Nearly 40 undergraduate and graduate students made their way through the rain to see three panelists at the Careers in Marketing event Wednesday evening...All panelists agreed that background of finance would help immensely. Rhonda Shasteen, chief marketing officer at Mary Kay, believed that the more generalists have an advantage - looking at a proposal with different angles helps in business. "The ones who are going to be held back are the ones who can't look at it with a financial perspective," she said...As she called herself a "racehorse," Shasteen also mentioned how her personal drive to move up in the business was unsatisfactory. As a newcomer to Mary Kay, she had planned on moving to the top...You must "have a healthy paradigm about growth," Shasteen said as all four women on the floor nodded their heads. Full Story Back to Top
03-20-09 Beth Chastain Stars in "The Subject Was Roses" (Inside Bay Area - Oakland, CA) When Frank D. Gilroy wrote "The Subject Was Roses" in 1964, he won the Pulitzer Prize, a Tony Award for best play, and a New York Drama Critics' Award...It is the tale of Timmy Cleary (Joseph Hirsch) returning home from World War II, still nursing the psychological scars of combat and discovering the emotional turmoil of his parents' home is far worse than what the battlefields of Europe offered. His father, John (Dean Creighton) and mother Nettie (Beth Chastain) remain in a fundamentally loveless marriage fueled by blame and recrimination which, if anything, has gotten worse while Timmy was away. Full Story Back to Top
03-18-09 Councilman Richard Chastain Moves to pay $10 Per Killed Chicken (thepaper24-7.com - Rockville, MD) The council had two separate issues dealing with the tax come up. The first was a request for a payout from the fund to a woman who had 21 hens killed...According to Cash the woman said she paid between $10 and $15 for the hens, plus she was hoping to recoup some of the cost of the eggs which she is now out. According to the woman each hen would have laid an average of 50 eggs...Richard Chastain made a motion to pay $10 per killed chicken, but only after the $50 fine is paid. That motion died because of a 3-3 vote. Full Story Back to Top
03-15-09 Zoo President Bob Chastain Acquires Elephant Film Star (Colorado Springs Gazette - Colorado Springs, CO) The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo has a movie star in its midst. Malaika, a female African elephant, arrived at the zoo in December after 21 years in the hands of a private owner - an animal trainer who found Malaika plenty of work on TV and in film. Despite her Hollywood status, keepers say she hasn't been throwing her weight around - and at 7,800 pounds, she has plenty to throw around. "She's real calm and laid-back,"...Malaika's first job was an appearance on "Card Sharks," a TV game show. "They had to guess her weight," Shawver recalled. Malaika also appeared on the small screen on "Full House," "A Peaceable Kingdom," "The Super Dave Osborne Show" and the TV movie "Tarzan in Manhattan." Her film credits include "Indecent Proposal," "Congo" and "Gremlins 2." And, Shawver said, "she's done a bajillion commercials."...Bob Chastain made finding another elephant one of his top priorities shortly after becoming the zoo's president and chief executive officer in 2005. With Lucky and Kimba getting along in years - Lucky's 28 and Kimba's 30 - Chastain didn't want to risk having a solitary elephant if one died. And having three elephants more closely resembles life in the wild, where elephants exist in larger social groups. Finding an elephant, though, is easier said than done. "It's very hard, very expensive, to get an elephant shipped over from Africa," Chastain said. And though there are breeding programs in the U.S., they have only begun having success in the last five years or so, he said. When Chastain heard about Malaika, he quickly called Shawver. That first call, about an hour long, led to more conversations. "At some point, she just told us she liked us so well, she was only talking to us," Chastain said. Full Story Back to Top
03-13-09 Pastor Kimberly Chastain Describes Impact of Economy on Churches (The Keene Sentinel - Keene, NH) The economic crisis has hit collection plates at houses of worship, with many congregations cutting costs and, in some cases, reducing staff and programs to compensate..."The local food pantry was very short on turkeys, and almost overnight, we had 40 turkeys," said the Rev. Kimberly Chastain, who serves as the sole pastor to three small Presbyterian churches in Lyndhurst, Moonachie and Wood-Ridge. Chastain said one of the congregations recently decided to make its little-used college loan fund available for members facing financial emergencies. "The reality is that the economic situation for individual members is very difficult, especially for my retired folks on a fixed income," Chastain said. "Because everyone knows people are hurting, they are all pulling together and finding ways to make that a basis for ministry." Full Story Back to Top
03-12-09 Coach LeAnn Chastain's Math Team Wins Oklahoma Competition (Norman Transcript - Norman, OK) Middle school mathematicians from all over the state met in Norman Saturday for the State MathCounts Competition. Ninety-two students and coaches from 23 qualifying teams competed for the top spot and Norman's Whittier Middle School proved to be the best...The team is coached by Whittier math teachers LeAnn Chastain, Terry Littlejohn, Jen White and Tony Zhao...The top four individuals from Saturday's competition, along with Coach Chastain, will travel to Orlando later this spring to represent Oklahoma at the National MathCounts Competition. The final round of the National competition will be televised by ESPN. Full Story Back to Top
03-08-09 Heather Chastain is President of Industry Giant (News-Journal.com - Longview, TX) Heather Chastain is the president of the recently formed Celebrating Home, which claims more than 125,000 sales associates. Celebrating Home resulted from Marshall's Home & Garden Party's acquisition of assets of the former Dallas-based Home Interiors. Chastain joined Home & Garden Party as president in June. The Marshall firm acquired the assets of Home Interiors in December..."This makes Celebrating Home the largest party-plan home décor company in the nation," Chastain said. "We have over 125,000 designers and serve the home décor, entertaining and income needs of women all over the country." Despite the national economic downturn, Chastain believes the concept will flourish. "Direct selling tends to be a recession-resistant industry, and we are very proud of the work we are doing, creating jobs and additional streams of income when both are most needed," she said...About Celebrating Home's president...Heather Chastain...Professional experience: She has 14 years of direct sales experience, including serving as president of Home Interiors and Gifts in Dallas before joining Home & Garden Party. She also has been associated with BeautiControl Cosmetics, a Dallas-based subsidiary of Tupperware, in several leadership positions. Chastain also spent five years with Paul Mueller, a stainless-steel manufacturing company, working closely with cost accounting, manufacturing and quality services. Education: Graduate of the University of Texas at Dallas. Personal: Lives in Marshall with her husband, Shawn, and two daughters, Pfifer, 4, and Finley, 1. Full Story Back to Top
03-06-09 Chastain Park Concerts Announced (Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA) For many music-loving Atlantans, spring has officially arrived when the Chastain Series lineup is announced. Here's the Concert A series booked so far: Daryl Hall & John Oates, April 17; Seal with Peter Cincotti, April 18; Heart with Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, May 24; Zac Brown Band Memorial Day Picnic, May 25; Al Green and Etta James, June 10; The Fray with Jack's Mannequin, June 12; Gipsy Kings, June 14; Bad Company and The Doobie Brothers, June 19; John Legend, July 5; Blondie and Pat Benatar with The Donnas, Aug. 2; Jackson Browne, Aug. 6; Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal, Aug. 18. Tickets for the full series or any combination of two or more shows go on sale this Sunday at 10 a.m., at www.chastainseries.com or charge by phone at Chastain Tickets, 404-233-2227. Full Story Back to Top
03-05-09 Zachary Chastain Casted in Play on Bigamy (Press & Sun-Bulletin - Binghamton, NY) He's spent nearly 20 years balancing a life with two wives - and somehow, miraculously, neither of them suspects that the other even exists. As the play begins, though, his two children from separate marriages - Gavin and Vicki - have met in an Internet chat-room and are intrigued about how much they have in common, including fathers both named John Smith and both with the same job. They plan to meet face to face - and Smith has to work double-overtime to keep them apart without bringing his whole world crashing down...The anarchy spirals out of control as Gavin (Zachary Chastain) and Vicki (Dallas Defee) scheme about getting together - maybe for a chat, maybe for something more. "Romance isn't necessarily what starts it, but it's definitely there - and that's part of the problem!" Defee said. Chastain laughed and added: "Smith doesn't want to have any mutant grandchildren! He's had those nightmares, I'm sure." Full Story Back to Top
03-04-09 Win Free Tickets to Chastain Park! (WSBtv.com - Atlanta, GA) Here's your chance to win tickets to Chastain Park for the 2009 Live Nation Concert Series. The series will include performances by John Legend, the Zac Brown Band, Bad Co., Seal, Gypsy Kings and Pat Benetar to name a few. For a complete list of dates and artists, CLICK HERE . We're giving away a pair of tickets to each show. The first person to win will get to pick which show they want to attend. The second winner will pick from the remaining 11 shows. Take a look at the list and see which show you want to attend. Tickets to the 2009 Live Nation Concert Series at Chastain do go onsale Mar. 8. Full Story Back to Top
03-01-09 Billy "Wild Willy" Chastain Makes Friends (Press-Register - al.com - Mobile, AL) If you go walking along Fort Morgan Road, you're likely to meet Billy "Wild Willy" Chastain walking his dogs. If you're with your wife, who happens to be a brunette, he might say something like, "The last time I saw you, you were with a redhead." With his sense of humor and warm-hearted charm, 82-year-old "Wild Willy" makes lots of friends...Born in Jackson, Ala., Chastain chased, and was chased by, animals on his father's 80 acres of land. Great-grandfather Chastain had moved to Alabama from Virginia after fighting in the Civil War, which claimed many of his family members: "He hated that war."..."I was chased by an alligator in my daddy's swamp. I climbed a tree, and found out that durn thing could climb, too." The alligator tried to follow Chastain up the tree, but he punched it with a stick. "The most dangerous thing was a wild hog that chased me. He had long, sharp tusks." Again, Chastain escaped by climbing and defending himself with a stick...Chastain completed high school in Jackson and attended Au burn University. He enlisted in the Navy and was stationed in California as a truck driver because of his experience hauling timber on his father's land. After military service, Chastain went to work hauling logs for sawmills. He owned two 18-wheelers and ran a crew of men. His wife, Helen, kept the books. Full Story Back to Top
02-25-09 Valerie Chastain Defends Light Rail Plan in Appeal (KMBC.com - Kansas City, MO) Lawyer Valerie Chastain, the wife of activist Clay Chastain, took the argument for light rail to an appellate court on Wednesday. In a 40-minute hearing, Valerie Chastain argued that the city's provision permitting it to repeal an ordinance is not constitutional. The City Council repealed the voter-approved light-rail plan in 2007, a year after it won at the polls. Council members said the Chastain plan was unworkable. In 2008, Clay Chastain sued the city, but he lost at trial. Valerie Chastain said the case is not about light rail. She said the case is about whether the city can repeal a vote of the people...The three-judge panel will now think about the points of law each side raised...A ruling could come later this spring or summer. Full Story Back to Top
02-17-09 Mayor Randy Chastain Cracks Down on Slum Lords (Daily Journal - Seneca, SC) Mayor Randy Chastain has had enough. During the City Council meeting Tuesday night, Chastain said he was going to make a statement to every owner of a mobile home park within city limits and hopefully the county. “We need better regulation of these mobile home parks, owned by people who really don’t care what they put their renters in,” he said. “That being said, I talked to the fire chief to get a handle on these parks. If you look at them, you’ll see what I mean.” His tentative plan to get a jump on cleaning up these areas will begin with a friendly approach...“Now, if that doesn’t happen, we will proceed with a more harsh and more effective way to stop these substandard living conditions that exist in our city.”...“There was a tenant evicted here because they called the fire department,” he said. “That owner told them that if they called the police or fire department about the unit, they were gone. It’s so wrong. These guys are wealthy because they take advantage of the less fortunate, and it needs to be stopped, bottom line.” Full Story Back to Top
02-11-09 Jim Chastain's New Book "Antidotes and Home Remedies" Wins Award (Norman Transcript - Norman, OK) Chastain recently learned his book "Antidotes and Home Remedies" is a finalist for the Oklahoma Book Award. Full Story Back to Top
02-11-09 David T. Chastain Releases "Heavy Excursions" (Blabbermouth.net - White Plains, NY) Guitarist David T. Chastain will release a new collection, "Heavy Excursions", in April via Leviathan Records...David recently decided that he wanted to put out a release of what he considered his best "heavy" instrumentals and he has done so on his new CD, "Heavy Excursions". Tracks included are from the aforementioned "Instrumental Variations" as well as tracks from some of David's other all-instrumental CDs — "Within The Heat", "Elegant Seduction", "Acoustic Visions", "Rock Solid Guitar", and David's newest all-instrumental CD, "Countdown to Infinity". As an extra bonus, David added the CHASTAIN instrumental classic "827" and the bombastic CJSS cut "Thunder and Lightning"...All of the tracks were digitally remastered to match today's standards. Full Story Back to Top
02-11-09 Pvt. Ernest Chasteen Completes Military Training (Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg, FL) Army Pvt. Ernest Chasteen, son of Brenda Chasteen of Pinellas Park, has graduated from the Infantryman One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning in Columbus, Ga. Full Story Back to Top
02-09-09 IBC's Technical Director Ken Shasteen Pleased with Nuclear Fuel Joint Research Initiative (SYS-CON Media - Montvale, NJ) International Beryllium Corporation (TSX VENTURE: IB) ("IBC" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on its collaborative research with Purdue University to develop a new type of longer lasting, more efficient and safer beryllium oxide nuclear fuel..."We are very pleased with the progress of this joint research initiative," stated Ken Shasteen, IBC's Technical Director and coordinator of IBC's joint nuclear fuels research project. "Presenting at the LWRS was valuable, as all significant groups representing the nuclear power industry were in attendance and validated the premise that multi-oxide and BeO fuels will be the foundation of a more efficient, economically sound and safer nuclear power industry. We look forward to discussing our technology with the attending groups," continued Shasteen, "as we work to develop a commercial UO2 - BeO nuclear fuel for the benefit of our shareholders, power consumers and the nuclear power industry." Full Story Back to Top
02-07-09 Jennifer Chasteen Designs Historical Coloring Book (Lake City Reporter - Lake City, FL) Celebrating Lake City’s Sesquicentennial, local artist Jennifer Chasteen — an employee of the Lake City Reporter — designed a coloring book to help school children learn about Lake City and Columbia County’s history...A fifth generation resident of Columbia County and Columbia High School graduate, Chasteen said her original project idea didn’t center on a coloring book. “I had approached Faye Bowling-Warren and the Sesquicentennial Committee with a rough sketch for a sesquicentennial promotional poster idea,” Chasteen said. “After viewing the sketch, Commissioner Dewey Weaver commented he thought it would make a great coloring book and the project bloomed from there.”...The coloring book will be distributed to fourth-grade classes in the school district and coincides with a Florida history unit students take at that grade level...The coloring books are available for purchase. Call Jackie Kite with the Sesquicentennial Committee at (386) 719-5766. Full Story Back to Top
02-06-09 Jessica Chastain Play's in "The Debt," "The Tree of Life," and in "SaloMaybe?" (Reuters - USA) Jessica Chastain will play a young Helen Mirren in "The Debt," a thriller that centers on Israeli intelligence agents...The Miramax film, which is based on Israeli writer-director Assaf Bernstein's 2007 film of the same name, tells the fictional story of how three young Mossad agents on a secret mission capture and kill a notorious Nazi war criminal in 1965. Thirty years later, a man claiming to be the Nazi surfaces in Ukraine, and one of the former agents must undercover the truth. Mirren and Chastain are playing Mossad agent Rachel Singer...Chastain will appear opposite Brad Pitt in Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life" and with Al Pacino in "SaloMaybe?" Full Story Back to Top
02-04-09 Intertribal Spiritual Leader Robert Chastain Conducts Eagle Scout Ceremony (Anderson Independent Mail - Anderson, SC) Approximately 25 volunteers cleared the 10’ x ½ mile trail and laid the bridge. On the evening of the 15th, Reedy River Intertribal Spiritual Leader Robert Chastain conducted the Indian Lore merit badge in the long house. Mr. Chastain, who is the Native American Spirituality through Art instructor for the Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, spoke for more than four hours to those in attendance about Native American customs, and dispelled many myths about Native Americans as depicted by Hollywood. Mr. Chastain, as well as Reedy River Intertribal volunteer Bill Knight, both grew up on a reservation and spoke of life there and growing up as a true Native American. Full Story Back to Top
02-03-09? Tony Shasteen to Ink Stephen King's "The Talisman" (Comic Book Resources - Ca) Del Rey, an imprint of Ballantine Books at the Random House Publishing Group, announced today the adaptor and artist on the comic book and graphic novel versions of The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub. The book will be penciled and inked by Tony Shasteen, who has been an illustrator since 1995. His clients have included Coca-Cola, Nascar, Hasbro, DC Comics, Wildstorm, Top Cow, Dark Horse, Virgin, Boom Studios, and Image Comics, among many others. Tony illustrated Image Comic’s The Occult Crimes Taskforce (The O.C.T.), co-created by David Atchison and Rosario Dawson. Film rights to The O.C.T. are in development with Dimension Films. Full Story Back to Top
01-30-09 Principal Brian Chastain Says School Will Catch Up After Missed Weather Days (NewsOK.com - Oklahoma City, OK) The principal Brian Chastain, principal of Putnam City North High School, said he didn’t expect lost time to cause many problems. For the past three years, the Putnam City School Board hasn’t built snow days into the calendar, opting to instead add missed days to the end of the school year. Chastain said he would meet with his teachers and staff to get back on track. "We’ve lost three days, but we’ll regain these days,” Chastain said. "We’ll have to readjust how we teach. ... We’ll be OK.” Full Story Back to Top
01-29-09 Timothy Chastain Named Outstanding Individual Male for Portrayal of the Genie (TCPalm - West Palm Beach, FL) Actors from the Riverside Children's Theatre production of "Disney's Aladdin Jr." did not wait for opening night Feb. 6 to win recognition. In an excerpt from the show presented at the Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta, the nine-member cast carried off the outstanding achievement in dance award. Timothy Chastain was named outstanding individual male for his portrayal of the Genie. Shannon Maloney, Megan Callahan and Chastain were chosen as Broadway Junior Festival all stars. Full Story Back to Top
01-29-09 Jared Chastain Plays in "Raised in Captivity" (Moscow-Pullman Daily News - Moscow, ID) "Raised in Captivity" is the latest Washington State University theater department production, written by Nicky Silver. It opens tonight and runs the next two weekends...Chastain plays Sebastian Bliss, the twin brother of Bernadette Dixon. He is a neurotic, bookish academic who is uncomfortable with emotion, Chastain said. Sebastian is the professor who hangs all his awards and diplomas on the wall to let everyone knows he is intelligent, Chastain said. He hopes people can empathize with the characters in the play. Chastain said he wants people to be able to see their own troubles in the play and learn to laugh at them and understand how they view their problems. "You tend to re-remember things in your favor, so you don't have to wake up every morning and say, 'God, why did I do that?' " Chastain said. A lot of the play is seen through Sebastian's memories and is told in the way Sebastian remembers it. Full Story Back to Top
01-27-09 Bureau Chief Marilyn Chastain Describes Ponzi Operation (IdahoStatesman.com - ID) Idaho regulators say they have ordered an Idaho Falls man accused of running a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme to halt operations while an investigation is under way...A Ponzi or pyramid scheme is an investment scam in which money from new investors is used to pay old investors. Palmer’s scheme involves as much as $50 million, state regulators have said. Palmer’s scheme relied in part on personal relationships and trust from investors, according to Marilyn Chastain, securities bureau chief for the Idaho Department of Finance. So-called “affinity fraud” may occur among members of a church or ethnic group. Full Story Back to Top
01-26-09 Beth Chastain Fills Role of Queen Marguerite with a Spine of Imperial Steel (Daily Californian - Berkeley, CA) Early on in "Exit the King," King Berenger is informed that he will die in exactly an hour and 30 minutes...One serious weakness is the variability in acting quality. Norman Macleod's King Berenger is a marvelous act to behold. Once unassailable, now a knock-kneed wreck, the king is nearly crippled and undeniably pathetic-but still a commanding stage presence for all his chest-puffery and attacks of slack-mouthed senility. His anguish, while sometimes comically exaggerated, is really what anchors us in sympathy for his struggles. Beth Chastain, as Queen Marguerite, fills out her role with a spine of imperial steel. But a simpering Queen Marie grates on the nerves...Macleod and Chastain fill their roles with force and fury. Full Story Back to Top
01-20-09 Lucious Chastine Remembers Segregation (Utica Observer Dispatch - Utica, NY) Lucious Chastine was only 9 years old when he lived in Florida, but he still remembers the shame of having to drink from the “colored” water fountain...“In my lifetime, I’ve seen a black president,” Chastine said, shaking his head and smiling. Full Story Back to Top
01-16-09 Jennifer Chastain Plays Bunco for Charity (Moorpark Acorn - CA) Jennifer Chastain loves to play bunco, a dice game of chance, with her friends at their monthly get-togethers. In February, the Moorpark resident will play for a good cause—the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. "Most of our group are moms, and breast cancer is something that's affecting our generation," said Chastain, a mother of two boys, ages 5 and 6. "We want to raise money for research to prevent it. Also, it's important to make people aware that early detection is the best preventative medicine." Full Story Back to Top
01-07-09 Drought Response Committee's Dennis Chastain Pleased with Recent Rain (WYFF - Greenville, SC) Little Eastatoee Creek became a raging river overnight. But drought could easily turn it into a trickle again -- and quickly, state water-management officials said. "As soon as I stepped out of the vehicle in the parking lot, I could hear the roar," said Dennis Chastain of the South Carolina Drought Response Committee...In about a month, Chastain believes the severity of the drought can be downgraded from extreme to severe, but he said we're not out of the woods yet...Chastain said the rain only buys time, meaning we need to act now to conserve for when that river becomes a creek again. "This is the time to start doing the planning," he said. Full Story Back to Top
01-07-09 Sheriff John Shasteen Pursues Four-Year-Old Toddler In Double Shooting (WBBH - Fort Myers, FL) Authorities say a four-year old boy in Ohio shot his babysitter - apparently because the 18-year-old accidentally stepped on his foot. The child shot him with a shotgun he had grabbed from a closet...The teen was hospitalized with minor wounds on his arm and side. Another teen was also hurt..."We can't charge a 4-year-old with anything. We'll talk to the prosecutor about charges against maybe the parents or the babysitter," said Jackson County Sheriff John Shasteen. Full Story Back to Top
01-02-09 Trust Fund Established for Family of Chastain Girls in Accident (Times-Mail (subscription) - Bedford, IN) A trust fund has been set up at Bedford Federal Savings Bank for the Chastain family after 14-year-old Alexandria was killed and 16-year-old Destiny was critically injured in a one-vehicle accident Dec. 27 on Leatherwood Road, east of Bedford. Full Story Back to Top
12-27-08 Lumbee Jay Chastain Serves His Country (Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA) Jay Chastain promises to make it up to his sons. When he moved away from his American Indian family in North Carolina to live the life of a soldier, Chastain left the Indian ways behind. He got married, had three sons and settled down in Fayetteville. As the boys grew into manhood, Chastain didn’t school them about the Lumbee culture in which he was raised in southern North Carolina. “I’ve been away from this for years —- 40 years,” Chastain, 58, said of his Indian heritage. “I failed to bring them up on what it means to be Native American. But I’m going to fix that real soon.” All because of a book. Chastain is profiled in “Warriors in Uniform,” about Indians who have served in the U.S. military since the American Revolution. Published by the National Geographic Society and released last month, it has stirred Chastain’s ethnic pride and memories. “I want to tell them some things, so they can maybe pass it along,” Chastain said. “I want them to know. … That book opened my eyes about a lot of things.”...Chastain decided at an early age that working the tobacco farm wasn’t for him. He enlisted in the Army when he was 17 years old and went to Vietnam in 1967, when he turned 18. He was assigned to a rifle platoon with the 173rd Airborne Brigade. “On patrols, I was usually the point man, a position I liked and succeeded at,” the book states. “There was not a long list of men who wanted to walk point. Maybe it was my Indian heritage, but it was for me.” After Vietnam, Chastain became an Army recruiter and reached the rank of command sergeant major before retiring in 1989. Full Story Back to Top
12-23-08 Coach Tim Chastain Injured in Car Accident (NorthFulton.com - Alpharetta, GA) Tim Chastain, a 50-year-old Dawsonville resident who has taught health and physical education courses while coaching baseball and football at Milton since 1991, is in North Fulton Hospital suffering from a severely broken leg, dislocated foot, broken pelvis and a ruptured spleen. He received the injuries after his 2003 Toyota Tacoma drifted across the center lane and hit a 2007 Chevrolet Avalanche head on just before 3:45 p.m. near North Park. "I'll be OK. It's just going to take a while to rehab," said Chastain. "It's going to be a slow process." The other driver was not injured, said investigators. Full Story Back to Top
12-23-08 Tim Chastine Caught in 14-Car Pileup (Appleton Post Crescent - WI) Wicked winter weather caused a 14-car pile up on U.S. 41 near Brown County B about 8:45 a.m. today...Ten people were hurt but none of the injuries were thought to be life threatening...Tim Chastine, of Hampton, Ga...had four people in his Nissan Moreno when he ended up in the Suamico wreck. They were headed to the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee from Townsend. They were Car No. 13. Two people in the Moreno were hurt, but neither seriously. Both walked away from the car, Chastine said. His car, however, was not driveable – crumpled on both the front and back – and hauled away by a wrecker. Chastine’s 15-year-old nephew, Jonathan Smits, was watching a movie in the backseat during the trip. “I heard uncle Tom say ‘Whoa!’ and I looked up and there was a truck swerving all over in front of us and he went into the guard rail,” Smits said. Chastine, visiting for the holidays, said he almost avoided the crash. “We were almost completely stopped … and then we got hit from behind,” he said. Full Story Back to Top
12-23-08 Valerie Chastain's Kansas City Court Case Goes Forward (Kansas City Star - MO) Lawyers for Kansas City municipal government have filed a brief with the Missouri Court of Appeals defending the City Council’s vote to repeal Clay Chastain’s light-rail initiative. The city attorney’s brief responds to an appeal filed by Chastain’s wife and lawyer, Valerie Chastain. Valerie Chastain argues that the section of the city charter allowing the mayor and council the power to repeal initiated laws is unconstitutional. City attorneys disagree and say the section of the state constitution that Chastain relies on is not the proper basis to challenge a city charter initiative process...Clay Chastain said today he’s looking forward to the appellate court arguments. “Our feeling is, let right be done,” Chastain said from his home in Virginia. “The people are the ultimate power in a democracy. They voted, and they should get what they want. This is a good test for the courts, in my mind.” Full Story Back to Top
12-18-08 Home and Garden Party President Heather Chastain Announces Acquisition (Marshall News Messenger - Marshall, TX) Home and Garden Party acquired the U.S., Canadian and Puerto Rican assets of Home Interiors and Gifts Thursday, according to Heather Chastain, president of the Marshall company. "The coming together of the two companies promises to be a bright new beginning for the Dallas-based company," she said..."Over the past 12 years, we've worked to achieve a reputation of sound core beliefs and values with a commitment to the highest possible standards of integrity," Ms. Chastain said. "With the coming together of these two companies, the proud heritage of Home Interiors will live on through the strong financial foundation that Home and Garden Party provides." Full Story Back to Top
12-17-08 Eleven-Year-Old Caleb Chastain Stars in Large Christmas Play (Vail Daily News - Vail, CO) Because Vail and Beaver Creek are packed with hotels, perhaps it makes sense to tell the nativity story from the innkeeper’s perspective...Eleven-year-old Caleb Chastain, who plays the innkeeper, said his character’s major flaw is his selfishness. “If I was him, I would probably do the same thing [run a luxury inn] but I wouldn’t be turning away people like Joseph and Mary,” he said. “I would be like, ‘OK, I’ll let you in but you just have to pay a little more than you’re offering’ or something like that.” Chastain sings “Dollars and Census,” one of many clever tunes in the show...In total, the show stars about 115 students ranging from ages 3 to 14. Full Story Back to Top
12-16-08 Loyola Chastain Opposes Capital Projects Plan (NewsOK.com - Oklahoma City, OK) University of New Mexico regents have decided to move forward with nearly $40 million in capital projects, despite concerns raised by the president of the Staff Council...Staff Council President Loyola Chastain said while many of the projects are good ones, her group believes the timing is bad, given the state's precarious budget situation. She said it sends the wrong message. Chastain specifically questioned spending on the University Arena and the partial move of student service functions to the Lockheed Martin building. Full Story Back to Top
12-15-08 Staff Council President Loyola Chastain Challenges Schmidly (UNM Daily Lobo - Albuquerque, NM) President David Schmidly defended his fiscal decisions amid jeers from about 750 students and employees during Friday's forum on the University's financial troubles...Loyola Chastain, Staff Council president, said a survey of employees found that morale is at a record low and asked Schmidly what he would do to improve it. Schmidly responded that he had not seen the survey but that the results were not unexpected. "Am I surprised that morale is at an all-time low? No, I am not surprised. My morale is not that high," he said. The audience laughed when Schmidly began by saying that high morale starts with trust and communication. "If there is one thing I would focus on to improve the University, it's trust," he said. "I stand here in front of you right now proud to be standing on the record that I stand.... What I'm trying to do is preserve 20,000 jobs on this campus, and the steps I took were because I knew they were the right steps to take. And I would ask Loyola (Chastain) - and perhaps you should ask her too - what is she doing to help morale on this campus." Chastain invited anyone to put the question to her any time, and staff members stood up later in the meeting to defend her. Full Story Back to Top
12-08-08 Katie Chastain is Muse to Film Score Composer (Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson, MS) It takes talent to compose music for film and Nathan Johnson is one of those amazingly talented people...Johnson will be the keynote speaker for the first Cum Laude Lecture Series hosted by St. Andrew's Episcopal School's Department of English and St. Andrew's chapter of the Cum Laude Society. In a three-part lecture series, Johnson will discuss structuring creative work, being a working artist and using technology to advance the creative process. Accompanying him will be Katie Chastain, a musician and Johnson's muse. Chastain recently released her new album Firecracker and will be performing at the symposium. Full Story Back to Top
12-06-08 Bluesman Dave Chastain Remembers Bobbye A. King (Peoria Journal Star - Peoria, IL) Blues singer Bobbye A. King, known to some as the queen of the Peoria blues scene, died Saturday morning of natural causes...Peoria bluesman Dave Chastain said King's death is a major loss for the local blues scene. Chastain first met King in the late 1980s and was struck by her talent. "We became very good friends; I enjoyed her shows," Chastain said. "She poked fun at herself, and she had a way with connecting with the crowd - humor along with great music. She was a great singer, had great stage presence, everything. Everybody loved Bobbye." Chastain said the singer was more than a powerful performer. She was a "sweetheart, a real friend." "She was a very spiritual person; I appreciated that," he said. "Bobbye had a real deep faith, in her own quiet way." Full Story Back to Top
11-25-08 TJ Chastain Distinguished as Young Scrooge in Kansas City Production (Kansas City Star - MO) Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s annual production of “A Christmas Carol” is living proof that certain theatergoers will return again and again to re-experience familiar pleasures...We see in flashback what made the young Scrooge (TJ Chasteen) turn against humanity — his rejection by Belle (Vanessa Severo), the young woman he loves. In most previous editions the scenes between Belle and Scrooge have been reduced to obligatory, barely memorable story advancement. But Chasteen distinguishes himself as the most memorable actor to play Young Scrooge in all the years I’ve watched this show. He goes for simple psychological realism and makes a major impact. He receives invaluable help from the luminous Severo, who exhibits impressive emotional range as one who sees that Scrooge’s already proclivity for money-hoarding has overshadowed his good qualities. Full Story Back to Top
11-20-08 Comment on Jane Chastain's Disdain of the Girl Scouts (Watching the Watchers.org - USA) Why does Jane Chastain fear, hate, and/or disdain the Girl Scouts of America (GSA), of all groups? Well, apparently because they're leftists addicted to change kind of like Barack Obama, and because they've added an asterisk to God...I'll let Chastain state her own opinion, but with my emphasis: "'Change' was the buzzword for the Obama campaign. Change was also the buzzword at the 51st Girl Scout National Council Session and Convention held earlier this month in Indianapolis, Ind. It stands as further proof that change is not always for the better. From the opening ceremony to the exhibitors in the convention hall, it is clear that the direction the Girl Scouts have chosen is a hard left, downhill. These changes began in 1970, when feminist Betty Friedan was put on the national governing board. Then, partnerships were forged with Planned Parenthood, gun control advocates and other left-wing groups. In 1980, the organization changed its policy on homosexuality and welcomed lesbians as scouts and troop leaders. In 1993, the Girl Scouts put an asterisk by the word 'God' in the promise and invited girls to tell the Creator to take a hike. Patriotism has been replaced with globalism. This year, the traditional flag ceremony was trashed." Full Story Back to Top
11-20-08 Deputy Commander Col. Cindra Chastain Prepares for Agriculture in Afghanistan (Blackanthem.com - Clinton Township, MI) Approximately 30 Indiana National Guard Soldiers with the 1-19th Agribusiness Development Team are getting ready for their upcoming Afghanistan deployment by going back to school. The Soldiers honed their agribusiness smarts at Purdue University recently. "I'm a Purdue graduate so it's great to be back," said Col. Cindra Chastain, the unit's deputy commander. Chastain is also in charge of the team's agribusiness section and has a degree in animal sciences from the university. "It's great working with all these people that have so much expertise and are willing to share it with us."..."The mission focus is to start projects that improve agribusiness in Khowst province in Afghanistan," said Chastain. The knowledge the troops gain here will be applied when they are deployed. "These National Guard Soldiers are better suited for this mission because our Soldiers have civilian jobs and experiences in agriculture," said Chastain. Full Story Back to Top
11-20-08 Park Tavern Honors Chastain's Restaurant Firefighters (Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA) Park Tavern owner Paul Smith and his team have been looking forward to tonight’s “Hunks & Heroes Bachelor Auction and Celebration,” benefiting the Atlanta Fire Foundation. But the event has suddenly become more meaningful. Chastain’s Restaurant, which Smith also owns, was extensively damaged by a fire that began late Tuesday night. Firefighters were still on the scene of the newly opened restaurant early Wednesday. No one was injured. About lunchtime Wednesday, Smith sent word that he’s waiving the admission fee for tonight’s event at the Park Tavern to show his appreciation for the brave firefighters who battled the blaze at Chastain’s. It’s from 7 p.m. to midnight and will feature food and beverages, dancing, the auction —- and lots of gratitude. Full Story Back to Top
11-19-08 New Chastain's Restaurant is Burned (WSBtv.com - Atlanta, GA) A two-alarm fire heavily damaged a Buckhead restaurant Tuesday night. The fire broke out at Chastain's Restaurant near the corner of Roswell Road and Piedmont Avenue about 8:30 p.m. Chastain's opened about a month ago in the building that housed Carbo's Cafe for years. Full Story Back to Top
11-13-08 Clay Chastain Files Appeal (Bizjournals.com - Charlotte, NC) Clay Chastain hasn’t given up on trying to get light rail in Kansas City. The former Kansas City resident filed an appeal Wednesday of a Jackson County Circuit Court judge’s May 1 decision that the Kansas City Council’s repeal of Chastain’s voter-approved 2006 light-rail plan passed constitutional muster. In a lengthy appeal to the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Chastain argues that a provision in the Kansas City charter that empowers the legislative body to nullify petition initiatives runs afoul of the Missouri Constitution, which gives its citizenry the power to take up legislation independent of the General Assembly. Chastain’s appeal also claims that the Kansas City Council acted “with a dishonest purpose or with an actual intent to mislead” by reversing the 2006 vote. Full Story Back to Top
11-06-08 Clay Chastain Reflects on Rival Light-rail Plan Loss (Kansas City Star - MO) You know, he who laughs last … Clay Chastain isn’t laughing, but as architect of KC’s lone successful voter-approved light-rail plan he has a take on the defeat dealt the city’s starter system Tuesday. “It was a shock, really,” Chastain says. “I just knew it was going to pass, ride the Obama wave, but I don’t think the voters really rejected light rail. I think they just rejected the city’s uninspired light-rail plan and their strong-arm tactics that overturned a direct vote of the people.”...Chastain says. “The more inspiring light-rail plan is still alive. You know they claim my plan was unworkable, but theirs is the plan that was rejected. I think the voters wanted a more inspired, exciting light-rail plan like the one they voted for, not just a bland utilitarian plan like the one the city offered.”...“They spent a ton of money trying to get their plan passed, and we didn’t spend a dime,” Chastain says. “I didn’t force it down people’s throats. I didn’t stuff their mailboxes with fancy fliers. I didn’t buy any TV or radio ads. No brochures — no nothing. I just made my case and went home and let the voters decide.” Full Story Back to Top
11-04-08 Zcom Networks Appoints Robert Chastain as Chief Mining Engineer (Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles, CA) Zcom Networks, a publicly traded company, announced the Company has appointed Robert Chastain as the Chief Mining Engineer. Chastain is a Mine Engineer with over 50 years' experience in precious metals exploration and production. He has worked in the US and International mining realms as a surveyor, geologist, mine engineer in grass roots exploration, mine planning, and development including milling operations, process plants, and mining activities. He worked with Anaconda Copper Company in mill development and served as lead mining engineer/part owner of Mineral Services Company until he accepted the position as President of Grubstake Mining America. Full Story Back to Top
10-19-08 Praise for Soddy-Daisy Candidate Margaret Chastain (The Chattanoogan - Chattanooga, TN) Electing candidate Margaret Chastain brings new vision and 28+ years of professional business experience to the city of Soddy-Daisy. Her involvement with our children at local schools and her volunteer work demonstrate she has a finger on the pulse of the community she wishes to serve. Full Story Back to Top
10-19-08 Clay Chastain Returns to Kansas City (Kansas City Star - MO) Guess who’s coming to Kansas City for Halloween … “I’m coming in and I’m bringing my bag of treats,” says light rail activist Clay Chastain. “I’ve changed my mind, and I’m coming before the election to campaign for the light rail initiative the voters already approved — to ask voters not to vote for this new light rail plan that doesn’t go to the train station, doesn’t go to the airport — nobody really knows exactly where it’s going.”...Things have been quiet lately on Chastain’s lawsuit against the city regarding the council’s overturning his voter-passed light-rail plan. However, a ruling by the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District has changed that. On Oct. 7 the court granted an expedited hearing on Chastain’s appeal of the city’s light-rail repeal. “We won our first legal skirmish,” Chastain says. “The trial date will be set as soon as we file the appeal Oct. 31.” Full Story Back to Top
10-16-08 Walhalla Mayor Randy Chastain on Oktoberfest (Anderson Independent Mail - Anderson, SC) As in the German word that sums up the Oktoberfest atmosphere, "Gemutlichkeit" — good spirits, good times, laughter and goodwill. “Mainly, we just want people to have a good time,” said Walhalla Mayor Randy Chastain. “It should be enjoyed as a family outing.” It’s taken a lot of work to get ready, Chastain said. Full Story Back to Top
10-09-08 Amber Chastain Wins $1000 Scholarship (The Chattanoogan - Chattanooga, TN) The Chattanooga Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners has awarded its 2008 Scholarships to Amber Chastain and Carlyn Saylors. Ms. Chastain and Ms. Saylors, both students at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, were selected from 15 applicants attending Chattanooga area colleges and universities. Full Story Back to Top
10-06-08 Mayor Kelly Chastain's Controversial Bike Path is Successful (Press-Enterprise - Riverside, CA) The much-maligned Colton bike path has become something few thought it would -- a success...From morning until early evening, people are walking, jogging, strolling, being pushed in strollers, riding scooters and jump-roping along the path...Colton Mayor Kelly Chastain said she loves driving by the path she championed and seeing so many people using it. "My heart is overwhelmed when I drive in the evening and see people utilizing that pathway," Chastain said. "To see strollers and moms teaching their kids how to ride their bikes and that I had something to do with that."...Chastain said the path has "gone above and beyond my expectations for use." The 2.2-mile path, from Inland Center Mall in San Bernardino to F Street in Colton, not only provides recreation, it gives safe passage to children walking to and from Alice Birney Elementary School, City Manager Daryl Parrish said. Full Story Back to Top
10-02-08 Jessica Chastain Cast for The Debt (Daily Mail - UK) American actress Jessica Chastain has been picked to play the younger version of Ms Mirren's character in the thriller The Debt, being filmed here and overseas from January. The story is told in flashbacks and flash-forwards...Ms Chastain will feature in the flashback scenes...Jessica, who has just been playing Brad Pitt's wife in the new Terrence Malick picture The Tree Of Life, plans to meet Helen soon in London. Full Story Back to Top
09-19-08 Commissioner Juan Chastang Resigns (Press-Register - al.com - Mobile, AL) Mobile County Commissioner Juan Chastang will resign from his District 1 seat after returning to the panel less than a month ago. Chastang's resignation takes effect at the end of business today. He returned to the District 1 post Aug. 28 following a long court fight. His announcement of his departure came after he attended the commission's Thursday workshop meeting. Chastang will receive $90,000 from the county in back pay. Full Story Back to Top
09-12-08 Pastor Dennis Chasteen Celebrates 20 Years of Service (The Daily Citizen - Dalton, GA) Lakeshore Park Baptist Church will celebrate homecoming and 20 years of service by Pastor Dennis Chasteen Sunday at 11 a.m. with Brother Alan Pacheco as guest speaker. Food and fellowship will follow. The church is at 12 Crescent St. in Dalton. Full Story Back to Top
09-08-08 General Richard Chastain Speaks at Freedom Festival (thepaper24-7.com - Rockville, MD) The opening ceremony began with a prayer by Paul Leonard, pastor of Ladoga Christian Church, followed by Lebanon Police Chief Tom Garoffolo singing the fourth verse of the National Anthem. Garoffolo said he chose the fourth verse because he found it particularly poignant and appropriate. Following Garoffolo was a speech by retired General Richard Chastain, who began by saluting the Blue Star Hoosier Mothers for their efforts. "It took me 65 years to truly appreciate my mother - but these mothers are really appreciated for what they do," he said. Chastain also discussed President George W. Bush's pledge to hunt down those responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, including his declaration of "There will be no sanctuary." "No sanctuary' caused us a lot of problems - but I'll bet if you ask any Afghan woman today, she will say 'Thank God for the Americans who freed us from The Taliban," he said. Chastain said the U.S. "probably did make some mistakes in Iraq" - but there's been a great deal accomplished. "Six months ago, everybody was talking about the debacle in Iraq but today, that's not the case," he said. Chastain said he had the opportunity to ask some service members what they thought of the election campaign. The response: "We will serve the commander-in-chief regardless of who he is." "I didn't even ask my next question," he said. In addition to U.S. soldiers, Chastain also took time to salute America's other heroes, the emergency responders. He said the images of firefighters starting up the steps of the World Trade Center tower has remained "always burned into my memory." "I've never seen anything so inspiring in my life," he said. Full Story Back to Top
09-08-08 Injured Deputy David Chastain Receives Community Support (Hickory Daily Record - Hickory, NC) Jones was part of a crowd of more than 150 who gathered at the Justice Center on Sunday afternoon and participated in a charity ride for David Chastain, ending at Riverbend Park. Chastain is a deputy with Catawba County, just like Jones. But Jones' vehicle Sunday was a motorcycle; Chastain's was a van and then a wheelchair. But Chastain, the victim of a July 25 hit-and-run on N.C. 10 near Robinson Road, wasn't letting it get him down Sunday. "I am just overwhelmed by the response, amazed by the amount of people who showed up," Chastain said. "It's just good to know that there are the Blue Knights and other people that support law enforcement." The driver who hit Chastain, who was riding a motorcycle, has yet to be identified. Chastain was airlifted to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem from the scene and has undergone eight surgeries on his left leg, which took the brunt of the impact. He was released from the hospital about two weeks ago and is getting ready to begin physical therapy today. Full Story Back to Top
09-05-08 Early David T. Chastain CDs to be Re-released (Blabbermouth.net - White Plains, NY) Shrapnel Records will reissue the first two CHASTAIN CDs — "Mystery of Illusion" and "Ruler of the Wasteland" — in October. Band founder/guitarist David T. Chastain states: "At long last these will be available on CD as an official release. These CDs aren't to be confused with the bootleg versions that were put out a few years back by a bunch of thieves." "Mystery of Illusion" was originally released in 1985 and "Ruler of the Wasteland" was released in 1986. David adds: "I don't think a week has gone by in 20 years when someone hasn't asked me 'When is 'Ruler' or 'Mystery' going to be available on CD?" Full Story Back to Top
09-04-08 Tony Shasteen Produces Cover for First X-Files Comic (Wired News - USA) X-Files honcho Frank Spotnitz remains bullish on the supernatural franchise's possibilities. Spotnitz, who co-wrote and produced this summer's flop The X-Files: I Want to Believe, is mining the TV show's rich mythology for Wildstorm's The X-Files comic books, and says there's no end in sight...Issue No. 1 of the comic, written by Spotnitz with art by Brian Denham, cover by Tony Shasteen and variant cover by Russell Walks, is due Nov. 19. Full Story Back to Top
08-29-08 Juan Chastang Returns to Commission (WKRG-TV - Mobile, AL) For the first time in 16 months, Juan Chastang sat in his former seat on the Mobile County Commission. Chastang has been out of the seat since April 2007 when a judicial panel removed him, saying his appointment by Alabama Governor Bob Riley was illegal. The court has since ruled that the appointment was legal. In an interview with News 5's Tiffany Craig, Chastang is now back at work for the county and plans to seek back pay for the time he was gone. Full Story Back to Top
08-28-08 J. Harold and Barbara M. Chastain Gift Provides for Eminent Scholar (Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota, FL) Chastain scholar joins FSU. Thanks to a 1999 gift from J. Harold and Barbara Chastain of Bradenton, C.F. Sirmans will join Florida State University's College of Business as its J. Harold and Barbara M. Chastain Eminent Scholar in Real Estate. In a news release, Dean Gatzlaff, FSU's Mark C. Bane Professor and director of the Center for Real Estate Education and Research, calls Sirmans "one of the nation's leading real estate economists." Sirmans begins at FSU in January. Full Story Back to Top
08-27-08 Ricky Chastain Announces Gator Hunting Season (ArkansasSports360.com - Little Rock, AR) The sophomore season of alligator hunting will get underway next month. Thirty-two hunters have been chosen for permits to hunt alligators in Arkansas. The season will be Sept. 19-22 and Sept. 26-29...Chastain said that in addition to the seven alligator permits in Zone 1 that were available through the draw process, eight permits were made available directly to five private landowners based on surveys conducted in the spring. Full Story Back to Top
08-26-08 Ludgood Resigns from Juan Chastangs' Old Seat (WKRG-TV - Mobile, AL) The *now* former north Mobile County leader says she has turned in her county car and credit card and is moving out of the office immediately. Ludgood's departure comes after months of legal wrangling over the position that she won in a special election. Ludgood defeated Republican Juan Chastang in October 2007 after a judicial panel removed him. The panel agreed that Riley violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by appointing Chastang. Justices have since ruled in Riley's favor. On Monday, Attorney General Troy King instructed Mobile County officials to stop paying Ludgood...The empty seat isn't expected to stay cold for long. Chastang has said in the past that he wants the position back. Ludgood plans to run for the position again in November. Full Story Back to Top
08-14-08 Jack Chastain Returns to Local Salvation Army (ENC Today - Jacksonville, NC) Jack Chastain, who led the Salvation Army's Kinston chapter in the late 1960s and early '70s, has returned to help the organization navigate an increasingly crowded field of local nonprofits. Chastain spent 38 years with Salvation Army corps in cities throughout the Southeast and attained the rank of major. (The organization refers to its local chapters as "corps.") He commanded the Kinston corps from 1969-1974. He and his wife retired from the Salvation Army in 1999 and moved to Grifton, where they still reside. He stayed involved, though. Chastain spent the past few years with Greenville's corps, conducting fundraising and public relations efforts. He returned to Kinston this spring, at the request of current corps leader Capt. Michael Rogers, to serve as community relations director. In that role, he is an unpaid volunteer. Full Story Back to Top
08-14-08 Federal Court Justices Reverse Juan Chastang Ruling (Press-Register - al.com - Mobile, AL) A panel of federal court judges Wednesday reversed a ruling from last year that booted Juan Chastang from his Mobile County Commission seat, but his immediate political future remains unclear. Alabama Attorney General Troy King said Wednesday during an appearance in Mobile that Chastang would have to be reappointed by a state court judge. But attorneys for Chastang and for the Mobile County Probate Court said they hoped the matter could be resolved without more court action. Merceria Ludgood, who took the commission seat after handily defeating Chastang in a special election called after his ouster, said Wednesday she was aware of the order but had no comment. She had not resigned her position as of Wednesday afternoon. She is the only candidate running for the seat in the Nov. 4 general election. Full Story Back to Top
08-07-08 Dave Chastain Band Drummer Severely Injured (Peoria Journal Star - Peoria, IL) John Patty, 44, of Peoria remains at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, where he is slated to undergo surgery today to his back, which suffered third-degree burns when a bolt of electricity struck him July 31 as he sprayed weed killer in a substation at Bartonville's Keystone Steel & Wire Co. "Considering the situation and (short) amount of time that's passed, he's doing very well," said Chastain, who visited Patty on Sunday at the hospital. "He was sitting up awake and talking to his mom, eating ice cream...On his way to Memorial, Patty almost died from kidney failure. Later, doctors amputated both of Patty's legs just below the knee. His surgery today is to repair a basketball-size burn on his back, Chastain said. Chastain was standing about four feet away on the other side of a fence inside the electrical substation when Patty was shocked. The pair, employed by Samsel's Outdoor Services Corp., were performing a routine, annual spraying at the steel manufacturer's plant...Chastain said he watched an electrical current, some 10 to 15 feet above Patty, arc and hit his friend "like a bolt of lightning" in the back. About 3,500 volts of electricity pulsated through Patty's body, knocking him face-first to the ground. Chastain said he ran into the pen to help Patty, but was blocked by a "giant force-field of electricity." A Keystone electrician, who had unlocked the substation for the spraying, meanwhile, left to get help, leaving Chastain alone with Patty, who was screaming his legs were on fire...Patty, who for the past year had been the drummer for The Dave Chastain Band, a local blues band, founded by Chastain 30 years ago, seems to be coping as best as can be expected about his lost limbs...Patty, a father of three, will overcome his handicap and regain his beat as a drummer, Chastain said. "He will play again. It will be a long road, but John will play again," he said. "He was a fantastic drummer, a world-class drummer in my opinion. He will have a job with me when that time comes." Full Story Back to Top
08-06-08 Jane Steppe Chastain Hosts Godmother's 90th Birthday (Blount Today - Blount) Marie Colvin stood straight with a teacher’s presence Saturday as friends, family, former students and a U.S. senator came to wish her well as she celebrated her 90th birthday with a reception at Fairview United Methodist Church. The reception was hosted by her godchildren, Bill Steppe and wife, Susan, of Memphis, Donna Steppe Millard and husband, Joe, of Colorado Springs, and Jane Steppe Chastain and husband, Roger, of Aguanga, Calif...“She has always been a goodwill ambassador for this town that she loves,” said her godchild, Jane Chastain. Full Story Back to Top
08-01-08 Chestang Family Band to Perform (NorthEscambia.com - near Pensacola, FL) Two groups will take to the stage for a night of family fun tonight at the Barrineau Park Community Center. The first group to perform will be the Chestang Family Band (pictured above) from McIntosh, Alabama, playing gospel and bluegrass. With Elroy on the guitar, Tabitha on the bass and Spanky playing everything else, they will inspire everyone, especially when little Autumn comes on stage and belts out a tune or two, according the event organizers. Full Story Back to Top
07-29-08 Clay Chastain Submits New Proposal (Kansas City Star - MO) Clay Chastain is popping up again on the subject of light rail. Actually, he's been clamoring for attention a lot lately. Today, he sent out an email proposing a Jackson County-only transit plan for the November ballot. This comes on the heels of a plan he proposed last week for a Kansas City-only starter line. And that came on the heels of separate regional transit plans he proposed in June and May...here is a rundown of his latest plans: May: $2.32 billion Missouri-side concept, including 30 miles of light rail, 17 miles of commuter rail, a downtown streetcar circulator, plus fleets of hybrid and electric buses. June: $2.9 billion Missouri-side concept, with 32 miles of light rail, a streetcar line along Prospect Avenue, fleets of buses and designated bike lanes. July 21: $800 million for a 14-mile Kansas City light rail starter line, a 4-mile streetcar line in Linwood Boulevard, plus electric buses. July 29: $1.1 billion Jackson County-only concept, with a 10-mile light rail starter line south of the Missouri River, commuter rail, streetcar and "low-emission" buses, all connecting at Union Station. Full Story Back to Top
07-17- 2008 Jennifer Chastain Wins Historical Project (Lake City Reporter - Lake City, FL) A unanimous vote Wednesday by members of the Lake City Sesquicentennial Steering Committee assured that 900 copies of a fourth-grade coloring book will come to be. The $2,990 project was awarded to Fort White resident Jennifer Chasteen. She is now commissioned to create a 12-page coloring book, with six to 10 illustrations and six pages of text. The tentative title of the coloring book is “The History of Lake City 1859-2009. Full Story Back to Top
07-10-08 Jane Chastain Speaks of Jesse Helms (WorldNetDaily - Grants Pass, OR) Jesse Helms was astute, kind, witty and one of the most polite and fair-minded individuals I have ever known, nothing like the caricature often painted by the media. I met him in 1967, when I presented myself as a candidate for employment at WRAL-TV. I had broken a lot of barriers for women as a sportscaster in progressive Atlanta, but when I decided to marry Roger Chastain, an industrial designer in Raleigh, I was quite sure my career had come to an end. The television station in nearby Durham – the only other station in the area – had offered me a job as a weather girl. WRAL was my last hope. My knees were shaking as I stood in the office of Fred Fletcher, the president of Capitol Broadcasting. Fletcher said, "Sports? You just can't do sports for us." That's when Jesse Helms, his executive vice president in charge of programing, spoke up and said, "Oh, yes she can!" Mr. Fletcher relented, and I was hired on the spot. At that time, I had no way of knowing what an influence Jesse would have on my life. Full Story Back to Top
07-10-08 Candidate Jerry Chastain Answers Questions (Tecumseh Countywide News - Tecumseh, OK) What do you regard as the single most important issue facing Shawnee and the city Commission over the next four years and how do you propose to handle that issue? CHASTAIN: Water and how to conserve it. We need to continue to work with the group working to obtain water from Sardis Lake...Please share your thinking briefly on the following issues that have crept up over the past several years and if you think anything specific should be done on any of these, tell what you would try to do. If you covered one of these under questions 1, you may skip that particular issue here. (A) Parks (B) Water (long-range), (C) Water and sewer rates (short-range) (D) Economic Development (in brief, please), (E) Garbage collection, (F) The Street paving program. CHASTAIN: A. Quit talking about it and develop the regional park as planned. C. Keep them as low as possible within a realistic basis. D. We should concentrate on taking care of our present businesses and not get involved in spending more taxpayer funds to recruit new business. E. This issue must be revisited and changes made as the public is very unhappy with the present bad service. F. Streets are one of my top priorities and I will never divert funds from streets for any other program...Why do you believe you can represent the people of Ward 2 on the City Commission more effectively than your opponents? CHASTAIN: I have lived and worked in Shawnee for 30 years and have a grasp of what the people want and expect from their public officials. I have the ability to listen to the voice of the people. They should never be ignored. Full Story Back to Top
07-10-08? Dr. Curt Chastain Encourages Men to Seek Medical Advice More Regularly (WBXH - LA) Women visit the doctor 150% as often as men, enabling them to detect health problems in their early stages. "There are a significant number of male related problems like prostate cancer, testicular cancer, infertility that could be detected and treated if men were more aware of them," says Dr. Curt Chastain, Director of LMHO and the Lake Men's Health Center. "This conference is designed to heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment, as well as to educate on health risks specific to men of different ages and races. It is our goal to encourage men to seek regular medical advice and early treatment for disease and injury." Full Story Back to Top
07-03-08 Jim Chastain Publishes Second Book (Norman Transcript - Norman, OK) "Antidotes and Home Remedies," a new poetry book by Jim Chastain, will be launched 2 p.m. July 13 Second Sunday Poetry Reading in the Norman Depot, 200 South Jones Ave. "The book is a combination of health-related poems and some of my most popular poems from the last few years." Chastain said...Chastain also writes feature articles for Oklahoma Today and the Oklahoma Gazette alternative weekly and has been a film critic for The Norman Transcript for more than a decade. His film reviews have also appeared in The Edmond Evening Sun, The Enid News and Eagle and The Briefcase. Chastain is a founding member of the Oklahoma Film Critic's Circle. An attorney for the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, Chastain refers to his job writing opinions for the Court as the "very essence of creative writing." For more information on Chastain, visit www,jimchastain.com. For more information on Performing Arts Studio programs, call 307-9320 or visit www.thepas.org. Full Story Back to Top
07-03-08 Professor Lanny Chasteen Retires (OKC Business - Oklahoma City, OK) Lanny Chasteen, professor of accounting and Wilton T. Anderson professor, retired June 3 after 39 years on the Oklahoma State University Spears School faculty. Chasteen joined the School of Accounting in 1969 and served the department in various roles, including 14 years as department head...Chasteen said. “Perhaps my greatest joy has been seeing our students and alumni achieve success in their careers.” During his time at OSU, Chasteen taught more than 6,500 students. His teaching honors include the Joseph A. Silvoso Faculty Award of Merit from the Federation of Schools of Accountancy and the Spears School Outstanding Teacher of the Year award. In addition, he twice received the Outstanding Accounting Educator Award from the Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accountants. Chasteen authored six editions of a best-selling intermediate accounting textbook. He also published articles in a wide array of scholarly publications, including The Accounting Review, Accounting Horizons, Issues in Accounting Education, the Journal of Accounting and the Journal of Accounting Education. In 2006, donations from several OSU accounting alumni provided an endowment to establish the Lanny G. Chasteen Endowed Chair in Accounting. Full Story Back to Top
07-02-08? Bearcat Mascot Kevin Chastain Graduates (Greenwood Today - Greenwood, SC) Lander's Bearcat mascot was unveiled in spring 2004 during annual Homecoming activities. Since then there has only been one man behind the mask, paws and claws – Kevin Chastain. Chastain, a native of Columbia, was a freshman at the time. He was in his second semester at Lander and was launching the beginning of a strong relationship with the university that, according to him, will continue for years to come...While not in the suit, Chastain has enjoyed a normal college life as an exercise science major, though his friends have always, and will likely continue to call him "Bearcat" regardless of whether he is wearing the suit or not. In line with his continuously jovial personality, Chastain said with a grin, "It has been nice to be known as the Bearcat...In May he crossed the stage in Finis Horne Arena – Bearcat feet peering clearly from beneath his robe – and became a Lander graduate. Full Story Back to Top
07-02-08 Mike Chastaine Racing Team Lost in British Columbia (TheNewsTribune.com - Tacoma, WA) It was last year's Race to the North Extreme on the islands off British Columbia, and El Dorado Hills' Mike Chastaine and his Dirty Avocados teammates spent 57 hours on a trek that organizers said would take 12 to 15 hours. Being lost was the least of their problems. "In California, when you're traveling without a trail, your best bet is to go up creeks and it'll get you to the top, which is what we were trying to do here," Chastaine says. "But in Canada, that apparently is the worst way to travel. ... We came face to face with a huge waterfall. "We had to back out of the creek and work our way up the ridge. Then we ran into 80-foot cliffs that weren't on the map. We ultimately got to the top, but we had no visibility on top of a snow- covered mountain. All we could hear was waterfalls on every side of us. We were concerned about walking to the ledge and falling off. "We did have a GPS unit, but I didn't realize there's different data for the unit depending where you are on the planet. My data was set for California. When we called in (on an emergency radio) and said we couldn't figure out where we were, we gave them the coordinates our GPS showed and they guided us by that. But it was off by many hundreds of meters." Chastaine and team wandered for two days, out of food, short on water and soaking wet. But they eventually found their way to the checkpoint and finished the race several days later Full Story Back to Top
07-02-08? Kevin Chastain Retires as Bearcat (Greenwood Today - Greenwood, SC) Lander's Bearcat mascot was unveiled in spring 2004 during annual Homecoming activities. Since then there has only been one man behind the mask, paws and claws – Kevin Chastain. Chastain, a native of Columbia, was a freshman at the time. He was in his second semester at Lander and was launching the beginning of a strong relationship with the university that, according to him, will continue for years to come. He didn't come to Lander lightly though. When Chastain was looking at colleges he had his eyes and heart set on a much larger university – one with a similar catlike mascot. He knew nothing of Lander, and wasn't interested in considering another college. His mother encouraged him to look into some other options, and Lander was on the list. After some discussion he agreed to tour the campus. What he found on his visit left him with an impression that has continued throughout his time at the university. "The first time I came to Lander it was my birthday," said Chastain. "I had never heard of Lander and told my mom not to bother sending in the open house card. But once I set foot on campus I fell in love with it. I was immediately aware of the small, friendly atmosphere that makes Lander so great."...In line with his continuously jovial personality, Chastain said with a grin, "It has been nice to be known as the Bearcat, suit or no suit. My experience as the mascot has brought me closer to Lander than I would have been otherwise."...At Homecoming 2008, he was presented a plaque in recognition of his Bearcat service. At the April Sports Banquet he stepped up to the podium to accept the Dr. Boyce M. Grier Award, presented to the Lander student-athlete who best exemplifies school spirit. Full Story Back to Top
07-01-08 Jessica Chastain Wraps Tree of Life with Brad Pitt and Sean Penn (Women's Wear Daily - USA) Actress Jessica Chastain said she just wrapped "Tree of Life," directed by Terrence Malick, alongside Brad Pitt and Sean Penn. The actress also presented "Jolene" at The Seattle Film Festival in June. "She won best actress," chipped in Chastain's beau, filmmaker Ned Benson. "I'm the promoting boyfriend," he said. Full Story Back to Top
06-30-08 Happy Chastain of University of California Weighs in on Proposed Law (First Amendment Center - Nashville, TN) Happy Chastain, UC’s senior legislative director for state governmental relations, wrote, “Although the University goes great lengths to ensure academic and speaking freedoms, we must also have the right to take appropriate measures … . In order to preserve academic independence from political intrusion, it is important that the University maintain its ability to act if an instructor fails to teach course materials that have been approved by the University.” Chastain gave the example of a math teacher allowing a student to discuss an off-topic subject for so long in class that the education of others would be disrupted and the required curriculum not fulfilled. She wrote that the university “must maintain its ability to correct situations in which … a University employee has failed to comply with academic teaching standards.” Existing California laws give students and faculty “substantial freedom of speech protections,” Chastain wrote. Full Story Back to Top
06-29-08 Dave Chastain Band Honors Fellow Bluesman (Peoria Journal Star - Peoria, IL) Peoria bluesman Chuck Ely passed away in February. And since then, there have been some great parties attached to his name...Now, friends and family are hosting a memorial benefit at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Silver Dollar, 4322 N. Prospect Road. There will be T-shirts for sale, barbecue, raffles and live music by local bands including The Roling's Tones, TV Blues, the Dave Chastain Band, Nick Boettcher, and members of Rooster Alley and the Chuck Ely Rhythm and Blues Band and more...musician Dave Chastain said he didn't hesitate when asked to help honor a fellow musician and longtime friend. "We just wanted to honor Chuck and all the great times we had, and at the same time help out financially, try to bring as many people in as possible," Chastain said. "It's just a day to get together and honor Chuck and the person he was - he was a character, and a great rhythm-and-blues-singer." Full Story Back to Top
06-28-08 Tony Shasteen Does Cover for New Comic -- The Corps! (Comic Book Resources - Ca) Today, the publisher announced a new six-issue mini series based on Lanard Toys' long-running action figure line The Corps! to be written by Rick Remender ("Fear Agent," "Punisher War Journal") and drawn by Roberto Carlos with a kick off cover by Tony Shasteen ("Occult Crimes Taskforce") and designs by superstar Lenil Francis Yu. Full Story Back to Top
06-27-08 Chastain Park Receives Permission for Vending Concessions (Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA) Piedmont Park will be the second city park with vending operations, after tiny Findley Plaza in Little Five Points, she said. Operating groups for Chastain and Woodruff parks also have received city permission to have concessions...Parks such as Piedmont and Chastain "have the ability to become strong, robust revenue generators for the parks department," said Councilman H. Lamar Willis...Central Atlanta Progress, a downtown improvement group that manages Woodruff Park, is planning a small fast-food restaurant, coffee shop and sit-down restaurant at the three-acre downtown park...The Chastain Park Conservancy's plans are undetermined. Full Story Back to Top
06-27-08 City Clerk Karen Chasteen Pulls Weeds for City (Palladium-Item - Richmond, IN) The business owners all agree: Plants and flowers are dying, lampposts are dark and weeds are growing in cracks in the pavement. "It's a maintenance issue," said Renee Oldham, Main Street-Richmond Wayne County executive director. "Main Street will not be buying flowers next year unless we have someone to maintain them." It's a concern because thousands of guests from 45 states and seven countries are expected in the city and across the region for the Model T Ford T Party, a celebration of the first affordable automobile's 100th birthday...City Clerk Karen Chasteen and Councilman Phil Quinn told businesses to let them know what needs remedied...Chasteen says help has been coming from unlikely sources already. But more businesses might need to care for their own sidewalks and flowers. "The mayor's been out (helping with beautification)," Chasteen said. "I've been out. I'll pull weeds. I don't care." Full Story Back to Top
06-23-08 Gambling CEO Chuck Chastain Applauds German Partnership (Online-Casinos.com - Aabyhoej, Jutland, Denmark) The GigaMedia online subsidiary Everest Poker.com and the German land subsidiary of World Poker Store in the United States have signed a marketing agreement that will see both entities benefiting from the convergence of Internet and land poker activities...Chuck Chastain, CEO for WPS commented: "We are excited to welcome Everest Poker.com to the World Poker Store and Bar Poker League family. "This partnership will offer our players in Germany more opportunity to compete worldwide for premiere tournament invites through the League and through EverestPoker.com's online contests as...Chastain added that Germany was setting a precedent for future launches in other countries as the first official European country to join the global Bar Poker League. Full Story Back to Top
06-20-08 Ruth Chastain Wins $2.2 Million Law Suit (Anderson Independent Mail (subscription) - Anderson, SC) Ruth Chastain, who was 70 at the time of her hospitalization in February 2005, filed the lawsuit after suffering a pressure ulcer on her lower back that was not properly treated while under nursing care at AnMed Health, said her attorney, Joey Wright. Wright said her three children demanded she be transferred to Regency Hospital in Greenville, where she then spent a total of 597 days at the hospital and in rehabilitation at a cost of more than $1 million. Full Story Back to Top
06-20-08? Chastain Middle School Principle Resigns Amidst Continuing Problems (WAPT - Jackson, MS) Greg Kelly resigned last week to take a job in California, according to Jackson Public Schools officials. Kelly became principal at Chastain a year ago. His resignation comes on the heels of recent allegations from some parents that claimed students are having sex, using drugs and fighting on school grounds. Kelly replaced Michael Ellis, who was fired by Superintendent Earl Watkins...And in 2006, former Chastain teacher Carla Hughes was arrested and charged in connection with the slaying of Avis Banks. Banks was the fiancee of another Chastain teacher...Kelly said his resignation had nothing to do with the parents’ allegations...we have been presented with such a wonderful opportunity for myself and my family that we felt we could not pass up." Kelly and his wife will both work in the education field in California, he said. Full Story Back to Top
06-19-08 Chastain Siblings are Off to the Missouri High School Rodeo State Finals! (Columbia Missourian - Columbia, MO) Casey Chasteen just graduated from Rock Bridge High School on May 31, where rodeo competitions consumed many of her weekends. She started rodeo when she was 7 and has been involved in it ever since...Her younger brother Brady, who will be a junior at Rock Bridge, is also involved in rodeo...Casey Chasteen will be competing in cutting, breakaway roping and goat tying, while her brother will be competing in cutting and calf roping. The pair will compete together in team roping as well. Other events include bull riding, steer wrestling, saddle bronc, bareback, barrel racing and pole bending. Full Story Back to Top
06-19-08 Englishman Reviews Professor John Chasteen's 'Americanos: Latin America's Struggle for Independence' (New Statesman - London, England) Professor Chasteen has put together a racy narrative of the people and events which two centuries ago led Spain and Portugal's possessions to break free of Europe. The author tells the story in little gobbets. He recounts the doings of the principal figures year by year. For 1815, for instance, the page and a bit devoted to the Uruguayan hero José Artigas in a mud hut with a thatched roof, cursing the "epidemic of Spaniards", is followed by a similar space devoted to how Simón Bolívar, soon to be acclaimed the Liberator of Venezuela, sits in Jamaica appealing for aid from Britain to throw the Spaniards out. On the next page, João VI, who has been evacuated from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro under the protection of the Royal Navy, is planning how to keep the two parts of his kingdom, tiny Portugal and vast Brazil, under Braganza family control. As such, Americanos is never dull or stodgy. On the contrary, it sometimes gives the giddy feeling of one-damn-thing-after-another. Its weakness is its author's touching North American belief in the power of written constitutions and his cursory examination of the underlying economic realities of the shot and shell and march and countermarch. Full Story Back to Top
06-19-08 Susan Chastain Brings Jazz Singer Norma Winstone to Firefly (The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com - Ann Arbor, MI) British jazz singer and lyricist Norma Winstone brings her classy act - best known for wordless vocal improvisations - to the Firefly Club Saturday night. "She's one of the most unique voices in jazz," said Susan Chastain, Firefly owner. Winstone was born in London and first attracted attention in the late 1960s. In July 2001, Winstone won the title of best vocalist in the BBC Jazz Awards...ECM is really including us in all of their national tours now because Ann Arbor and Firefly audiences come out for these acts. ECM is cutting-edge, modern European jazz," Chastain added. Full Story Back to Top
06-18-08 Dalton State College Chestnut Tree to be Pollinated (Daily Citizen - Dalton, GA) The Mary Belle Price Chestnut Tree, which was planted on the Dalton State College campus in October 2006, has recently been pollinated in an effort to increase the number of blight-resistant trees throughout the state. “This was the first time we pollinated the tree,” said Don Davis, professor of sociology and the founding president of the Georgia Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation...“We placed pollen from pure American chestnuts on the tree in order to create blight-resistant trees that have more American characteristics."...Davis, who helped establish the Georgia Chapter in 2004, said membership in the chapter has grown to more than 200 members statewide. Full Story Back to Top
06-17-08 Lions Club Elects Officers President Pat Chastain and Secretary Billy Chastain (Indianapolis Star - United States) New officers are Immediate Past President Larry Graden, President Pat Chastain, Vice President Robert Hovermale, Second Vice President Paul Morrison, Third Vice President Rick Ferguson II, Board Members John Sabol and Nick Xinopolous, Secretary Billy Chastain, Treasurer Ray Furner, Lion Tamer Joe Szentivanyi, and Tail Twister Doug Ratermann...Brownsburg Lions club currently has 56 men and women members and was founded in 1929. Lions clubs are a group of men and women who identify needs within the community and work together to fulfill those needs. Full Story Back to Top
06-17-08 Fire Chief Richard Shasteen Participates in Respectful Flag Burning (Tullahoma News and Guardian - Tullahoma, TN) Dozens of tattered, faded and worn American flags were destroyed with proper dignity in a ceremony conducted by area Boy Scout troops in honor of Flag Day on Saturday at St. Paul the Apostle School in Tullahoma...Members of the Marine Corp League, Ed Magee and Jeff Ready, also participated, as well as representatives of the Tullahoma police and fire departments, Police Chief Paul Blackwell and City Fire Chief Richard Shasteen. The scouts individually saluted each folded flag before carrying it to one of two fire pits prepared for the event...The ashes from the burned flags were then buried. Full Story Back to Top
06-16-08 Mary Kay Senior VP Rhonda Shasteen Promotes Environmental Compact (PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY) Mary Kay announces the "Mary Kay Compact Recycling Drive" to coincide with the launch of the new eco-friendly Mary Kay(R) Compact featuring an innovative refill system that is estimated to eliminate 60 million units of packaging, helping to cut more than 60,000 tons of carbon emissions..."The 'Mary Kay Compact Recycling Drive' is inviting women to feel wonderful about looking wonderful!" said Rhonda Shasteen, Mary Kay senior vice president of global brand strategy. "By recycling their previous Mary Kay Compacts, women everywhere can become part of an environmental movement that includes our new eco-chic refillable compact. It's never been easier to beautify yourself and the environment simultaneously!" Full Story Back to Top
06-13-08 Deadly Tornados Spare Castana (Radio Iowa - Des Moines, IA) Experts have completed their study of the 14-mile-long path of Wednesday night's tornado in western Iowa that hit a Boy Scout camp, killing four boys and injuring dozens. Becky Griffis...says the tornado strength is being ranked as an EF-2 or EF-3 as it appears the winds were up to 135-miles per hour, perhaps higher...She says there were seven tornadoes in that storm, starting southwest of Lincoln, Nebraska, then near Omaha and the suburb of Elkhorn, all the way out to Little Sioux and as far northeast as Castana, Iowa. Of all the twisters that night, only the one that hit the Scout camp caused any serious damage or injuries. None of the others produced any damage on the ground Full Story Back to Top
06-13-08 Lt. Josh Chastain Receives Donations to Send to Soldiers in Iraq (Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville, KY) St. John Presbyterian Church in New Albany, carted three plastic tubs full of items donated by members of the congregation to the Indiana National Guard Armory on Grant Line Road yesterday afternoon. At the door they were greeted by Lt. Josh Chastain and Capt. Aaron Rogers, who brought them to a room where they put the tubs on a table and said thanks. The effort to send "care packages" to National Guard soldiers serving in Iraq, Holt said, started a few months ago, with church members bringing items they wanted to donate to Sunday services. Full Story Back to Top
06-12-08 Brad Chasteen Opens New Moe's Restaurant with Free Burritos (Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville, FL) "Welcome to Moe's!" This rallying cry for faithful followers of Moe's Southwest Grill could be heard loud and clear in OakLeaf Plantation Saturday morning. About 160 people gathered for the grand opening of the restaurant's newest location in northeast Florida. Devoted patrons started showing up at about noon Friday, as the first 100 customers would win a free burrito every week for a year. Brad Chasteen, president and CEO of Welcome To Moe's, Inc., said they had 100 people on the list by 2 a.m. Saturday. He estimated about 160 people were there at 10 a.m...Chasteen said the company plans to hold similar events for all store openings. People camped out three days in advance for the first event in the area, which was at a Jacksonville Beach location last year. Full Story Back to Top
06-11-08 Johnny Chastain Hopes for Fourth Championship (Cherokee Sentinel - Murphy, NC) Johnny Chastain piloted the Ashley Furniture Home-Store of Murphy Monte Carlo to his second consecutive win at Tri-County Race Track Saturday night. A three time track champion at the third mile clay oval Chastain padded his point lead on what he hopes to be his fourth championship. Full Story Back to Top
06-10-08 Johnny Beats Shawn Chastain at Tri-County Race Track (Cherokee Scout - Murphy, NC) Murphy brothers Johnny and Shawn Chastain staged a furious battle around the high-banked clay oval at Tri-County Race Track Saturday night, as younger brother Johnny recorded his fifth win of the season. “I’ve always said if I can’t win I hope Shawn does, and he feels the same way,” Johnny said. “Both of us really enjoy racing against the other, and there is no one we race harder against or would rather beat.” Shawn took the lead on the start and held on to it for half of the race with Johnny on his rear bumper and racing side by side at times. Coming out of turn four, Johnny edged in front and stayed there until the checkered flag dropped. Full Story Back to Top
06-10-08 Sheriff Ricky Chastain Leads in Primary (Greenville News - Greenville, SC) With 37 of 39 precincts in Laurens County reporting...two-term incumbent Sheriff Ricky Chastain was winning his race against challenger Richard Inman Jr. in the Republican primary for the Laurens County Sheriff. Chastain had 3,714 votes to Inman’s 1,037 votes. The winner in that race will run unopposed in the November general election. Full Story Back to Top
06-10-08 Clay Chastain Request to Address City Council is Denied (Kansas City Star - MO) Light-rail advocate Clay Chastain has asked Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser for an opportunity to address the City Council this week but has been turned down. “This is another example of how they’re trying to expel me and the 75,000 who voted for our plan from the process,” Chastain said...Chastain said he wanted to present a compromise plan that would resolve many of the light-rail issues still in question. Mayoral spokesman Kendrick Blackwood said the council has a packed agenda for its Thursday business session, dealing with sewer upgrades, weed control and other issues. “On short notice, it didn’t seem appropriate to clear the decks." Full Story Back to Top
06-09-08 Bob Chastain Sawmill Day Rained Out (thepaper24-7.com - Rockville, MD) Chastain and his fellow woodworking club members had scheduled their 8th annual Sawmill Day for Saturday at Chastain's rural Ladoga home. Those who showed up spent much of the day, however, waiting for the rainstorms to disperse before they could fire up the sawmills on the property...Some sawing did take place in the afternoon but Chastain decided to reschedule the official Sawmill Day for a date in September to be determined later...Normally, on Sawmill Day each year, woodworking club members from Montgomery, Parke and Putnam counties gather at Chastain's home to buy fresh-sawn lumber and socialize. The four sawmills cut logs into boards of varying sizes..."All the money generated from this goes to support 4-H woodworking projects," Chastain said. Every Montgomery County 4-H member who completes a woodworking project for the fair receives some sort of useful item from Chastain. "It might be a tape measure or safety glasses or ear protection, something like that," he said...Since schools no longer have wood shop classes, Chastain and his fellow woodworkers take it upon themselves to keep the art of woodworking alive among the younger generations. Full Story Back to Top
06-07-08 Driver Shane Chastain Joins New Race Team (Access North Georgia - Gainesville, GA) What do you get when you combine a former Pro Late Model track champion at Lanier National Speedway and another driver who has finished second in the points in the division three different times? “Fun,” said 36-year-old Shane Chastain, who has taken over the familiar No. 10 car of Greg Simpson. “I wrecked my car and just didn’t have the time or resources to fix it. He had a third car and we’ve been friends a long time so we just decided to pool our resources for a while.”...The two have known each other for years beginning when Chastain sold Simpson his second car. Ever since then the two have always worked together on their cars despite being adversaries on the track. Chastain won the 2002 track title while Simpson as recently as last year finished second in the season points race in the Pro Late Model class. Full Story Back to Top
06-06-08 Ricky Chastain Prepares for Alligator Hunt (Batesville Daily Guard (subscription) - Batesville, AR) The first step in the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s renewal process for a second year of the well-received alligator hunting season has begun. For the past couple of weeks, AGFC field crews have been busy conducting spotlight surveys across south Arkansas. The population data, a harvest report from the first alligator hunt, a summary of last year’s nuisance alligator activities and a report on Arkansas’ farm-raised alligators will all be compiled into a single report and submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by July 1. The USFWS will have to review the information to determine if the conservative hunting season is having any negative impacts on overall alligator numbers. The timeline for pulling off this hunt is very narrow, said Ricky Chastain of the wildlife management division. “Last year, we used spotlight data collected in 2001-2003. All our permit locations and permit numbers were already known going into the approval process. Now, we are required to collect new spotlight data and the survey routes can’t be run until late May early June. “Unfortunately, this is the schedule we will have to use from now on,” Chastain said. Chastain said those interested in a chance to participate in the alligator hunt should remain aware of the dates in this process. During the 2007 alligator hunting season, 32 permits were issued and 21 alligators were harvested. Twelve gators were harvested in the southwest quarter of the state and nine were harvested in the southeast quarter. The largest alligator taken was a 12 foot, 8 inch male taken on private land in southeast Arkansas. Full Story Back to Top
06-04-08 Jessica Chastain Films New Movie with Brad Pitt and Sean Penn (Austin 360 (subscription) - Austin, TX) The cast and crew of Terrence Malick’s “Tree of Life” wrapped up the 1940’s-1960s portion of the ambitious film and are off to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah after a couple days filming in Houston. Later, the film will shoot in Iceland, of all places. These locations suggest that “Tree of Life,” starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn, is the film Malick wrote in the late ’70s after making “Days of Heaven.” Originally titled “Q,” the movie starts in prehistoric times and ends in the far future, although the bulk of the film follows a family (Pitt as father and Jessica Chastain as mother of three boys) from 1947 through 1968. Full Story Back to Top
06-04-08 Recall Against Mayor Kelly Chastain Fails (Press-Enterprise - Riverside, CA) Colton voters went to the polls Tuesday to put an end to what became a nasty and divisive campaign to recall Mayor Kelly Chastain. In the end, Chastain won out. With all 30 precincts reporting, 61.8 percent of the voters decided against the recall. Those who voted no to the recall ensured that Chastain would finish out her first term as mayor after 10 years on the Colton City Council...The campaign had been fierce, with accusations flying in mailers, during the public comment portion of council meetings and even on the dais. Election signs on both sides had been vandalized or stolen, candidates said. The recall began in November, after a political action committee formed by Gary Grossich and Frank Navarro began gathering signatures to unseat Chastain...Chastain, 45, has said she has a vision for Colton that exceeds the city's boundaries. Projects that have her interest are all tax-based and commerce-related. Full Story Back to Top
06-03-08 Alyssa Marie Chastine Vies for County Fair Queen (The Marshall Democrat-News - Marshall, MO) Saline County Fair Queens will be crowned at the Saline County BBQ Saturday, June 7...Alyssa Marie Chastine, 14, daughter of Kim and Ron Chastine of Marshall...will be starting her freshman year at Marshall High School this fall and is currently a member of Work-to-Win 4-H Club. She has been a member of 4-H for four years and played Malta Bend basketball for four years. She was a member of Malta Bend Marching Band for two years, member of United Church of Christ in Blackburn, member of Marshall Bowhunters club and Missouri Bowhunters Association. In honors, she received outstanding 4-H member award 2007, 4-H member record chosen for Regional Judging in 2007 and Coats & Clark sewing award at Missouri State Fair 2007. She was a member of Fifth Grade Honor choir, received first place award at Malta Bend Science Fair, received third place awards from 2008 Kansas City Pro Am Shoot Out and 2008 Missouri Bowhunters Indoor Shoot. Hobbies include archery, basketball, camping, cooking and playing the flute. Full Story Back to Top
06-01-08 15-Year-Old Ross Chastain Sets Fast Qualifying Time (Naples Daily News - Naples, FL) With all the practice sessions done, qualifying got under way as Ross Chastain, the 15-year-old out of Alva, set the fast time in the Late model class in Fastrucks at Charlotte County Motorsports Park on Saturday night. Full Story Back to Top
05-31-08 Thane Chastain Teaches Civic Skills to Youth (Lawrence Journal World - Lawrence, KS) Thane Chastain, Boys State development director, said he hopes students learn the importance of voting locally and nationally. “Our program really focuses more on leadership in general and the model for that is governmental operations,” Chastain said. “People learn they have to stand up for something. In many cases people are parodying back what someone has told them to think over the years. We want them to develop their own convictions, especially with critical issues.” The sessions also will feature special guests to further highlight the realities and importance of civic duties and responsibilities, Chastain said. Full Story Back to Top
05-30-08 Timothy Scott Chastain Jailed in Financial Fraud Case (Albany Herald On-line - Albany, GA) Timothy Scott Chastain was remanded into the custody of the U.S. Marshal's Service until trial next Thursday by U.S. Magistrate Richard Hodge after a pretrial detention hearing at the C.B. King Federal Courthouse...Chastain was initially arrested for filing a false financial statement with the Dougherty County Clerk's office claiming that Valerie Williams, a federal revenue officer, owed him $21 million in debts. But while on supervised release awaiting his trial on that indictment, Chastain allegedly filed a series of documents claiming that the federal government was in violation of Georgia law and, in one instance, asking the U.S. Congress to allow him to "use deadly force" to protect himself from the Assistant U.S. Attorney Allen Dasher. During his hearing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jim Crane called Chastain a credible threat and pointed to a number of instances where he showed actions Crane believed to be indicative of the threat. Full Story Back to Top
05-29-08 US Supreme Court Supports Juan Chastang Appointment (Press-Register - al.com - Mobile, AL) The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed a decision made by judges at the U.S. District Court in Montgomery that removed Chastang from the seat in May 2007, a year and a half after he was appointed by Gov. Bob Riley. Local Democrats had sued to have Chastang removed, claiming his appointment without Justice Department approval violated the 1965 federal Voting Rights Act. In a footnote to this week's ruling, the high court said Chastang "may seek reinstatement to the commission" to serve out the term. Chastang said he wants his old job back. Full Story Back to Top
05-27-08 Jeff Chasteen Returns from Iraq (Community Press & Recorder - Florence, KY) Brittany Chasteen waited anxiously for her husband Jeff Chasteen with their two children, 2-year-old Jordan and 1-year-old Zachary. "The kids were so little when he left so it is going to be so nice having him home now," Brittany Chasteen said. Jeff Chasteen said it feels great to finally be home and with his family again. "I can't believe how big the kids are," he said. Chasteen said the first thing he planned to do was go out to eat at a restaurant. "It doesn't matter where, just a restaurant!" Jeff Chasteen said. Full Story Back to Top
05-27-08 Angela Chastain is New Milford PTO President (Danbury News Times - Danbury, CT) Angela Chastain was elected last week to be the group's new president, volunteering to take over for Denise Smith, who's been president since September 2005. Smith will now serve as an adviser to the board. This year Chastain was Northville Elementary PTO co-president with Anne Diamond. "I'm very excited about it,'' said Chastain of her new position. "I know we can do a lot of positive things for the children and further what Denise has done in the past.'' She said she hopes to let parents know the PTO exists to benefit them, rather than just always asking them to contribute or donate. One idea is to do a parent-focused voter registration drive. "My one goal for the year is to make the PTO more family-friendly," Chastain said. Full Story Back to Top
05-23-08 Bathtub Reef Beach Opens to Relieve Overcrowded Chastain Beach (Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription) - Vero Beach, FL) It might only be a few weeks until beachgoers can once again enjoy the calm water "tub" and worm reef that make Bathtub Reef Beach a hotspot for snorkelers and families with kids. Martin County officials are working to prepare the beach for public use and set a tentative date of June 2 to reopen the beach, which closed in September because of massive beach erosion...The decision to reopen came in response to issues of overcrowding at nearby Chastain Beach. Some beachgoers were using Chastain Beach to access Bathtub Reef Beach, which could present safety problems. Full Story Back to Top
05-22-08 Josh Chestang Commits to University of South Alabama (The Mississippi Press - gulflive.com - Pascagoula, MS) Former Moss Point linebacker Josh Chestang plans to be a part of history in February. Chestang, who graduates Friday night, announced Wednesday his intentions to join the first recruiting class for the new football program at the University of South Alabama, verbally committing to play for the Jaguars..."I look at this as a blessing," Chestang said. "It's an honor to be one of the first guys committed to play at South Alabama. It's very special."...Chestang was one of the key members of a Moss Point defense that led the way to the 4A South State title game in 2007 and a key member to 4A's fourth-best boys' track team. Chestang was selected as to The Mississippi Press' All-Area football team, recording 70 tackles, 23 quarterback hurries, six sacks and five forced fumbles his senior season. Chestang originally signed to play at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, but improved his grades this spring to gain attention from Division I programs. The Moss Point coaching staff then got the word out that Chestang would be eligible to Division 1 schools, Full Story Back to Top
05-14-08 Thane Chastain Examines Texting (WIBW - Topeka, KS) It's a language all its own, but it's become a way of life that's causing a gap between the generations..."People have been passing notes for centuries. It's just how we pas those notes these days," says Thane Chastain, with Owings Lockert Tech. Chastain says humans have morphed into a pocket-sized, no pencils needed, just hit send form...While text messaging isn't exactly new with thousands of codes, learning the lingo takes a bit of evolving. "There's always going to be an evolution of language," explains Chastain...there are plenty of positives that come with their kids having phones... mostly, safety. "Those are great uses of the technology that can solve all types of problems," said Chastain. It seems texting has become just one more example of parents teaching themselves to keep up with the hot new gadgets and teaching their kids everything in moderation. Full Story Back to Top
05-15-08 Susan Chastain Hated Jazz (Toledo Blade - Toledo, OH) The jazz vocalist and owner of the Firefly Club in Ann Arbor, who will perform at Murphy's Place tomorrow, never imagined a career in jazz. In fact, it was probably the last thing she ever thought she'd be doing for a career. "I was an avid hater of jazz all my life," Chastain said with a laugh. "I dismissed the whole genre as kind of silly. But now I consider myself a jazz convert." Her change of heart started in 1984 when Ron Brooks, owner of another Ann Arbor jazz club, the Bird of Paradise, asked her to manage his club. Chastain said Brooks' offer came right after she had gone through a divorce and her futon store went out of business. "I took the job because I needed money to support my kids. I had to drag myself into work every day," she said...Chastain has recorded three CDs, has two more on the way, and sings regularly in Ann Arbor with the 13-piece Paul Keller Orchestra, the Paul Keller Quartet, and the Easy Street Band. She also has owned and operated the Firefly Club since 2000, when she assembled a group of 19 investors...The Firefly Club was recently named one of the 100 best jazz clubs in the world by Downbeat magazine. Full Story Back to Top
05-13-08 Officer Wayne Chastain and K-9 Find Drugs (Baker City Herald - Baker City, OR) The Baker City Police Department's four-legged member, who has teamed with officer Wayne Chastain for the past eight months, earned his dog chow early Friday morning when a routine traffic stop uncovered a large quantity of drugs, according to Lt. Brian Harvey. Chastain and Turbo, the city's 3-year-old drug-detecting black Lab, helped police find nearly a pound of marijuana and numerous pills being transported through the area Harvey said..."This was the largest find we've had with Turbo since the inception of the drug dog program," Harvey said. Chastain and Turbo were first teamed in September 2007. Full Story Back to Top
05-16-08? Alderman C. Scott Shasteen Withdraws from Re-election Race (Tullahoma News and Guardian - Tullahoma, TN) In a surprise move Monday, Tullahoma Alderman C. Scott Shasteen announced he does not want to be considered a candidate in the Aug. 7 municipal election. Shasteen told the Board of Mayor and Aldermen that he would like to spend more time with his family, and his service as an alderman has infringed on that. Connie Casteel, Coffee County administrator of elections, said Shasteen has qualified to run for re-election, and his announcement to not remain as a candidate was made after a withdrawal deadline, hence his name will remain on the ballot...He extended a happy 18th anniversary wish to his wife, Jamie, and referred to his daughter, Alivia. "Because of my desire to fully enjoy and participate in my daughter’s time as a student at Tullahoma High School and because of my desire to spend more time with my family and because of opportunities that have been presented to me outside the boundaries of political office, I am announcing that I will not serve another term as alderman regardless of the outcome of the 2008 election, and I am requesting that voters not cast a vote for me when they go to the polls," Shasteen said..."I want to thank each of you that voted for me and have supported me during these three years, especially those that worked with me during my campaign. Your support and trust in me have made my time in office extremely rewarding. Thank you." Full Story Back to Top
05-15-08 Chastain Middle School Teacher Unleashes Controversy With Statistics Assignment (WorldNetDaily) The controversy erupted when a science teacher at Chastain Middle School in Jackson, Miss., asked 6th-graders to vote from among themselves who was the most likely to be pregnant, infected with HIV, or dead by the age of 19...The students initially refused to vote, but the teacher overruled them. The 6th-graders then were horrified to see their names listed on a chalkboard, ranked in lists for everyone to see. Parents like Lyons, whose 12-year-old daughter was voted among those most likely to be pregnant, were outraged. Lyons' concerns were heightened when he sought to see the assignments his daughter's class was given, and he discovered the school had confiscated them. "My daughter told me the first page listed percentages of African Americans that drop out, get pregnant, get HIV, or die before adulthood. The second page listed names of students within the class and then instructed the children to vote who was most likely to fulfill the statistics on page 1. I have asked the school repeatedly to see the actual assignment," said Lyons, "but the school hasn't yet told me when, or even if, I'll get to see it." "My daughter used to come home from school and run to the mirror to put on her lip gloss," said Lyons. "She told my wife yesterday that she doesn't want to wear lip gloss anymore, concerned about why the students in her class voted for her. She's 12; she should be able to enjoy lip gloss without worrying about how people look at her. "I'm concerned about the students who were voted most likely to be dead, too," he said. "Some of them may have parents who died young; it's a real possibility in our community. How is that going to affect them? Some of them may get in a situation that threatens their safety, and are they going to remember that their peers expected them to die anyway?" Other parents who did not want to be identified confirmed to WND that their children will be going to counseling, or will be transferring to another school. Full Story Back to Top
05-15-08 Dale Chatagnier Appointed COO at Blackwater Midstream (Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA) Blackwater Midstream Corp. (OTCBB:BWMS), a developing company in the field of fuel and chemical storage, announced today that Dale T. Chatagnier has agreed to join Blackwater Midstream as the Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Chatagnier and Michael D. Suder, Blackwater Midstream’s CEO, were key members of the management team that operated the Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMP) three-million barrel chemical storage facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. Prior to joining Blackwater Midstream, Mr. Chatagnier acted as the vice president of engineering and operations for North American Terminal Services. Mr. Chatagnier was also responsible for the development of liquid storage facilities for Westway Terminals Co., where he served as the VP of Facility Development and Engineering. Mr. Chatagnier earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA. Full Story Back to Top
05-14-08 Alex Chasteen Contributes Heavily to Big Win for Baseball Championship Spot (Sikeston Standard Democrat - Sikeston, MO) In Class 1 District 2 baseball action, the Oran Eagles advanced to the championship game by defeating the Leopold Wildcats by a finals score of 8-2. The Wildcats fell behind early 1-0, but took a 2-1 lead into the bottom of the fifth inning. In the bottom of the fifth Oran pounded out five runs and added two more in the sixth to win by six runs...Alex Chasteen picked up the win, going all seven innings giving up no earned runs, just one hit and allowed two walks. He struck out 11 in the victory. Chasteen was also steady from the plate as he finished the day 3-for-3 with two runs scored, a walk and an RBI. Full Story Back to Top
05-12-08 Paoli Chief of Police Barry Chastain Seeks Officer Assailant (Times-Mail (subscription) - Bedford, IN) Chastain said Staggs responded to a 911 call about 2:50 p.m. from a motorist who reported seeing a woman being beaten in the driveway of a home on Ind. 37 south of Paoli. The incident was at the Scott McFarland residence...“When he (Staggs) got there, Jerry Coleman was the male subject,” Chastain said...Coleman, 27, was talking to a woman inside the car. When Staggs approached Coleman...he started to run, police said. “Shane then took after him, and they fell to the ground,” Chastain said. “When he (Staggs) fell, he busted his head. Then he got Jerry in a choke hold.” Coleman then delivered what Chastain called “a real nasty bite” to Staggs, and the two continued to scuffle. Coleman told Staggs he could not go to jail and that he was going to get Staggs’ gun and kill him. Coleman managed to get Staggs’ radio, preventing from immediately calling for backup, and Coleman fled in a vehicle. Chastain soon was at the scene as well. “We started a manhunt, looking for him,” Chastain said...Chastain said officers now are hoping to get a tip from the public to help them locate Coleman. Full Story Back to Top
05-11-08 Jeffry L. Chastang Play Read at Festival (Montgomery Advertiser - Montgomery, AL) They call it the Southern Writers' Project Festival of New Plays, but there's more -- much more -- to the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's annual weekend event. With readings of new plays, performances, dinners, discussions, author talks, tours of the theater and more, the festival celebrates the rich cultural heritage of Southern storytelling...This year's SWP Festival of New Plays also will include readings of:.."Preparations" by Jeffry L. Chastang Several years into the Great Depression, five sisters return to their Southern home for their church's annual lawn party. Tensions resurface with the revelation of old sins as each of the sisters makes decisions for the future while finding a way to forgive the past. Chastang, winner of the Kennedy Center New American Play Award, shapes a tale of African-American familial and generational conflict with a blend of humor and gravity. Full Story Back to Top
05-09-08 Vice President Jeffrey L. Chastain Delivers Presentation (Primenewswire (press release) - Los Angeles, CA) Pride International, Inc. (NYSE:PDE) today announced that Jeffrey L. Chastain, Vice President, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications, will present at the Tristone Capital Global Energy Forum in Paris, France, on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 4:00 p.m., Central European Summer Time (9:00 a.m. U.S. Central Time). A live broadcast of Mr. Chastain's presentation and a replay will be publicly accessible through the company's website at www.prideinternational.com. Full Story Back to Top
05-07-08 NBC Senior VP Scot Chastain Eyes Conference (Television Week - Detroit, MI) Broadcast networks ABC, CBS and NBC are planning to hold their affiliate marketing meetings at this year’s Promax/BDA conference June 17 in New York...Network representatives said they are taking advantage of national affiliates attending the conference in order to discuss their own marketing and promotional topics. “With many of our affiliates’ top marketing and promotion managers attending Promax/BDA this year … it just makes economic and strategic sense for us to meet with our key partners in conjunction with the conference,” said Scot Chastain, NBC’s senior vice president of affiliate marketing and development. Full Story Back to Top
05-06-08 Goat Tying Champion Casey Chasteen Teaches Competitors (Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia, MO) Casey Chasteen, 18, is a two-time Missouri state champion in goat tying. The Rock Bridge High School senior is up early on a Saturday. Most of her classmates are probably sleeping in, especially on this cold, windy spring morning, but for Casey every weekend is another rodeo. Her smile is bright under a small straw hat. Her red hair bobs in the wind. She has big responsibilities. As state champion, Casey is the event director for goat tying. She makes sure the animals have been properly vetted, tied three times and organized by size. As part of this process, participants each take a turn tying a goat at the end of a lead line. Casey helps the others as they practice. She likes to teach, likes the challenge of shaving seconds off a time, even though these are her competitors. Full Story Back to Top
05-06-08 Clay Chastain Proposes Community Meeting for June 13 (Kansas City Star - MO) Mayor Mark Funkhouser of Kansas City is championing a Missouri tri-county light-rail tax and says its best chance is on the November ballot. But in the past week, many political leaders in Jackson, Clay and Platte counties who need to make that happen have gone public to say November isn’t possible. And that’s tightening the vise on the decision facing Kansas City. The City Council promised voters a plan this year to replace the Clay Chastain proposal that the council repealed in 2007, and most of Funkhouser’s colleagues favor a starter line within city limits. Any November ballot measure needs to go to the election boards in late August. Officials say that means they need to reach a consensus soon...Chastain, a longtime transit activist, thinks he has the answer: a community meeting he’s working on for June 13 with all sides presenting their best arguments. Those in attendance then could reach a compromise. "The public is confused and looking for some leadership," he said. Funkhouser said that he’s not interested in Chastain’s idea and that he is providing strong leadership: "I am determined to scratch and bite and claw and fight for what I want to get done," he said. Full Story Back to Top
05-04-08 Terry Chasteen Teaches Latin Dancing to Kids (Washington Post) Looking for a good way to stay in shape? Try Latin dancing. There are some really exciting moves, say 9-year-old twins Arizona and Hanan Guzmán of Silver Spring. They have added cha-cha, salsa and rumba lessons to their busy schedule of school, soccer and homework..."The kids really steal the show," says Terry Chasteen, who...has been teaching dance for more than 45 years. In creating the routines, Chasteen matches Latin dance moves with popular music. "The main thing it helps with is getting kids to appreciate the [Latin] culture and keeping them active," he says. Full Story Back to Top
05-01-08 Jackson County Judge Dismisses Clay Chastain's Petition (Bizjournals.com - Charlotte, NC) A Jackson County judge on Thursday dismissed a legal challenge brought against Kansas City by petitioners for light-rail activist Clay Chastain. Judge John O'Malley granted the city's request to dismiss the case. Chastain had petitioners, including his sister, bring the lawsuit against the city in January after the City Council voted to repeal a voter-approved light-rail petition initiative, which Chastain also put forth. The lawsuit challenged the constitutionality of reversing a public vote. Chastain was nonplussed by O'Malley's decision. "We fully expected him to rule this way," Chastain said from his home in Bedford, Va. "He tipped his hand in the injunction ruling." Chastain said his wife, the lawyer acting on his behalf, probably will file an appeal on the decision next week. Full Story Back to Top
04-27-08 Stalker Threatens Clay Chastain (Kansas City Star - MO) Who doesn’t love a stalker story? Well, light-rail activist Clay Chastain, for one. That’s because he was on the receiving end of a threatening letter mailed to his home in Bedford, Va. “It said Citizens for Light Rail on the envelope,” Chastain says. “The police (here) say they couldn’t find the organization.” “Listen up … ” it begins. “You have NO STAKE in Kansas City. We don’t give a (darn) who you have buried here. We don’t give a (darn) who you have sick here. As TheKansas City Star said, you don’t live, work, vote or pay taxes here and have NO SAY in anything concerning this city. We don’t give a (darn) where you take your family here. We don’t give a (darn) which barbecue you prefer …” You get the idea. More to the point: “The bus tax passed (dummy),” it continues. “That means you won’t see a single dime for light rail for the next 15 years. Or ever! By that time you will be dead — you and the (woman) you live with. … You are nothing more than (expletive) pest and we will crush you like the insect you are. We have you so tied up, you have no idea. Take your (expletive) light rail and shove it up your (expletive), (expletive).” Now the money quote: “Keep pestering us and you could have a very, very bad day,” the letter concludes. An investigation is under way to determine the identity of the writer. Full Story Back to Top
04-25-08 President and CEO Brad Chasteen Looking to Expand Moe's (Bizjournals.com - Charlotte, NC) A local Moe's Southwest Grill franchisee recently added restaurants in Daytona Beach and Melbourne, Fla., to make him the company's largest operator. Welcome to Moe's Inc. President and CEO Brad Chasteen now has 14 locations and is looking to expand his presence in the local market. Chasteen is looking for a site for the next Moe's. Atlanta-based Moe's, which offers a variety of Southwest meals such as burritos, quesadillas, salads and fajitas, has about 345 franchise units operating in 36 states. Full Story Back to Top
04-24-08 Environmental Protection Specialist Diane Shasteen Cleans Up Illinois (The Southern - Carbondale, IL) It's enough to make Smokey Bear shed a tear. Tons of debris have been removed from Illinois forests by the truckload thanks in part to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA). In Southern Illinois, 11 forest sites in Alexander, Pulaski and Union counties were previously targeted for cleanup. The state is now working the Hardin County area. Environmental protection specialist Diane Shasteen in Marion said Thursday that the state has been cleaning illegal dump sites since September of 2006. Funding has been provided through tipping fees at landfills. "We've cleaned up 61 sites in the 22 southernmost counties of Illinois since 2006," Shasteen said. "We hire a contractor to come in and do the work. Metal pieces and tires get recycled."...The cleanup is being conducted as part of the I-RID (Illinois Removes Illegal Dumps) Program, which removes environmental hazards and protect Illinois' beautiful landscape. Full Story Back to Top
04-24-08 Third Baseman Alex Chasteen Goes 3-for-3 and Scores Three Runs (Southeast Missourian - Cape Girardeau, MO) The Oran High School baseball team...third baseman Alex Chasteen went 3-for-3 and scored three runs...Oran's defensive highlight came in the third inning when third baseman Chasteen made a great diving stop to his left on a hard ground ball hit by Garrett Fritsche. Chasteen quickly got to his feet and fired to first base. Full Story Back to Top
04-23-08 President Tricia Chastain Heads OWA's $100,000 Silent Auction (Capital Press (subscription) - Salem, OR) While the theme of their annual fundraiser was "Hats off to Oregon agriculture," it was fitting that Oregon Women for Agriculture volunteers capped off their successful annual charity auction and banquet with record numbers. OWA's event grossed more than $100,000 for the first time from selling about 800 items in its silent and oral auctions, said state president Tricia Chastain in an interview. More than 900 people attended the event in Albany on April 19. "Everything went really smoothly, we had great volunteers, a great group of people," she said. Chastain said after paying expenses, profits from the evening are expected to be in the $50,000 to $60,000 range. Full Story Back to Top
04-21-08 Shawn Chastain Directs Wichita Choral Society (Pratt Tribune - Pratt, KS) Shawn Chastain, who attended Southwest Elementary and Liberty Middle School, will direct the society as they perform the piece that contains traditional Mass elements plus several American folk music pieces...Chastain is the executive coordinator for fine arts for Wichita Public Schools, past president of the Kansas Choral Directors Association, acts as a judge and runs music clinics in Kansas, has been the Choral Society director for seven years and was music director for the Calvary Methodist Church. He has a master's degree in music education from Wichita State University but his initial interest in music came from talented people in Pratt, Chastain said. "My foundation come from my music experience in Pratt," Chastain said...He has worked with many fine musicians during his music career but he credits his Pratt influence for his interest in music...Chastain is a fourth generation resident of Pratt County. His family settled in the area in the late 1800s. His great grandfather Frank Lockert spent a night in Skunk Johnson's cave. Full Story Back to Top
04-20-08 Detective Gina Chestang Reports on Recovered Oil Tanker (6abc.com - Philadelphia, PA) Philadelphia's Southwest detectives have recovered one of two oil tanker trucks that were stolen during the weekend. The recovered truck was found on the 1100 block of Harwick Street in Chester City. Police are determining if the truck that was found had been emptied of its diesel fuel...Det. Gina Chestang tells Action News that Philadelphia Police have terrorist concerns. "They could take the trucks, offload the fuel and use them for whatever bomb making device they would want to." Full Story Back to Top
04-19-08 Melissa Chastang Makes Spectacular Diving Catch (CSTV.com - New York, NY) West Florida came out swinging in the first game of a doubleheader against GSC East opponent West Georgia...West Georgia put a runner in scoring position in the top of the third inning to threaten with two outs, but Melissa Chastang made a spectacular diving catch in left field to save West Florida from the tying run. Full Story Back to Top
04-19-08 Brent, Brandon, and Jerry Chastain Win Sheriff’s Office Outback Golf Tournament (South Carolina Now - South Carolina) ASI & Associates shot a 56 to win the 12th annual Sheriff’s Office Outback Golf Tournament at The Traces Golf Club on Friday. The team was made up of Brent Chastain, Brandon Chastain, Jerry Chastain and Vance Ard. Full Story Back to Top
04-19-08 Jackson County Sheriff John Shasteen Seizes Ton of Marijuana (Chillicothe Gazette - Chillicothe, OH) The ton of marijuana seized Wednesday in Jackson County likely was intended to be dispersed and sold throughout southern Ohio and carried a street value of more than $4 million, said Jackson County Sheriff John Shasteen at a press conference Friday. "It's put one big operation out of business," Shasteen said. Shasteen's office worked with about one dozen other agencies...Shasteen said the seizure is by far the largest in Jackson County history. Full Story Back to Top
04-18-08 GMAC CEO Nicole Chestang Discusses GMAT Test (Diverse - Fairfax, VA) Nicole Chestang, chief operating officer for GMAC, says, “We have been doing research ... now for the last 40-plus years on the GMAT and how well it works as a tool for graduate business schools. We just have reams of data to suggest that, bar none. ... It is the best test for graduate business schools. More than 4,000 programs all over the world have relied on the GMAT for over 50 years to help them predict the academic success of their applicants for the MBA and other graduate programs,” Chestang adds. Full Story Back to Top
04-16-08 Clay Chastain Threatened (MyFox Kansas City - Kansas City, MO) Clay Chastain, the architect of Kansas City's light rail vote, received a threatening letter recently. The letter calls Chastain a variety of names and tells him to stay out of Kansas City's business. It says "You have no stake in Kansas City... If you keep pestering us, you could have a very very bad day." Full Story Back to Top
04-16-08 Former Arizona Senator Bob Chastain Observes Anniversary of Okinawa (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers - Casa Grande, AZ) One year ago...On April 1, 2007, the VFW hosted a group of dedicated veterans gathering to honor the somber 62nd anniversary of the invasion of Okinawa during World War II. Distinguished guests included former Arizona senator Bob Chastain, who was also a celebrated and rare double Purple Heart recipient for his valor during combat. Chastain was part of the first wave of fighters to hit Okinawa during the invasion. As the veterans dined in the VFW hall, Chastain noted, "I thank God for Harry Truman, and I am honored to break bread with all of you in this group tonight." Full Story Back to Top
04-16-08 Sara Chastain Builds Carolina Style Garden Home (Greenville News - Greenville, SC) As a college freshman traveling north from Georgia to attend the University of South Carolina, Sara Chastain had no idea her future would not include a return to her beloved hometown of Savannah. But fate dictated destiny when she met her husband, Ronald, and he brought her to live in the Upstate. Sara never abandoned the idea of a Savannah-style home and garden, however. When their two sons left for college 18 years ago and the couple decided to build a new home, Sara took the opportunity to incorporate the charm and grace of her favorite Southern city...Indoors or out, the garden's many pleasures are always at hand, with long windows and large doors connecting all the home's major rooms to the enclosed landscape spaces...On April 18 and 19, the Greenville Council of Garden Clubs will feature the Chastains' garden, along with five others, in their "Springtime in the City" tour, acknowledging that urban gardens, when artfully designed and carefully planted, can be the most satisfying of all. To a South Carolinian, the Chastain home will look similar to those in Charleston, with a narrow end facing the street. Full Story Back to Top
04-15-08 Jessica Chastain Cast Opposite Brad Pitt in Movie Tree of Life (Variety - Los Angeles, CA) Jessica Chastain has been cast opposite Brad Pitt in the drama "Tree of Life," written and directed by Terrence Malick...The story concerns the loss of innocence as seen through the eyes of the son of the characters portrayed by Pitt and Chastain. Sean Penn appears in a supporting role...Chastain next stars in Al Pacino's "Salomaybe" and Dan Ireland's "Jolene." Full Story Back to Top
04-15-08 Clay Chastain Suggests a Compromise (Kansas City Star - MO) As of today, there’s a Clay Chastain light-rail peace accord on the table …Contacted early this week about plans for a lawsuit challenging the city’s repeal of a 2006 light-rail tax initiative, Chastain vowed to fight on...On further reflection however, Chastain has come up with a possible compromise. “This is an idea that should electrify the entire city and end the cold war between me and the city,” he says. “If there is a settlement between the parties, and the city wants me to support their light-rail plan in November, I will do so.”...I will do so only if the transit technology for the main spine is conventional light rail and not streetcars,” Chastain says. “And if there is a direct connection to Union Station, and if the city agrees to put on the same November ballot an ordinance in which the voters can choose whether or not to do away with Section 704 of the City Charter allowing the City Council to repeal or amend voter-initiated ordinances.” Full Story Back to Top
04-14-08 Ruth Chastain Turns 100 (Times-Mail (subscription) - Bedford, IN) When Ruth Chastain was born, Theodore Roosevelt was President of the United States. She attended a one-room school for eight years. And she also remembers seeing her first car as a young girl before World War I. Blessed with a sharp memory and a good sense of humor, she can recall many experiences and changes that have occurred throughout her life as she prepares to celebrate her 100th birthday Thursday..."I married Clarence Chastain,” she explained. “We were married by Rev. Hartsaw in the Methodist church parsonage at Lawrenceport.” Her husband was an elementary school teacher for 30 years, primarily in Washington County. He passed away in 1968. Full Story Back to Top
04-14-08 Jason Chastain Helps Organize Kiwanis Fund Raiser (Stuttgart Daily Leader - Stuttgart, AR) Throughout the day on Friday, April 18, the Stuttgart Kiwanis Club will be asking the citizens of Stuttgart to partner with them by donating money during the “Hands to Hold” Radio-Thon. “This is our only fundraiser,” Jason Chastain, chairperson of the committee, said. “This is a way in which the entire community can become involved.” Chastain said this year, the club wanted something different than simply reading the names of businesses that donated money and felt like they wanted the entire community to become involved with the radio-thon. Full Story Back to Top
04-11-08 Historic Farris-Chastain House on Chastain Road Open for Tour (Daily Home Online - Talladega, AL) Live theatre and art, historic home tours and a unique new home on tour, teas and luncheons, they’re all part of the tradition of “April in Talladega” today and Saturday...Homes on the tour include Fairfax Station located at 22901 Alabama 21, the Farris-Chastain House at 812 Chastain Road, Berney Station at 7566 Berney Station Road, Mt. Ida at 310 Whiting Road and Cedar Grove at 6860 Berney Station Road. Full Story Back to Top
04-10-08 Kayla Chastine Helps Smash Opponents by Pitched No-hitter and Driving in Runs (Tuscaloosa News (subscription) - Tuscaloosa, AL) Junior right-hander Kayla Chastine pitched a no-hitter on Wednesday as the Holy Spirit softball team defeated Central 10-0 in five innings. Chastine (4-4) finished with seven strikeouts. Shaykeria Dixon drew a walk in the first inning and was the only baserunner for Central. Holy Spirit (12-10) scored seven runs in the first inning and three in the fifth. Chastine gave the Lady Titans their 10-run margin when she drove in three runs with a triple in the fifth. Chastine had three triples against Isabella on Tuesday. Full Story Back to Top
04-09-08 Kansas City Voters Approve Bus Tax Over Clay Chastain Opposition (Bizjournals.com - Charlotte, NC) Kansas City voters approved a 15-year renewal of the three-eighths-cent sales tax to keep the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority's buses rolling. With all precincts reporting, voters approved the measure 65 percent to 35 percent. A total of 52,954 votes were cast in Jackson, Clay, Platte and Cass counties...But light-rail activist Clay Chastain has said that renewing the bus tax means forfeiting a larger public transit system. Full Story Back to Top
04-09-08 Joe Chastain of Chastain Electric Helps Farmers (California Farm Bureau - Sacramento, CA) For the past 30 years, Joe Chastain of Chastain Electric in Dixon has been helping farmers get their irrigation pumps ready for the growing season. "We send letters to our growers early in the season telling them to check the pumps before they get ready to irrigate. We check the pumps for such things as moisture and voltage and if there are any problems, we address them," Chastain said. Full Story Back to Top
04-08-08 Zoo President Bob Chastain Says Rock Fund Raiser Produced $84,000 (Colorado Springs Gazette - Colorado Springs, CO) The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo sent out the call for help - and the community answered. The zoo's newest major exhibit, the Rocky Mountain Wild, opens May 2. Tuesday, zoo supporters announced the Rocky Mountain Wild Capital Campaign had reached its goal of $8.2 million, raising $8,279,000 from foundations, organizations and individuals...The community's support is being sought through a program called Rock the Zoo. Engraved river rocks, available for $100 a rock, will make up a Community Wall of Names at the Rocky Mountain Wild's Moose Lake. So far, 840 rocks have been sold, said Bob Chastain, zoo president and chief executive officer. "That's $84,000 worth of grass-roots support that we've got for this campaign," Chastain said. Full Story Back to Top
04-07-08 Colton Citizens for Truth Supports Mayor Kelly Chastain (San Bernardino Sun - San Bernardino, CA) First there was Citizens for Colton First, and now there's Colton Citizens for Truth. The latter is forming to lend support to Mayor Kelly Chastain and is pitting itself against Citizens for Colton First, a nonpartisan political action committee rallying for Chastain's recall...the idea to form the group came in response to allegations leveled against Chastain by Citizens for Colton First. Citizens for Colton First launched the recall campaign against Chastain in the fall. Its members allege, among other things, that she abused her power, lacked knowledge of fiduciary responsibility and disregarded the opinions of citizens. Those allegations centered primarily around the loss of a 100-acre regional park site near the Santa Ana River and the city's impasse with Inland Memorial Inc., operator of Hermosa Gardens Cemetery, over the preservation of habitat for the endangered Delhi Sands flower-loving fly. Citizens for Colton First gathered enough signatures on a petition for the special election set for June 3. Full Story Back to Top
04-07-08 Craig Chastain Voted Officer of the Year (Springdale Morning News - Springdale, AR) Fellow police officers named Craig Chastain as the Officer of the Year at the second annual Springdale Police Department's Award Ceremony on Monday...Capt. Mike Peters presented the award to Chastain, an 11-year veteran. His expertise in reconstructing vehicle accident scenes has helped solve several puzzling wrecks, Peters told the crowd. Full Story Back to Top
04-06-08 Clay Chastain's Personal Side (Kansas City Star - MO) How Clay Chastain gets his tourism kicks when not tangling with the ATA in his quest to preserve light-rail funding? “One of my annual things to do is fly a kite in Penn Valley Park between Union Station and Liberty Memorial,” Chastain says. “That’s one of my spring rites because I love and enjoy Kansas City; that’s why I want to protect it...what else I always used to do at this time of year was read a Shakespeare play on the lawn in front of the Nelson art gallery,” Chastain says. “That’s part of how I keep myself energized. When it comes to barbecue...I always take my family to Arthur Bryant’s,” Chastain says. “I’m a vegetarian most of the time except when I go to Arthur Bryant’s — I cheat a little bit. Then after that, I hit the gym at Woodside and work it all off. Then I say my prayers at night and sleep like a baby." Full Story Back to Top
04-05-08 Mike Chastain Murder Suspect Arrested (WESH.com - Winter Park, FL) Police have a man in custody they believe to be responsible for setting an Orange County man on fire and killing him. The body of Mike Chastain, 52, was found badly burned in his own back yard on Wednesday. Authorities said the suspect, Jason Tiszai, 21, has been driving the victim's stolen car, and had two of the victim's credit cards in his possession. He was arrested in New Haven, Mich...Friends said Chastain had reached out to Tiszai; he gave him a job at his glass company and allowed Tiszai to live in his home...According to the arrest report, officers found Tiszai and Chastain’s stolen car at a bar. Tiszai's facial hair was singed and officers found charred wood and what looked like dried blood in the trunk of the car...Police said Tiszai told officers to shoot him because he was not going to prison for the rest of his life...During the arrest, officers said he kicked them and bashed down a steel door and damaged squad cars. Detectives plan to charge Tiszai with Chastain’s murder. Full Story Back to Top
04-03-08 Evelyn Chastain Announces Candidacy for Bradford County Superintendent (Bradford County Telegraph - Starke, FL) I, Evelyn Chastain, announce my candidacy for Bradford County superintendent of schools...My husband, Tommy, and I grew up in Bradford County where we raised our family, all of us Bradford High graduates...As the owner of Chastain's Jewelry & Gift Gallery for 13 years, I supported schools throughout the county and served as education chairman on the chamber of commerce. I am proud of my role in establishing the Bradford County Education Foundation, which continues to enhance education in our county today. Serving three terms on the Bradford County School Board from 1986-1998 broadened my background...At the University of North Florida, I earned my certification in educational leadership and graduated to Bradford High School as assistant principal from 2001-2003. Full Story Back to Top
04-03-08 Clay Chastain Opposes Question 1 (MyFox Kansas City - Kansas City, MO) "There's something rotten in Kansas City and what's rotten is how they got Question 1 on the ballot," said Chastain. On Tuesday's ballot, Question 1 will ask voters to take money slated for light rail and use it for the Metro. Chastain said the city disrespected the political process and voters. He said Tuesday's vote could have dire consequences. Full Story Back to Top
04-02-08 Officers Investigate Death of Michael Chastain (WFtv.com - Orlando, FL) 52-year-old Michael Chastain's body was severely burned and found near a canal behind his home on Boice Street on Wednesday afternoon. The person of interest is actually one of Chastian's roommates. A total of three men lived in the Orange County house. One of the roommates found Chastain's body, but a second roommate has been out of the picture. He is who deputies want to speak with...Officers said, if in fact the case does turn out to be a murder, it will be another senseless one. They said Chastian co-owned a local glass repair company and didn't seem to have any enemies. Deputies are also looking for Chastian's personal car, a red four-door Nissan. [see video at http://www.wesh.com/news/15779936/detail.html] Full Story Back to Top
04-01-08 Clay Chastain on Light Rail and Buses (KC Community News - Overland Park, KS) The following are some of his views on light rail and the April 8 bus tax vote. Q: What is the problem with the bus tax plan? A: “They’re proposing to highjack the tax away from light rail that the voters approved.” Voters can expect ads touting buses while the media fails to question whether the requested tax best meets the city’s public transit needs, Chastain said...Q: Has the ATA met promises with previous tax funds? A: “I told the voters the truth. But (ATA) came out with a five-year deal (in 2003) and told voters, ‘Oh, yeah, this is a temporary tax to get our house in order, and get more efficient and get ridership up and then expectations are we won’t ask voters to extend it any further.’ That’s why I went after (the bus tax), based on that premise.” Chastain said his plan offers a modern transit system that 30 percent of people would use as opposed to maybe 5 percent who ride buses...Q: What makes light rail such a big thing with you? A: “...What a lot of people have predicted is coming, and that’s more austere economic times, more conservation of energy, whether it’s global warming or just trying to be less addicted to oil...things are changing and people are going to have to have alternatives to the automobile...“We don’t need light rail everywhere. We need maybe four or five really major light rail lines crisscrossing in the metro area and electric shuttle buses bringing people to those light rail lines...“It does have this magical, intangible benefit of people...want to live where there’s light rail. Businesses want to move to a city where there’s light rail. It drives healthy density around it so we have an antidote to sprawl. The tourists love it, conventions love to come to the airport and be whisked right to the convention center...We need good buses, we need low-polluting buses, but we need some major lines of rails and heavy corridors of traffic and we’ll connect major colleges and institutions and everything together. Full Story Back to Top
04-01-08 Clay Chastain to Debate Sales Tax Proposal (Kansas City Star - MO) Clay Chastain, Kansas City's favorite rail supporter from Virginia, will be back in town this week to ask local voters not to renew a three-eighths cent sales tax for buses...The highlight of Clay's stay will be Friday when he tapes a debate on Kansas City Public Television. Clay will take on Mark Huffer, the general manager at the Kansas City Transportation Authority, and Kansas City attorney Sly James. Originally, someone from the AIA Kansas City was supposed to join Chastain in the debate, but a representative backed out because the organization didn't want to be cast in the same light as Chastain. Full Story Back to Top
03-31-08? Randy Chastain Builds Green Community (Nashville City Paper - Nashville, TN) A 20-acre piece of land in Cane Ridge that served as a battleground between developers and neighboring residents is being converted into the state of Tennessee’s first green-certified subdivision. Franklin developer Randy Chastain, who owns Parkside Homes, will break ground on Cambridge Park next week. Cambridge Park will be a 77-home development in which each house will meet the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification...Chastain said the advantage to green homes goes beyond using the LEED certification to improve resale value. “In this time of… rising fuel costs and energy bills, people want new ways to save money,” Chastain said. “We feel like this is the future.”...Chastain said. “Too often in our business, developers don’t take the time to talk to the neighborhoods.” Besides constructing the first green subdivision in the state, Chastain agreed to widen 1,300 feet of Barnes Road at his own expense...Chastain said adopting green standards will likely become mandatory for developers in the future, so doing so in advance just makes sense. “We’re talking about homes that take a holistic approach in everything from how they’re framed, to the windows to the appliances they use, so they conserve energy and are completely sustainable,” Chastain said. Full Story Back to Top
03-30-08 Clay Chastain Says Bombardier Aerospace Aircraft Plant Could be Win-Win (Kansas City Star - MO) Could a proposed Bombardier Aerospace aircraft plant play a role in KC’s light-rail future? Possibly, says light-rail proponent Clay Chastain. “Bombardier builds airliners, but they also build light-rail vehicles,” Chastain says. “They wouldn’t be building light-rail vehicles here, but maybe we could make a deal to buy our light-rail system from them in exchange for them building their plant in Kansas City. That would be a win-win that keeps on winning.” Bombardier’s Web site touts its light-rail “FLEXITY family” as encompassing “the world’s most complete portfolio of tram and light-rail solutions … (with) the right product for every urban center across the globe.” Full Story Back to Top
03-29-08 Dr. Jane Chastain Explains Heartworm Test (Times-Mail (subscription) - Bedford, IN) From March 31-April 5, vets will administer the heartworm blood test at a reduced rate. Dr. Jane Chastain of Stonebrook Animal Hospital on Fifth Street said vets typically test in the spring because it takes several months for the parasite to reach the adult stage, when it is easily detected with a blood test. When a vet tests a dog for heartworm, he or she is testing for the presence of heartworm larvae that were introduced by last summer’s mosquitoes...Dogs who test negative for the parasite should take a once-a-month tablet to prevent heartworms. In southern Indiana, dogs are exposed to mosquitoes eight months of the year. Full Story Back to Top
03-28-08 Sheriff John Shasteen Discusses Carol Evans Case (Chillicothe Gazette - Chillicothe, OH) The body of Carol Evans, 72, of 1724 Camba Road, was found in her bed by her daughter, Deb Crabtree, Wednesday morning. According to Sheriff John Shasteen, investigators are approaching the death as a homicide as Evans appeared to have died from blunt force trauma to the face. "We have called in (the state's Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation) to go assist us in going over the crime scene," he said. Shasteen hasn't ruled out burglary as motive for the murder. "The victim's place appeared to have been ransacked, but we haven't determined if anything has been taken as of yet," he said. "We have people of interest that we will be interviewing, but - as of right now - we don't have an official suspect in this case." Full Story Back to Top
03-27-08 Judge Robert Chasteen Denies Bail for Suspect (Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles, CA) Korey Bernard Curtis, 27, of 106 S. Bass St. appeared in Crisp Superior Court before the honorable Judge Robert Chasteen Wednesday, smirking and smiling throughout the proceedings, said Cordele Police Detective Jeremy Taylor, who is working the case. Citing fears that Curtis would harm the victim or other witnesses involved in the case, Chasteen denied bond for the suspect, who is charged with criminal attempt to commit murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, aggravated battery, criminal damage to property, false report of a crime, making false statements and hindering persons making a 911 call. Full Story Back to Top
03-27-08 Dr. James Chasteen Among Presidents of Calhoun Community College (News Courier - Athens, AL) During the past year, Calhoun Community College has conducted a number of events in celebration of its 60th birthday. The year-long celebration of Calhoun’s 60th anniversary began last fall with an outdoor concert featuring American Idol Ruben Studdard, continued into the academic year with the official dedication of the College’s Health Sciences Center, and will culminate on April 19 when the college and the Calhoun Foundation hosts the 60th Anniversary Gala. Since Calhoun’s founding, it has been led by four presidents: Dr. Carlton Kelley, who served the institution for over 34 years; Dr. James Chasteen; Dr. Richard Carpenter; and current president Dr. Marilyn Beck. Full Story Back to Top
03-26-08 Kayla Chastine Home Run Wins Game (Tuscaloosa News (subscription) - Tuscaloosa, AL) Kayla Chastine hit a solo home run with one out in the seventh inning to give Holy Spirit its win over Shades Mountain Christian. Winning pitcher Christianna Denelsbeck (4-3) allowed six hits and didn’t give up an earned run. She struck out seven and walked two. Claire Riley took the loss. Holy Spirit got one run in the second inning, two in the third, one in the fourth and one in the sixth. Shades Mountain Christian scored four runs in the second inning and one in the seventh. Chastine went 3-for-4 with a double. Full Story Back to Top
03-25-08 Craig Chastain Joins Fire Department (The Desert Sun - Palm Springs, CA) Five people joining the Fire Department, which operates five Fire Stations in Palm Springs, are: Jeff Kaimer, Craig Chastain, Brian Davis, Ashley Josephson, and Scott Hernandez...Craig Chastain, 25, earned his EMT/Paramedic certificate from Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, Calif. He studied general education at Chaffy College in Rancho Cucamonga and worked as a paramedic with American Medical Response in Redlands. Craig was an EMT with Priority One Ambulance in Azusa, a paid call firefighter for San Bernardino County and volunteered as a Los Angeles County Explorer for 2 years. "After completing my education, I have realized my goals of becoming a paid firefighter and living the dream that is now a reality." "I feel this Fire Department is unique in how it is structured," said Chastain. "It is geared toward training and getting everyone working together as a team." Full Story Back to Top
03-25-08 Supreme Court Deliberates Juan Chastang Appointment Case (The Associated Press) Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism Monday about the federal government's authority to block the governor of Alabama's appointment of a fellow Republican to a vacant county commission seat representing a mostly black and heavily Democratic district. The case is over whether Gov. Bob Riley needed clearance from the Justice Department under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which requires Alabama and several other states — most of them in the South — to get federal approval before changing election procedures that affect minority voters. Alabama did not directly challenge the law, and the state's lead attorney acknowledged during oral arguments Monday that it was an "oddball" case with peculiar circumstances. But critics view the state's litigation as an effort to chip away at federal protections for minority voters. In 2005, Riley appointed Juan Chastang, a black Republican, to a Mobile County Commission seat made vacant when Commissioner Sam Jones became Mobile's first black mayor. Full Story Back to Top
03-24-08 Neal Sweeney Appointed to Advisory Board of the Chastain Park Conservancy (Lawfuel (press release) - Wellington, New Zealand) Kilpatrick Stockton announced today that Partner Neal Sweeney has been appointed to serve on the Advisory Board of the Chastain Park Conservancy. Chastain Park is the largest park in the City of Atlanta and one of the region’s most popular concert venues. The Chastain Park Conservancy was formed in 2003 to restore, enhance, maintain and preserve the 286 acre park that includes a golf course, athletic fields for baseball, softball and football, tennis courts, a pool, a horse park, and a gym as well as the amphitheatre. Full Story Back to Top
03-24-08 Kristye Chastang Creates Buckaroo Barn for Therapy (WKRG-TV - Mobile, AL) For five-year-old Max Hoffman, riding a horse every week is more fun than therapy. “I did a lot of stuff with my horse, like stretch and make my body good,” says Max. He has cerebral palsy on his left side--doctors said he'd never walk; today he runs and jumps with the best of them...Physical therapist Kristye Chastang founded the Buckaroo Barn more than two years ago. She says a horse mimics normal walking. “We put them in all kinds of crazy positions on the horse to try and balance on the horse,” says Kristye Chastang. “So it's a great balance training tool.” Full Story Back to Top
03-21-08 David T. Chastain's Southern Gentlemen Releases New Album (Blabbermouth.net - White Plains, NY) SOUTHERN GENTLEMEN, the band led by guitarist David T. Chastain, will release its new album, "Valley of Fire", on May 13 via Leviathan Records. The CD's title cut is currently available for streaming on the group's MySpace page. Comments David T. Chastain, "This lineup really clicked on the last CD, 'Third Time is the Charm', so I wanted to carry forward and see what we could do with the guys contributing from day one of the recording process...David adds, "With everyone in the band's metal roots, it was just a natural progression to get a little heavier at times. While the music may get heavier Eric made a concerted effort to keep the vocals sounding 'blues-based' to keep the band's sound centered on our core beliefs...SOUTHERN GENTLEMEN is having a great time playing classic music with a modern slant." Full Story Back to Top
03-20-08 Recruiter Laura Chastain Tells of Shortage of Foreign Workers at Yosemite (Fresno Bee (subscription) - Fresno, CA) The company had expected more than 100 workers by April from Ecuador, Thailand, Ukraine and Mexico -- but they didn't arrive until June, said Laura Chastain, Delaware North recruitment manager. The result was a lot of hard work for people who didn't expect it during the first part of the peak season, which runs from late March to October. "Everyone was making beds," Chastain said. "We had people from HR and the accounting office making beds." Yosemite also had to delay the opening of food and beverage operations, she said. "It was rough," Chastain said. "Thank God we are not in that boat. ... I can actually sleep at night." Full Story Back to Top
03-20-08 Mayor Kelly Chastain Weighs in On Park (San Bernardino Sun - San Bernardino, CA) Mayor Kelly Chastain said Thursday the greatest need is for outdoor facilities for youth soccer, baseball and softball, but ideally, she'd also like to have an indoor sports facility and a skatepark. "I'm thinking it would be all inclusive, depending on the land that's available, but I do know the need is greater for an outdoor complex," she said. Another possible land option is a 50-acre parcel south of La Cadena Drive and west of Mount Vernon Avenue, near Washington Street. The landowner has told city officials he'd be willing to discuss the potential sale of the land, Chastain said. "I think it's a matter of sitting around the table and looking at all the puzzle pieces and putting them together," Chastain said. Full Story Back to Top
03-20-08 Clay Chastain Advises Voters to Reject Bus Tax (Kansas City Star - MO) a vote for the bus tax is effectively a vote against light rail, Chastain says. “It’s the moment of truth for light rail,” he says. “In an economy that’s rapidly going in the tank, I’m afraid people will not vote for a tax increase for light rail in November, not in uncertain and gloomy economic times. So we will have thrown out the baby with the bathwater...Chastain’s advice to voters: “Don’t vote for the bus tax. Demand a better, more efficient transportation system from the bus company and use the 3/8 cent tax for the development of light rail that will bring the jobs and economic benefits to the city that buses can’t.” Full Story Back to Top
03-17-08 Craig Chastain on Successful Luis Palau Event (Christian Post - USA) The Palau Festival team has called their Buenos Aires event this past weekend “historic” as they raved about the unprecedented reception they received in the homeland of the organization’s founder, evangelist Luis Palau. More than 300,000 packed the streets of Buenos Aires, the capital of and largest city in Argentina, on Friday, said Craig Chastain, spokesman for the Luis Palau Association, to The Christian Post on Monday. The number grew to over 500,000 on Saturday – the second and final day of the festival. Full Story Back to Top
03-13-08 Rev. Dewey Daniel Chestang Dies at 88 Press-Register - al.com - Mobile, AL The Rev. Dewey Daniel Chestang, who served for 58 years in the Baptist ministry, died Monday at a local hospital. He was 88. Chestang was a native and a resident of Mobile. He formerly lived in Dayton, Ohio, where he served as pastor of Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church for 28 years. He was also pastor of Moffettville Baptist Church in Wilmer, Delaware Street Baptist Church in Mobile, Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in Daphne and Second Baptist Church in Centralia, Ill. Full Story Back to Top
03-12-08 Jim Shasteen Talks to Teenagers about Becoming Apprentice Ironworkers (Longmont Daily Times-Call - Longmont, CO) More than 700 teenagers and young adults had visited the job fair by the half-way mark at 5 p.m., said Nancy Herbert of the St. Vrain Valley School District. The school district, the city of Longmont, Workforce Boulder County and the Governor’s Summer Job Hunt sponsored the event, the first time the summer job fair also offered career information...Not every position in the career fair was for the college-bound students, however. Jim Shasteen talked to the teenagers about becoming an apprentice ironworker. Starting pay in the apprenticeship program is $16.80 an hour, he said. After three years, a journeyman ironworker makes $24 an hour, plus benefits. “We’re set up for people who are career-oriented,” said Shasteen, an administrator for the apprenticeship program. “This is hard, difficult work.” Full Story Back to Top
03-08-08 Jerry Chastain to Graduate Culinary School (The Southern - Carbondale, IL) Jerry Chastain of Mount Vernon will graduate from the program in May with skills he believes will help him land a job quickly. A 25-year coal miner, Chastain said he has learned valuable lessons from his courses that will help him find a job cooking in an institutional setting like a school or nursing home. "We've learned about nutrition, so we can serve healthy meals, and we've learned techniques to make food taste the way it should," he said. Full Story Back to Top
03-08-08 Kendall Chasteen Receives Academic Scholarship (Searcy Daily Citizen - Searcy, AR) Kendall Chasteen of Judsonia has received an Academic Scholarship to attend the University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton...He plans to pursue an Associate of Applied Science degree in Petroleum Technology at UACCM. Chasteen is the son of Billy and Sherry Chasteen. While attending high school, he has been involved in basketball, baseball, Future Farmers of America, and Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and he will graduate with honors. Academic scholarships are awarded based on ACT or other college entrance exam scores or class rank. The scholarship is awarded as a full tuition waiver and is renewable for three semesters if the student maintains a 3.00 grade point average on at least 12 credit hours. Full Story Back to Top
03-08-08? American Institute of Architects Kansas City Opposes Bus Tax Renewal (Kansas City Star - MO) AIA Kansas City issued a statement late this afternoon calling for a comprehensive transit program that includes light rail. "While AIA Kansas City strongly supports the bus system and mass transit in general, the board is reluctant to endorse the three-eighth cent sales tax renewal," the organization said in its statement today. "AIA Kansas City believes that rail transit needs to be a priority for the current and future economic and ecologic health of our city, and it shouldn’t be treated as a separate initiative from bus service," the organization said...Among those making the case for renewing the tax were Mayor Mark Funkhouser, City Council members Melba Curls and Ed Ford, Matthew Staub, chairman of the Downtown Neighborhood Association, Diane Burnette, executive director of the Main Street Corridor Development Corp. and the Rev. Wallace Hartsfield...AIA concedes the Chastain plan was "flawed," but said it did at least put transit back in the headlines. Full Story Back to Top
03-08-08 Rev. Don Chasteen Approaches Twenty Years as Pastor (Durham News - NC) Ridgecrest Baptist, a congregation in the northern part of the county, is adding a new service to its Sunday morning lineup, beginning on Sunday. The new service, described as "contemporary and casual," will be held at 9:45 a.m...Ridgecrest, organized in 1955, moved to its present location at 1104 Milton Road in 1981. About 600 attend its services on Sundays. The Rev. Don Chasteen, who will mark his 20th anniversary this year, is the senior pastor. Full Story Back to Top
03-05-08 Brig. Gen. Jon R. Shasteen One of Korean ACCES (Air Force Link - Washington, DC) Lt. Gen. Stephen G. Wood, the Air Forces Korea and Korea Air Component Command commander, has six 'ACCES' spread out over the Korean peninsula helping him to stack the deck in the Key Resolve Exercise. Known as the Air Component Coordination Elements, or ACCEs, the Air Reserve Component officers work directly with other component commanders to ensure the overall air objective is accomplished...Other Air Force ACCEs are:..Brig. Gen. Jon R. Shasteen. Full Story Back to Top
03-04-08 Chastain Middle School on Lockdown (Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson, MS) Chastain Middle School was on lockdown from about 8 a.m. to 8:40 a.m. today after shots were reportedly heard in the area of North Hills Square Apartments. “It was strictly a precaution, there was no problem at Chastain or on the campus,” Jackson Public Schools Spokeswoman Peggy Hampton said. Full Story Back to Top
03-04-08 Classic Chastain Marks 35th Anniversary (Duluth Weekly - Duluth, GA) Marking the 35th anniversary of Atlanta, Georgia’s longest running summer concert series, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s 2008 Delta Classic Chastain will begin on June 14 and end on September 13, 2008. Consistently hailed as one of South’s favorite concert experiences by media and music lovers alike, Classic Chastain will once again be held at the beautiful Chastain Park Amphitheater, which is tucked away in the historic suburb of Buckhead Atlanta. The performer lineup and ticket prices will be announced mid-March 2008. Full Story Back to Top
02-29-08 Michael Chastaine Defends Touchy Massage Therapist (Granite Bay Press Tribune - CA) Olsen, 69, was arrested in December 2005, and charged with sexual battery and sexual penetration with a foreign object after four women alleged Olsen had touched them inappropriately. Olsen, and his wife, Mary, owned D’Olsen’s Medi-Spa at 671 First St., where Olsen worked as a massage therapist...Olsen’s defense attorney, Michael Chastaine, presented testimony from Olsen’s wife, Mary Olsen, and former clients who said that Olsen had never touched them inappropriately. Friday was more of the same from Chastaine. Former clients who testified included a certified public accountant and a retiree who both testified that Olsen was professional and explained his treatment. The third witness, a horse trainer, testified that Olsen was the “best massage therapist I’ve ever been to” and called him “very professional and very respectful.” At one point in her testimony, she said that Olsen had told her to keep her underwear on – a contrast to the testimony of some of the alleged victims, who said that Olsen had told them to take all of their clothes off. Full Story Back to Top
02-26-08 Chastain Park May Get New Parking Facility and More (Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA) Chastain Park is in line for a makeover. A proposed $36.3 million facelift includes replacing the tennis center, building wider sidewalks and —many concertgoers may like this— constructing a parking deck. The Atlanta City Council's community development/human resources committee on Tuesday unanimously approved a master plan for the city's largest park and one of the region's most popular concert venues. About 1 million users visit Chastain each year, park management officials say...The Chastain master plan includes a new aquatic center, more drinking fountains, 12 additional acres of parkland and shuttle service to the park, possibly from the Lenox or Lindbergh Center MARTA stations. Full Story Back to Top
02-25-08 Governor Appoints Alice Chastain to North Carolina Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Lexington Dispatch - Lexington, NC) Alice Chastain was appointed by Gov. Mike Easley to serve as the audiologist and hearing-impaired program coordinator until June 30, 2009...Chastain, 54, has been the audiologist for the county school system since 1984. Before coming to the system, she worked for the Central N.C. School for the Deaf for six years. Originally from Lumberton and raised in Raleigh, Chastain graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1976 with a Bachelor of Science degree in speech pathology. Two years later, she received a Master of Arts degree from UNCG. Full Story Back to Top
02-22-08 Chastains Lose Court Case on Bus Tax (Kansas City Star - MO) Kansas City’s bus tax issue will remain on the April 8 ballot, a Jackson County judge determined Friday when he declined to issue an injunction. Clay Chastain’s attorney, his wife, Valerie Chastain, had asked the court to halt the vote to renew the bus system’s three-eighths-cent sales tax until litigation over Chastain’s repealed light-rail plan is settled. Full Story Back to Top
02-22-08 Mayor Kelly Chastain Recall Receives Go-Ahead (San Bernardino Sun - San Bernardino, CA) The county Registrar's Office on Friday validated signatures on a recall petition against Mayor Kelly Chastain, paving the way for a special election in June. Challengers can begin pulling papers March 1 when the filing period opens, and the City Council will set a date for the election at its first meeting in March. A nonpartisan local government watchdog group, Citizens for Colton First, launched the recall campaign in September, gathering 3,810 signatures in the last six months - 624 more than the 3,186 needed to have a measure placed on the ballot. The news came in the wake of an investigation recently launched by the District Attorney's Office, prompted by Chastain, into the methods used by Chastain's opponents to gather the petition signatures...Despite the news, Chastain, who was elected mayor in 2006, was feeling confident. "I believe the residents will support me by a landslide," Chastain said, adding that her balanced-growth views and progressive approach to governance has secured her the backing of many residents and labor unions such as the Colton police and firefighter associations, the carpenters union, central labor union and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Full Story Back to Top
02-21-08 Mayor Kelly Chastain Accuses Petition Collection as Fraudulent (Press-Enterprise - Riverside, CA) Colton Mayor Kelly Chastain has filed a complaint with the San Bernardino County district attorney's office questioning the method by which some signatures were obtained on a recall petition against her. In a letter dated Feb. 9, Chastain said she has received a number of calls from Colton residents who said they were "lied to when asked to sign the recall petition."...At issue, Chastain said, are claims that some signature collectors misrepresented the recall issue and confused people by seeking signatures on a statewide petition on parental consent/abortion at the same time as the recall petition. Chastain said she has heard complaints from several constituents that signature collectors weren't truthful. They're getting signatures under false pretenses," Colton resident Jamie Rivera said. "A woman came to my home and asked me to sign petitions against teens under 14 having abortions without permission and then bringing the utility tax down. Not at any time did she say it was for a recall." Full Story Back to Top
02-16-08 Officer Brian Chasteen Suffers Disorientation While on the Road (Indianapolis Star - United States) Officer Brian Chasteen's patrol car struck a semitrailer truck and a Kia Spectra while northbound on I-65 shortly before 11 p.m. Boone County Sheriff's Deputy Chris Burcham said officers responding to a hit-and-run call saw Chasteen's vehicle weaving. Deputies stopped the car and found Chasteen disoriented. Officers didn't detect alcohol on Chasteen's breath. A preliminary investigation indicated he may have been suffering from a medical condition. Methodist Hospital spokeswoman JoAnn Klooz said Chasteen had been treated and released. Full Story Back to Top
02-15-08 Randy Chastain Brings Green Homes to Huntsville (WAFF - Huntsville, AL) A green neighborhood is coming to Huntsville...Randy Chastain is the owner of Parkside Homes, the developer of this project. He says home owners will cut costs on utility bills. "We expect that they will be saving around 40 percent on their electric and water bills." Chastain says some of the energy saving features included in each home are soy sprayed insulation, well-ceiled windows, water saving appliances and energy saving air-conditioning and heating devices. Full Story Back to Top
02-14-08 Walhalla Mayor Randy Chastain and Walhalla Police Chief Tim Chastain are Brothers (Anderson Independent Mail (subscription) - Anderson, SC) The Walhalla City Council voted unanimously late Wednesday to terminate a contract to provide police protection to its neighbor, with city officials citing breaches of the contract by West Union’s mayor as the major reason. Walhalla Mayor Randy Chastain abstained from voting, indicatng his participation might be a potential conflict of interest because the Walhalla police chief is his brother. Walhalla Police Chief Tim Chastain referred all inquiries Thursday to City Council members. Full Story Back to Top
02-14-08? Fire Chief Richard Shasteen Opposes Designated Tornado Shelters (Tullahoma News and Guardian - Tullahoma, TN) Tullahoma Fire Chief Richard Shasteen said having designated shelters before storms would encourage residents to be outside trying to get to them while tornadoes may be present. "People would have to drive to get to the shelters, and that’s probably the most dangerous situation," he said. Shasteen said Tullahoma’s Red Cross would set up shelters, according to need, following tornadoes. He said Tullahoma’s sirens are all in working order and have battery backup capability so that they could be activated even if an electrical power failure occurs. Full Story Back to Top
02-13-08 Clay Chastain Goes to Court to Stop April Bus Tax Vote (KMBC.com - Kansas City, MO) Clay Chastain is headed to court again to fight for his light rail plan. This time his target is the April election to renew the city bus tax. KMBC's Micheal Mahoney reported that Chastain's actions are an escalation in his ongoing fight with the city...Chastain said he is angry that his plan is being ignored. "They're ignoring the elephant in the room, and now the elephant is mad and about to go on a rampage," Chastain told Mahoney. Full Story Back to Top
02-10-08 Dr. Colby Chastain Praises New MRI (Gainesville Times - Gainesville, GA) Most patients would rather undergo an "open" MRI test rather than be encased in the narrow cylinder of traditional MRI machines. "A lot of people don’t even realize they’re claustrophobic until they get inside that dark, noisy tunnel," said Dr. Colby Chastain, a Gainesville radiologist..."I love the 3-tesla magnet, and it is better in certain situations, such as visualizing musculoskeletal injuries and neurological disorders," Chastain said...Chastain said when patients are anxious and agitated, they fidget. But in order to get a clear MRI image, the patient needs to lie completely still. "And it’s a long exam. A lot of studies run 30 to 40 minutes," Chastain said. Full Story Back to Top
02-07-08 Pat Chastang Says Community Response to Disaster is Strong (insideTORONTO.com - Toronto, Ontario, Canada) The community has rallied around the families who lost their homes in a fire that ripped through six townhouses on Franklin Avenue early last month. At least two of the 10 families left homeless didn't have insurance, said Pat Chastang, executive assistant to Ward 18 (Davenport) Councillor Adam Giambrone. Within two weeks of the devastating fire, the community had come together and donated clothing and money. The councillor's office set up a trust fund at TD Canada Trust for the families. "We got so much stuff," Chastang said. "So much came into to the Dovercourt Boys' and Girls' Club and to our office." Full Story Back to Top
02-05-08 Petition Submitted to Recall Mayor Kelly Chastain (Press-Enterprise - Riverside, CA) A group of residents, business owners and civic leaders calling itself Citizens for Colton First filed a petition Monday at City Hall, the latest step in its effort to recall Mayor Kelly Chastain. City Clerk Carolina Padilla confirmed Tuesday that a petition with 3,810 signatures in support of the recall was submitted. The proponents were required to collect a minimum of 3,186 signatures, 20 percent of the city's registered voters. Full Story Back to Top
02-05-08? Ray Chasteen Sells Chasteen Tractor Inc. (Springfield Business Journal - Springfield, MO) S&H owners Wayne and Eric Schnelle bought out Chasteen Tractor Inc. owned by Ray Chasteen of Mountain Grove...Schnelle said S&H retained all employees in the parts, service and office areas of Chasteen Tractor and consolidated sales into S&H’s Lockwood office. Chasteen, who bought the Mountain Grove store from his father-in-law in 1973, said it was time to retire. Chasteen has known Wayne Schnelle for 20 years and his son, Eric, nearly that long, and he said he was glad to sell to someone he knew. More importantly for him, though, was the benefit to his customers. S&H, like Chasteen Tractor, is a New Holland dealer. “Eric had the same products I sell,” Chasteen said. “Therefore, my farmers can get the parts they need for the products I sold.” Full Story Back to Top
01-31-08 Sheriff Ricky Chastain Runs for Re-election (News Channel 7 - SC) Sheriff Ricky Chastain has announced his intention to seek re-election as Laurens County Sheriff. Chastain was sworn-in on January, 2, 2001. Full Story Back to Top
01-29-08 A New Light Rail Petition; and It is Not from Clay Chastain (Kansas City Star - MO) A new light rail petition drive is in the planning stages. Ron Aryel, a biosurveillance consultant and member of the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority's citizens light rail task force, informed fellow task force members on Monday that he intended to start an initiative petition to get light rail on a Kansas City election ballot...If Aryel goes through with this drive, it's believed to be the first citizens petition on light rail not involving veteran petitioner Clay Chastain. Full Story Back to Top
01-24-08 Mamie Chestang Recognized for 47 Years as Poll Worker (South Alabamian - Jackson, AL) Special recognition was given to Washington County's poll workers during the meeting of the Washington County Democratic Executive Committee (WCDEC) Jan. 17, at the Chatom Community Center. WCDEC Chairman Tommy Fuller introduced those who have served as poll workers from zero to more than 50 years. Virginia Hudson, 81, of Charity Chapel is the longest serving poll worker, with 53 years of service. Mamie Chestang, 78, was recognized as the second longest poll worker with 47 years of service. Full Story Back to Top
01-23-08 Scott Shasteen Runs for Another Term as Alderman (Tullahoma News and Guardian - Tullahoma, TN) A contested race for Tullahoma alderman is shaping up as three candidates have taken out petitions for the two vacancies on the board. Teresa Lawson and James Blanks have joined incumbent Scott Shasteen in signifying they plan to campaign for the Tullahoma board in August voting. Candidates have until April 3 to qualify return their qualifying petitions. Full Story Back to Top
01-19-08 Gregory Chastang Dies During Officer Training Ventura County Star - Camarillo, CA A man who died Thursday after collapsing during a workout at the Ventura County Police and Sheriff's Reserve Officer's Academy in Camarillo was a victim of a sudden irregular heartbeat and undiagnosed heart disease, authorities said Friday. Gregory Chastang, 43, of Carson, was about halfway through a slow run at the academy near 100 Durley Drive about 6:15 p.m. Thursday when fellow cadets saw him stumble and fall to the ground...Despite attempts to revive him, Chastang stopped breathing and was rushed to St. John's Regional Medical Center in Oxnard. He was pronounced dead at the hospital at 6:54 p.m., said Michael Tellez, a deputy Ventura County medical examiner. After an autopsy Friday, county medical examiners determined Chastang died from sudden cardiac arrhythmia due to ischemic heart disease. Full Story Back to Top
01-17-08 Albert Chastain Aids American Legion After Fire (Times-Mail (subscription) - Bedford, IN) Officers of Cecil C. Martin American Legion Post 250 were left without a physical building because of a Nov. 3 fire, but that hasn’t stopped them from taking care of business...Currently business activities are being conducted at 122 N. Seventh St. (previously, the Mitchell Tribune building). The previous Legion telephone number, 849-3727, rings to that building. The structure is owned by Albert Chastain, who is letting the Legion use the building rent-free...In addition to Chastain donating the Legion’s temporary business office, he and Stevie Hamilton have also given items to the Honor Guard so that it can continue providing military rites at funerals. Full Story Back to Top
01-17-08 Valerie Chastain Goes Up Against City Hall (Kansas City Star - MO) The challenge may be daunting, but Valerie Chastain remains cool, calm and resolute as she prepares to go up against KC’s finest. Her mission: to overturn the City Council’s repeal of husband Clay Chastain’s voter-approved light rail ordinance. “I certainly recognize that this is a big deal that will affect a large number of people,” Valerie says. “But the fact that I’m a small-town attorney doesn’t dissuade me. I think I’m very capable of handling this matter by myself. “I don’t have any staff — it’s just me — but I’m OK with that. My position is the law is the law, no matter how many high-paid attorneys you have interpreting it. Full Story Back to Top
01-17-08? EPA Specialist Diane Shasteen on Illegal Dumping (WSIL TV - Carterville, IL) the state EPA is cleaning up illegal dumps- one site at a time. It is a painstaking and expensive process, and we're all paying for it...EPA specialist Diane Shasteen...works for the state EPA's dump cleanup program. She says the dump sites are usually in remote areas where people can throw away their trash without getting caught. And she says, people will dump just about anything...Shasteen says that dump sites like these aren't uncommon here in Southern Illinois. She's helped clean up 55 different sites over the last year. She says that on average, about 120 tons worth of garbage is taken away from each site...Shasteen says crews will set up surveillance cameras at several of the sites they've already cleaned. Anyone caught dumping will be prosecuted. Full Story Back to Top
01-16-07 Clay Chastain Files Lawsuit Against Kansas City Council (San Antonio Business Journal - San Antonio, TX) Light-rail advocate Clay Chastain filed a lawsuit against Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser and nine other City Council members Wednesday afternoon, he said. The 81-page suit stems from the council's 10-3 vote Nov. 8 to repeal a light-rail plan Chastain had created and voters had approved in November 2006...The suit, filed in Jackson County Circuit Court on behalf of the committee of petitioners who supported the light-rail plan, asks for $200,000 in punitive damages, which amounts to $20,000 per council member, plus court costs, Chastain said. Full Story Back to Top
01-13-08 Deputy Taylor Chastain Injured in Shootout (Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson, MS) Roosevelt "Bo" Wilson was on the ground, injured and not moving before he unexpectedly shot three Madison County sheriff's deputies who had exited an armored vehicle. Deputies thought it was safe to approach the 79-year-old murder suspect...Wilson also would be dead - shot six times by Madison County sheriff's deputies after he wounded the officers...After an investigation conducted by MBI, the deputies involved in the shooting were cleared by the state investigative body and a Madison County grand jury and eventually honored by the state for their bravery on the job...The wounded deputies - Taylor Chastain, Kip Luby and Stan Fisher - were part of a team organized to rescue a sheriff's investigator and two other deputies who had been pinned behind a patrol car for five hours while Wilson randomly fired shots at them...Chastain, Fisher and Luby received Law Enforcement Purple Heart medals on Aug. 16, recognizing their service and the injuries they suffered in the shootout. Full Story Back to Top
01-11-08 Sidney Chasteen is Teacher of the Year (Demopolis Times - Demopolis, AL) Out of the four chosen, one teacher will be chosen for nominated as one of Alabama’s teachers of the year later this Spring. After careful consideration, the chosen teachers of the year were Tammy Spruell of Westside Elementary, Amelia Mackey of U.S. Jones Elementary, Rollie McCall of Demopolis Middle School and Sidney Chasteen of Demopolis High School...Chasteen, who teaches Spanish at Demopolis High School, has been teaching for 33 years — seven of which have been in Demopolis. Chasteen said she enjoys getting her students excited about learning and finding ways to infuse creativity into their coursework by adding special projects and presentations. The product of this work is displayed all over her colorful classroom where student-made pinatas and paintings line the walls. As an educator, she has been able to take students to places like Madrid, where she said students were able to connect their lessons with the actual culture of the language they learned, which said was invaluable. In her time as a teacher, she said her students have taught her patience and the valuable skill of how to stay young, Her philosophy of teaching is to first and foremost to have respect for her students. Also she believes in “teaching from bell to bell.” Full Story Back to Top
01-05-08 Roger Chastain Prepares to Retire from Mount Vernon Mills (The State - Columbia, SC) W. David Hastings is the new president of Maudlin-based textile firm Mount Vernon Mills. Hastings, who had been chief operating officer, is taking on some of the responsibilities of chief executive and board chairman Roger Chastain, as he prepares to retire. Full Story Back to Top
01-05-08 Wrestler Eddie "Iceberg" Chastain Has a Soft Side (Boston Globe - United States) Eddie "Iceberg" Chastain, a 385-pound wrestler with a shaved head and a red goatee, calls himself the Being of Inconceivable Horror. In the ring, he wields a fork, just like his mentor, Abdullah the Butcher. He pummels his opponents with cross-face forearms, levels them with clotheslines, and crushes them with avalanche splashes. But outside the ring he has begun to show a softer side. "You know, it's not actually my intent to hurt my opponent," he said by phone. "I never actually stabbed anybody with a fork." Full Story Back to Top
01-03-08 Officer Wayne Chastain Partners with K9 Turbo (Baker City Herald - Baker City, OR) Turbo, a 2-year-old black Labrador retriever, is the Baker City Police Department's first canine member. He's been busy since he joined the department three months ago. During his brief career Turbo has not only helped city police, he's also assisted officers from the Baker County Sheriff's Office, Oregon State Police and the county's Parole and Probation Department. In November Turbo and his human handler, officer Wayne Chastain, took part in 16 investigations, during which Turbo's sensitive nose detected 1.8 ounces of marijuana. Full Story Back to Top
01-03-08 Penny Shasteen Pursues Malpractice Case (West Virginia Record - Charleston, WV) Along with the malpractice case in Mason County, Levine remains a respondent-in-discovery in a wrongful-death suit in Shelby Circuit Court in Shelbyville, Ill. In that case, Penny Shasteen alleges Dr. Arnold V. Agapito, Shelby Memorial Hospital and the Shelby Area Ambulance Service contributed to the death of her mother, Donna Ogilvie, in 2005 when they failed to properly provide her care following complications resulting from a colonoscopy. Though court records show Levine as the one who performed the colonoscopy, at this point he is not being held negligent in Ogilvie's death. Instead, Shasteen is asking that Levine answer all discovery requests, and be available for deposition as the other defendants. Full Story Back to Top
1-01-08 Chastain Middle School Court Battle Costs $800,000 (Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson, MS) Jackson Public Schools paid more than $455,000 in legal fees through the end of September to fight former Chastain Middle School Principal Michael Ellis' sexual harassment lawsuit against the superintendent and district. The Clarion-Ledger obtained the information through an open records request. Officials have said they hope the district's insurance provider will pay that and the $350,000 settlement JPS reached with Michael and Rachel Ellis in September, which together total more than $805,000. Full Story Back to Top

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