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February 16, 2012 Calvert Priceless GazetteEverything Calvert County FIREFIGHTER PICKED FOR IGGEST OSER ESORT ‘B L ’ R Page 8 The Calvert Gazette Thursday, February 16, 2012 2 On The Cover Also Inside Monk Wells with his son, Mason. Wells coached his son in flag football last year despite his concern 3 County News over not being able to do the things he asked of his players. “I needed to stop hiding.” 7 Business 7 Community 8 Feature Story 9 Newsmakers entertainment Last comic standing veterans Tammy Pescatelli and Jeff Maurer will be coming to Calvert County for a one-night stand during the fourth annual Comedy Invasion for Project Gradation 10 Obits this Saturday. 11 Education 12 Games 13 Letters 14 Entertainment education QBH15 St M County TImesFishing Half Ad:Layout 1Louie, 3/1/11 the Bowie 3:28 Baysox PM mascot, Page 1greets Our Lady Star of the Sea School students after per- forming a skit on why he chose baseball as his favorite sport. MHBR No. 103 3 Thursday, February 16, 2012 The Calvert Gazette COUNTY High-Speed Chase NEWS Ends in Calvert O’Donnell Calls Hoyer’s Comment St. Mary’s College of Mary- land, said that Hoyer is cor- ‘Imbecilic’ rect but not passing a budget is a poor way to do business. By Guy Leonard “He is technically cor- Staff Writer rect, they can continue to op- erate without a budget,” said The Republican chal- Eberly. “It’s not a good way lenger running to unseat to do it.” House Minority Whip Steny Passing continuing H. Hoyer slammed the veteran resolutions is a way for both representative for comments Del. Anthony O’Donnell parties to criticize the bud- made in the press that passing gets of any president without a federal budget is unnecessary to continue running actually putting out their own budgets for equally the country. tough scrutiny, Eberly said. In a recent article on the conservative website It is a political reality at the federal level, he CNSNews.com, Hoyer was quoted as saying: “The said, because any budget that deals with the deficit fact is you don’t need a budget. We can adopt appro- and crippling national debt would be unpopular. priations bills. We can adopt authorization policies “Our finances are so bad that it would be im- Photo by Sean Rice without a budget. We already have an agreed-upon possible to put forward a responsible budget without In this image, damage can be seen on the front end of a Calvert Sheriff’s vehicle cap on spending.” angering people,” Eberly said. and at the rear of Wood’s pickup truck caused by a PIT maneuver. Del. Anthony O’Donnell (R-Dist. 29C) called Congress passed the Budget Impoundment Hoyer’s comments “imbecilic” in a statement from and Control Act in 1974 to take back power from the By Guy Leonard PIT (pursuit interven- his campaign. executive branch when it came to the budgeting pro- Staff Writer tion technique) maneu- “It is no wonder our debt is now over $16 tril- cess, Eberly said, but failing to pass a budget dimin- ver to stop the fleeing lion dollars. Our congressman failed to pass a bud- ished confidence in Congress’s ability to govern. A high-speed chase that went up to vehicle. get when he was House Majority Leader with a “It doesn’t encourage long term planning or 100 miles an hour involving a suspect from In a PIT maneu- Democratic senate and president and now we know discipline and it doesn’t encourage confidence with Hollywood traversed three counties before ver, police ram the rear why,” O’Donnell stated, accusing Hoyer of wanting foreign investors or credit ratings agencies,” Eberly a “blank check” for favored programs. state troopers and Calvert County sheriff’s end of a vehicle in pur- said. Hoyer was quoted in the original story as say- Maureen Beach, spokesperson for Hoyer, said deputies ended it in the northern portion of suit in a certain manner the county last week. ing that Republicans failed to pass budgets in 2005 that congress has already acted to control spending. that causes the vehicle and 2006 but O’Donnell fired back by saying GOP “Congress passed the Budget Control Act in The suspect, Ronald Edward Wood, to spin around 180 de- 52, netted a total of 28 charges, including members did pass bills in those years. August, which set our budget for this fiscal year,” grees, causing the driver Todd Eberly, a professor of political science at she said. driving under the influence of drugs, nu- to stop. merous speeding violations, negligent and “They pitted the car reckless driving and running a red light, for the safety of others according to the arresting trooper. on the road,” Lt. Steve Jones, commander Trooper First Class Joseph Wilson, of the Calvert Investigative Team said. stationed in Upper Marlboro, began the Wilson said when officers finally chase in Prince George’s County when brought an end to the chase, Wood gave Wood passed him at a high rate of speed. up without much of a struggle but seemed “I caught up with him and he was do- confused and incoherent. A Calvert Ga- ing 95 miles an hour,” Wilson said, adding zette reporter was on the scene, and wit- that Wood refused to pull over despite the nessed numerous officers ordering Wood troopers emergency lights ordering him to. out of the vehicle with their guns drawn. “He just continued to do 95,” the Field tests showed he had no alcohol trooper told the Calvert Gazette. in his system but a drug recognition ex- The chase stopped initially at Town pert called to the scene suspected that he Center Boulevard in Dunkirk, Wilson was under the influence of drugs, Wilson said, when Wood stopped at the traffic sig- said. nal; but when Wilson tried to block Wood The chase went through Prince in the suspect allegedly sped off, ignoring George’s Anne Arundel and finally Cal- his orders to come out of the vehicle. vert, police said, with 12 of the 28 charges The chase continued until additional against Wood coming from Calvert. units from the Calvert sheriff’s office in- tercepted Wood and used what is called a [email protected] General Antique and Gun Estate collectable Auction- Auction Friday, February Sunday, April Friday, February 24th - 6 p.m. 1st - 1 p.m. 17th - 6 p.m. Consignments Now Being Accepted Chesapeake AUCTION HOUSE St. Leonard, MD 20685 • 410-586-1161 • chesapeakeauctionhouse.com COUNTY The Calvert Gazette Thursday, February 16, 2012 4 NEWS Speed Cameras Go Up in Chesapeake Beach Judge By Guy Leonard Staff Writer Compares Speed enforcement cameras made their debut in Chesapeake Beach on Feb. 10 after months of planning, said Town Administra- Hurricane tor James Parent, in an effort to curb speed- ers as they come upon Beach Elementary School. Insurance Parent said that the hill just before the entrance into town often forces people to increase their speed to crest it, but that can Decision cause them to break the 30-mile-per-hour limit there. “They go over that hill speeding … and all of a sudden you’re in a school zone,” Par- to Godzilla ent said. Calvert County sheriff’s deputies were on station with the speed cameras last week Attack testing them against their radar sensors and, Parent said, they functioned properly. By Guy Leonard Though the cameras were installed on Staff Writer the side of the road in a very visible position, motorists will still have 30-days before the Allstate Insurance Company won its bid in the Court of Ap- cameras will take pictures of speeders that can be peals to continue the practice of FREE INITIAL CONSULTATION used to dole out citations. not selling homeowners’ insur- “It’s a 30-day get-used-to-it period,” Parent ance in Southern Maryland and said, adding that the pictures taken by the cameras the Eastern Shore because those The law offices of P.A. 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