Pleasant Valley

The Pleasant Valley Community Fire Company is hosting a charity bicycle ride today, Sunday, July 29, between 6:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., and as a results the company is alerting residents that some 200 cyclists are expected to be on the roads in the northern part of the county. No roads will be closed, but officials are asking drivers to be aware of the cyclists. Officials said attempts have been made to keep the riders on secondary and scenic back roads, but riders will cross other roads and highways including Route 140, Route 97, Route 194, Stone Road, Mayberry Road, Keysville Road, Uniontown Road and others.

For many Carroll residents, a visit to the Pleasant Valley Christmas Train Garden is a touchstone of the holiday season that brings them back year after year. And each year for the past 30 years, there have been others who discover the garden's magic for the first time and make plans to return to the Pleasant Valley Community Fire Company station in pastoral hamlet of Pleasant Valley for a visit the following December as well. Mike Chrest, of Union Mills, a long-time volunteer firefighter, has been the principal curator and keeper of the roughly 18- by 18-foot HO-gauge train garden, which casts a warm glow in the dimly lit gallery-sized room where it is housed.

THIS WEEKEND you can walk into a scene that looks like the inside of a Christmas snow globe when you attend "Christmas in the Valley" at Pleasant Valley Fire Department.The train garden will be up and running, full steam ahead, with five trains and a fully operational HO-scale racetrack.The garden will include scenic mountains and towns nestled in ** valleys. What an opportunity for children and adults alike to get in the holiday spirit.Pleasant Valley's Ladies Auxiliary sponsors "Christmas in the Valley" annually, a craft show with vendors selling their wares.

The Pleasant Valley Community Fire Company is hosting a charity bicycle ride today, Sunday, July 29, between 6:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., and as a results the company is alerting residents that some 200 cyclists are expected to be on the roads in the northern part of the county. No roads will be closed, but officials are asking drivers to be aware of the cyclists. Officials said attempts have been made to keep the riders on secondary and scenic back roads, but riders will cross other roads and highways including Route 140, Route 97, Route 194, Stone Road, Mayberry Road, Keysville Road, Uniontown Road and others.

The state Board of Public Works has approved a $400,000 grant that will allow Carroll County to finish construction of a sewage treatment plant for Pleasant Valley.The county had to delay awarding the construction contract in 1995 when the lowest bid came in $485,000 more than the project budget, Public Works Director J. Michael Evans said last week.Pub Date: 4/15/96

About 170 fire chiefs, state fire officers and representatives of fire companies across the state attended the annual Maryland Fire Chiefs' Association convention in Pleasant Valley yesterday.During the day-long meeting, members re-elected Robert P. Cumberland Jr., a Westminster firefighter and former chief, as association president for 1992-1993.Mr. Cumberland, who is serving his first term, did not attend the convention because of recent knee surgery, organizers said.In the convention program, Mr. Cumberland recounted several events during his tenure of the past year, including attending fire-related seminars across the state, lobbying state and federal lawmakers for fire safety measures and the association's work with the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg.

Don Leister says he'll hook up the rental property he owns i downtown Pleasant Valley when the new public water and sewer systems come through, but he hopes county officials will schedule an informational meeting before construction starts."

Three narrow, twisting, turning roads wind their way into Pleasant Valley. They lead past lush green meadows and under the gold and auburn canopies of leaves fashioned by the trees lining Pleasant Valley, South Pleasant Valley and Hughes Shop roads.On a recent afternoon, hawks circled overhead in a bright blue sky. Horses, miniature donkeys and cattle grazed in fenced pastures next to some homes and farms. Mallards and Canada geese glided placidly across the community pond.The Carroll County community appears to live up to its name.

FIRE* Pleasant Valley: Pleasant Valley, Westminster and Littlestown, Pa., firefighters responded to a chimney fire in the 1900 block of S. Pleasant Valley Road at 12:41 a.m. Friday. Units were out for 30 minutes.

FirePleasant Valley: Firefighters responded at 11: 54 p.m. Friday to investigate a possible fire in the 700 block of Pleasant Valley Road. Units were out 18 minutes.Pub Date: 7/14/98

Robert H. Schuh, a golf pro who owned and operated Pleasant Valley Golf Course in Stewartstown, Pa., died Sunday of heart failure at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. He was 78 and lived in Baldwin. The son of a banker and a homemaker, Robert Hall Schuh was born in Chevy Chase and moved to Wollaston, Mass., with his family in 1947. He attended Landon School in Bethesda, Thayer Academy in Braintree, Mass., and graduated in 1952 from Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, N.H. After graduating in 1956 from Dartmouth College, he served for two years in the Army, where he trained in the Nuclear Guidance Systems program at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala. He studied under rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun and later was stationed in Germany in one of the first U.S. guided-missile units in Europe as part of the Nike program.

On March 16, 2009 Mary Belle Services at St. Matthew's United Church of Christ, 1427 Pleasant Valley Road, Westminster, Saturday 11:30 A.M. Interment in Pleasant Valley Cemetery. Friends may call Friday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. at Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home, 91 Willis Street, Westminster

The Carroll County Volunteer Emergency Services Association inducted three longtime firefighters into its Hall of Fame yesterday during its annual convention in Sykesville. Donald Shauck and Marion Davidson Jr., both from Reese & Community Volunteer Fire Company; and John E. "Jack" Wagner from Pleasant Valley Community Fire Company, were the 2008 Hall of Fame inductees. A 49-year member of Reese, Shauck served on numerous committees, was chaplain from 1966 to 1967, was a trustee for seven years, county association delegate for 17 years and company fundraiser.

On Friday April 21, 2006 CHARLES E., beloved son of the late Henry George and Carrie Kahler Greensfelder; loving husband of Rosina Schisler Greensfelder; devoted father of daughter and son-in-law Carol Ann and Benjamin Karl Baublitz Jr; and caring grandfather of Lisa Ann Baublitz. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday at 10:00 A.M. at Pritts Funeral Home and Chapel, 412 Washington Rd., Westminster. Interment will be in Gardens of Faith Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Sunday from 7 to 9 P.M. and on Monday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in his name to the Pleasant Valley Volunteer Fire Department, 2030 S. Pleasant Valley Rd., Westminster, MD 21158.

On Friday, January 27, 2006, ROMAINE V. (nee Leppo); beloved wife of the late Edward Baugher; devoted mother and mother-in-law of Allan and Marjorie Baugher, Daniel and Arlene Baugher; daughter Miriam Helton and daughter and son-in-law Dottie and John Dunn; beloved grandmother of 15; great grandmother of 16. Also survived by foster children Gertrude Stietly, John Ruby, Nancy Gerczak, Willard Ruby and Wellington Ruby and their children and grandchildren....

CENTRAL Church plans chili cook-off Trinity Lutheran Church will hold its third annual Chili Cook-Off for Charity at noon Jan. 22 in the fellowship hall at 833 Deer Park Road, Smallwood. All proceeds benefit the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Disaster Relief Fund and New Life for Girls in Westminster. Admission is free. Information: 410-848-7382. Senior center announces schedule The Westminster Senior Center, 125 Stoner Ave., has announced activities for this month. The center is offering PACE (People With Arthritis Can Exercise)

David Franklin Warehime, a former farmer and retired flooring company worker who was a charter member of the Pleasant Valley Community Fire Department, died Friday of heart disease at Carroll Lutheran Village Health Care Center. The Westminster resident was 85. Born in Pleasant Valley outside Westminster, he attended local schools. He worked on the family farm as a young man and also at Farmers Feed and Fertilizer, then for Congoleum Corp. in Finksburg for more than two decades before retiring.

Carroll County has scheduled several community meetings, called Grassroots Gatherings, for residents to get involved in the county Comprehensive Plan process. All meetings will begin at 6:30 p.m. The schedule: Keymar/Detour/Bruceville/Keysville/Middleburg/Feesers- burg: Tuesday, Evangelical Wesleyan Church, 1011 Francis Scott Key Highway. Pleasant Valley/Frizzellburg/Mayberry/Tyrone: Tuesday, Pleasant Valley Community Fire Company. Hampstead: Thursday, Shiloh Middle School Media Center.