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PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS
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2012 Rochester
Membership
This year the Town of Rochester contracted with the Stone Ridge Library to provide 238 paid Family memberships to Town of Rochester residents. As of March 3, 2012 all the paid Family memberships have been used.
In addition the library is providing free memberships to all Rondout Valley students for 2012. If a student in your family would like a free membership, he or she can obtain one by showing his student ID at the circulation desk.
The Town of Rochester is in the Ramapo Catskill district. Rochester residents should also be aware that they can obtain library cards at no charge from the Ellenville Library for use in the Ramapo Catskill Library System.
If you have questions please feel free to email Stone Ridge Library Director Jody Ford.
Non-subsidized family memberships are available at $52.45. per year. The rate schedule below shows the cost of a family membership for the balance of 2012 depending on which month it begins.
January - $52.45
February - $48.08
March - $43.74
April - $39.36
May - $34.99
June - $30.62
July - $26.24
August - $21.87
Sept - $17.49
Oct - $13.12
Nov - $8.74
Dec - $4.37
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Rochester Memberships
Memberships are available to Rochester residents at an annual fee of $50.00 per household. Please bring identification to the desk when you come in for your membership. This fee is necessary because the state defined service area of our library is the town of Marbletown. The Library is funded by the taxpayers of Marbletown and no funding comes from the town of Rochester. We would like to provide as much service as we can to Rochester residents and in return we ask that Rochester users pay an amount approximately equivilent to what Marbletown taxpayers are paying.
Rochester Membership Cards 2010
As you may know, this year the Town of Rochester contracted with the Stone Ridge Library to provide 250 paid Family memberships to Town of Rochester residents. Additionally, the library is providing free memberships to all Rondout Valley students for 2010. At this time all the paid Family memberships have been used. However, if you would like to leave your name and contact information with the library we will notify you if someone moves or gives up their paid membership this year. Memberships for student use are unlimited. If a student in your family would like a free membership, he or she can obtain one by showing his student ID at the circulation desk.
Non-subsidized family memberships are also available. The rate schedule below shows the cost of a family membership for the balance of 2010 depending on which month it begins.
January - $50.00
February - $ 45.83
March - $41.70
April - $37.53
May - $33.36
June - $29.19
July - $25.02
August - $20.85
Sept - $16.68
Oct - $12.51
Nov - $8.34
Dec - $4.17
Rochester residents should also be aware that they can obtain library cards at no charge from the Ellenville Library for use in the Ramapo Catskill Library System. If you have questions please feel free to email Stone Ridge Library Director Jody Ford.
Town of Rochester Membership Cards 2010
The Town of Rochester has contracted with the Stone Ridge Library for 250 household memberships for 2010. Additionally, the library is providing free student membership cards to all Rondout Valley students, K-12, through December of 2010. Students are asked to present their Student ID or report card when applying for a free membership. Student and adult memberships will be available beginning January 4th, 2010.
How It Will Work
Current Rochester membership holders will be placed on the 250 household list first. Remaining memberships will be provided on a first come, first serve basis beginning on January 4, 2010. Please come to library to apply for your card.
Refund of Membership Fees
If your membership expires after the January 4th contract date, the library will be happy to refund your membership balance or send you a donation slip with our thanks.
Tracking the 250 Memberships
The library will post the number of Rochester memberships left each day until we reach the contracted 250 households. After that time, Rochester residents will have the option to purchase a pro-rated membership or put their name on a waiting list in the event that a paid member moves or gives up their Stone Ridge Library card.
We are happy to be working with the Town of Rochester on this contract and hope that it will provide more options for our Rochester residents.
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Library Use Value Calculator
How much would you pay out-of-pocket per month for services you receive from your public library?
Curious how much the services the library provides you would cost if you had to pay for them directly? To find out, just enter in the lefthand column the number of times you or your family use each service listed down the center. The estimated retail value of each service will be calculated on the right, and the total value of your library use is shown at the bottom of the worksheet. more
As most readers and visitors know, our library's 18th and 19th century buildings are loved for their quaint architectural beauty, but are in desperate need of major restoration. Since the Foundation's first fundraising appeal in 2007, through 2009, $83,637 was raised to plan for and restore the buildings to their former glory. Accomplishing this goal will signify that we treasure the Library and support it as a bastion of literacy and community in this ever-depersonalized world.
Because so many residents have been so generous and supportive over the years, we thought readers might find it interesting to learn how these contributions have been utilized. In 2007, donations funded the support braces erected to stabilize the buildings; a Master Planning Report by the architectural firm of Butler Rowland Mays was funded in 2008; and in 2010 funds were used for a Feasibility Study by Wade and Associates.
We are delighted to report that the Foundation raised $6,715 in our 2010 appeal. Many thanks to all those who contributed, with gifts ranging from a few dollars to those a great deal more. A list of donors appears to the right. These funds will be used to support our on-going efforts to renew our facility.
Additionally, a Second Century Capital Campaign Cabinet was formed last fall, accepting the formidable challenge to raise major gifts for the project. The Cabinet Chairman is Bill Davenport; cabinet members are Mary Collins, Barbara Esmark, Jeffrey Mishkin, James Polshek, Deborah Silverman, Susan Sondel and Brian Taylor.
The Foundation will continue its fundraising efforts throughout 2011. Your generous response will help ensure that the Stone Ridge Library will remain the heart of our community, making information available to us all in an improved facility.
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Architectural Firm to Create Master Plan
Anonymous Pledge of $10,000 announced
May, 2008 - The Library has hired Paul Mays of the architectural firm Butler Rowland Mays Architects, LLP to prepare a master plan for the restoration of the library’s two historic buildings and probable additional space to meet the library’s needs in the decades ahead. The selection of the Mechanicville, New York firm was announced at a fundraising event sponsored by the Stone Ridge Library Foundation and hosted by Mary McNamara of Stone Ridge.
At the event Foundation Board Trustee Bill Davenport praised the library’s outreach to children, and addressed the need to raise funds to restore the historic buildings. Mr. Davenport added that he had faith that the fundraising efforts would be successful. An announcement later in the evening of an anonymous pledge of $10,000 seemed to support his conviction.
Dr. William Rhoads, author and Professor Emeritus of American Art and Architecture at the State University at New Paltz shared that he was a fan of the Stone Ridge Library, “the institution and also the building,” citing some of his favorite historical collections and adding, “it is important to restore historic buildings and use them for noble purposes.”
The firm will make recommendations for stabilization and permanent repair of structural elements, particularly exterior stone masonry walls, foundations, and roof structure. The plan, scheduled to be submitted in the fall, will entail three distinct areas of service: architectural, structural, and historic preservation.
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Have You Heard?
The Rondout Valley Sound and Story Project
The ancient art of dowsing
Listen as Basil Decker describes how he first discovered he could find water for people. Recorded in 1982 by the Rondout Valley Folklore Project. Brought to you by the Sound and Story Project.
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Julia Lawrence Hasbrouck
It began with a gift. The Stone Ridge Library building was the childhood home of Julia Hasbrouck Dwight. more
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2010 End of Year Donors
The Stone Ridge Library Foundation gratefully acknowledges the following individuals for their generous contributions to the end of year capital campaign.
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This year the Town of Rochester contracted with the Stone Ridge Library to provide 238 paid Family memberships to Town of Rochester residents. As of March 3, 2012 all the paid Family memberships have been used.
As you may know, this year the Town of Rochester contracted with the Stone Ridge Library to provide 250 paid Family memberships to Town of Rochester residents. Additionally, the library is providing free memberships to all Rondout Valley students for 2010. At this time all the paid Family memberships have been used. However, if you would like to leave your name and contact information with the library we will notify you if someone moves or gives up their paid membership this year. Memberships for student use are unlimited. If a student in your family would like a free membership, he or she can obtain one by showing his student ID at the circulation desk. 
