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Overdue library fines to 9/11 scholarship fund Monroe — The Monroe Free Library will donate 100 percent of the money it collects in overdue fees and fines, during the week of the Sept. 11 anniversary, to a scholarship fund helping the children of firefighters who died in the attack on the World Trade Center. From Monday, Sept. 5, until the close of business on Sunday, Sept. 11, every penny that the library takes in at its circulation desk will go to defray the cost of the kids’ education. “For the last eight years, we’ve given all of the income that we earned on September 11,” said the library’s Carol Bezkorowajny. “This year, for the tenth anniversary, we’re donating all of the money we make in a week. I’m hoping that users from other area libraries will make the trip to pay their fines here.” Bezkorowajny, the library’s Head Of Circulation, Automation and Technical Services, has spearheaded the charitable effort for the library. “September 11, 2001, was a day that affected us all profoundly,” Bezkorowajny said. “This is a fine way to make a real difference in the life of a child who lives every day with that loss.” In past years, some Monroe patrons have waited to pay their fines until the 11th, knowing that the money would go to the children of the fallen heroes. Patrons of other RCLS member libraries also have traveled to Monroe from as far away as Port Jervis. If you need a gymnasium this fall, this meeting is for you CENTRAL VALLEY — The Monroe Woodbury School District will hold a meeting, Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 6 p.m. in the Education Center Conference Room, Route 32, Central Valley, to determine the scheduling of the district’s gymnasiums for the 2011-12 fall and winter sports season. Any community group or team that wishes to use the district’s gymnasiums should submit a request at this meeting. Any questions prior to this meeting, should be directed to Assistant Superintendent for Business and Management Services Jeffrey T. White at 460-6200, ext. 6242. There is a gym and an auxiliary gym in the High School and one gym each in Central Valley, Pine Tree, North Main, Smith Clove and the Middle School. These gyms are open seven days a week until 10 p.m. and used for all of the M-W interscholastic sports and non-school related organizations.