Youth Services News Free Book!

[Columbus Library]

That's a fantastic story, Ami!! Thanks for sharing it with us!!

On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 1:47 PM Ami Jones <ajones at ci.alamogordo.nm.us>
wrote:

> Yay, thank-you!
>
> It was especially funny because I was being heckled (good-naturedly) by
> someone in the audience, who posited I should know All the Words since I
> was a librarian. When I got that as the last word I waved off the rest of
> my team, strutted up to the microphone, and said, "Gymkhana,
> g-y-m-k-h-a-n-a, gymkhana. National Velvet by Enid Bagnold, call number J F
> Bagn."
>
> Don't heckle a librarian.
>
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> Ami Jones
>
> Youth Services Librarian
>
> E: ajones at ci.alamogordo.nm.us
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> ------------------------------
> *From:* nmythserv-bounces at lists.zianet.com <
> nmythserv-bounces at lists.zianet.com> on behalf of McCabe, Kelly, DCA <
> Kelly.McCabe at dca.nm.gov>
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 25, 2023 1:43 PM
> *To:* nmythserv <nmythserv at lists.zianet.com>
> *Subject:* Re: Youth Services News Free Book!
>
> *Congratulations* to Ami Jones from Alamogordo Public Library for winning
> the book!  Her spelling bee story was
> "I won the adult spelling bee in Alamogordo with the word "gymkhana" -
> which, of course, any good Enid Bagnold fan knows!"
>
> (*I learned a new word today!*) Her response came in in a record 2
> minutes!
>
> Ami, that book will be in the mail to you!
>
> *Kelly*
> Kelly McCabe
> Youth Services Coordinator
> New Mexico State Library
> ------------------------------
> *From:* McCabe, Kelly, DCA
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 25, 2023 11:42 AM
> *To:* nmythserv <nmythserv at lists.zianet.com>
> *Subject:* Free Book!
>
> The Scripps National Spelling Bee is next week!  https://spellingbee.com/
>
> We just received a copy of the debut book by 2021 winner Zaila Avant-Garde
> - *It's Not Bragging If It's True (2023)*
> and I want to give it away to someone else that loves spelling bees!
>
> First person to respond to this email and share a spelling bee memory wins
> the book!
>
> Kelly
>
> Kelly McCabe, MSLS, MAEd
> Youth Services Coordinator
> New Mexico State Library
> 1209 Camino Carlos Rey
> Santa Fe, NM 87507
> *Please note new email address:*
> kelly.mccabe at dca.nm.gov
> nmstatelibrary.org <http://www.nmstatelibrary.org>
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Maria Constantine
Columbus Village Library
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