Longtime Johnson Youth Center volunteer receives award

A Juneau woman is among seven people being honored by Alaska's first lady as 2013 Volunteers of the Year, Gov. Sean Parnell's office announced Tuesday.Sandy Parnell is recognizing Earline Smith, 92, for her 21 years of volunteering at Johnson Youth Center, the youth detention,LED tube lights bring an array of lighting effects and can be readily installed without having Silicone gifts to change the existing tube light fixture. treatment and education facility near Bartlett Regional Hospital."I'm speechless,He uses a very Scottish analogy to describe the artwhisky rocks blending It's like putting together a good soccer team. You need a strong central core." said Smith, reacting to the news Wednesday.Smith was nominated for the award by Jo Dahl, a teacher at the youth center."She's like a grandma here to all these boys," Dahl said. She added, "She's just an amazing lady with such a big heart."Smith came in every Wednesday for a few hours to play dominoes with the students at Johnson Youth Center until her "second retirement" at the end of the school year last spring, Dahl said.Playing dominoes with the students "taught them social skills and fair play and math and strategy," said Dahl."(Smith) would go to the grocery store and bring in two huge shopping bags of cookies," Dahl added. "She was always gifting the staff and the teachers, too."Dahl said that students looked forward to "Miss Earline time," and knowing that she was coming on Wednesday served as an incentive for them to be on their best behavior and do well in school.

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