Five years after Marilyn Scales retired in 2007 from a 40-year career at the Department of Child Services, the 72-year-old youth and family advocate was approached about a special honor.

Youth Opportunity Center board members wanted to dedicate a building at the campus in honor of Scales, a fellow board member who, along with retired Circuit Court Judge Steven Caldemeyer, was instrumental in the 1992 creation of the YOC. “They wanted to do it and I said, well, let’s just wait,” Scales said. But five years later, the YOC wouldn’t take no or “wait” for an answer.

To learn more, go to the story in the Muncie Star Press:
http://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2017/04/27/yoc-dedicate-building-after-founder/100875994/