Julia Hines-Harris Julia Hines-Harris The thing about Julia
Hines-Harris was her presence.  She wasn't overbearing. She
wasn't the loudest person in the room. But when she spoke,
people listened. She was able to command a room just by entering
it. She was a natural leader.  And with her passing last week at
age 72, our community has lost one of its great leaders, a
person who, by her hard work and natural skills, became an
inspirational leader. She was a mentor to countless city kids
who, being her students, were her kids. She understood what it
took to be successful and generously passed that knowledge to
others.  She preached about the importance of education, about
the need for people to dedicate themselves to being students for
life. Learning, she always said, was the key to everything.  She
showed by example how education could free a person and open up
limitless opportunity. She was born in York and grew up here, on
West Princess Street. She was not a child of privilege.  She was
able to go to college a