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Miami Herald
23-06-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Longtime Norland girls' basketball coach honored with Herald Lifetime Achievement Award
Never take anything for granted. That was a lesson Carla Harris always instilled in the girls' basketball players she coached for three decades at Miami Norland. It was a philosophy that helped the Vikings persevere on the court and eventually win back-to-back state titles in 2009 and 2010 after coming up short multiple times in previous years. And it's a lesson in life that helped numerous student-athletes including talented players such as former Norland guard Brittanny Dinkins, now a professional player internationally. 'I remember (Dinkins) was being highly recruited by colleges, but her discipline wasn't there,' Harris said. 'I must have kicked her out of the gym more than once. But I knew the potential she had and I wanted her to realize it. She told me she didn't wanna be the weakest link academically on the team. She tore her ACL going into junior year. She came back and worked all summer on and off the court to come back and took us to state the next year. 'Our relationship today, it's almost like she's my mentor now.' Dinkins, who went on to play college basketball at Southern Mississippi and later in Iceland and Chile, is one of dozens of examples of the lives Harris has touched during her time at Norland. For her distinguished career on and off the court, Harris is being honored as one of the Miami Herald's 2024-25 Lifetime Achievement Award honorees. Harris stepped down as Norland's coach before this past season after coaching the Vikings for 25 years as head coach and another five prior to that under the late Jim Wilson. Harris, who now serves as assistant dean of discipline at Norland, her alma mater, played for Wilson in high school, and went on to a standout career at the University of Miami under then-coach Ferne Labati. After graduating from UM, Harris returned to her alma mater to coach with her mentor, Wilson. She became head coach in 2000 and spent the next 25 seasons helping the Vikings become one of the state's premier programs. 'I remember going into my academic advisor's office at UM, and I asked what do I have to do to be a high school coach,' Harris said. 'She said, go back and be a teacher. That sounded good to me.' Harris led Norland to its lone state titles and an undefeated season in its first championship season in 2009. She also led the Vikings to three more state runner-up finishes in 2006, 2007 and 2012 and three more state semifinal appearances in 2013, 2014 and 2015. Harris' teams also won four GMAC championships and 23 district titles including a stretch of 16 consecutive district titles from 2001-2015, during which her teams did not lose a district game. 'I was so busy plugging away all the time when it was happening,' Harris said. 'Now, I get to sit back and reflect on some amazing times.' Harris coached numerous athletes who went on to play college basketball and professionally including former WNBA player, Tombi Bell, and others like Dinkins, who would become standouts abroad. For Harris, it meant more than just teaching young women about basketball. 'It's amazing. We have an alumni picnic and when they announced I was stepping down,' Harris said. 'So many of the young ladies came out and reminded me about what it's all really about. They still reach out to me about things going on in their lives. It was always more than just about basketball.'
Libya Observer
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Libya Observer
US envoy Norland to retire from diplomatic service in May
The United States Special Envoy to Libya, Ambassador Richard Norland, announced on Monday that he will retire from diplomatic service at the end of May after nearly 45 years in the field. Norland, who served six years as US ambassador and then envoy to Libya, said in a post on X that the United States will continue to support efforts to unify the country and build a strong partnership with the Libyan people. 'It has been an honour to meet and work with Libyans across the country in pursuit of peace and unity,' he said. He also expressed his gratitude to fellow diplomats, especially from the UN mission in Libya, for their tireless cooperation. News Tagged: Richard Norland
BBC News
10-03-2025
- General
- BBC News
Bath community creates panel for Grenfell Tower memorial quilt
A community group has said it is "proud" to have contributed to a memorial quilt to remember those who lost their lives in Grenfell at Norland college in Bath, Somerset, and members of the public, have sewn a 12ft x 12ft panel which will be added to many other panels making up the quilt that will eventually measure the same dimensions as the tower in North Kensington, quilt project is led by Tuesday Greenidge, whose daughter survived the 2017 fire in which 72 people died. She said she wanted it to "symbolise justice" for everyone sewing lecturer Kate Jaeger, who worked on the quilt, said the project showed the "healing power of creativity". The Norland Sewing Bee, made up of students, sewing lecturers and members of the public, was launched at Bath Central Library in September 2023 and met every Friday for a year to complete the Jaeger said it had been a "great honour" and that the panel included images of hearts and stars, as well as hot air balloons, to symbolise the West Country. "They [the group] formed a lovely friendship and were so supportive of the project," Ms Jaeger added. Jo Price, who is also a sewing lecturer at Norland, said: "It touched everyone and every city across the UK had people who were impacted."Working on this panel keeps their memory alive. It's keeping people questioning the architecture, and about how people live in the UK."I feel very proud to be a part of it."The panel will be on display at Bath Abbey until 27 March.
