Ukuqonda Nokwazisa Ihlathi lase-Benicia lase-Urban
UJeanne Steinmann
Ngaphambi kokugijinyelwa kwegolide ngo-1850, amagquma namaflethi aseBenicia enza indawo ewugwadule. Ngo-1855, umculi wamahlaya uGeorge H. Derby, uLieutenant webutho, kubikwa ukuthi wayethanda abantu baseBenicia, kodwa hhayi indawo, njengoba “yayingakabi ipharadesi” ngenxa yokuntuleka kwezihlahla. Ukuntuleka kwezihlahla nakho kubhalwe kahle ngezithombe ezindala namarekhodi abhaliwe. Isimo sethu sezwe sesishintshe kakhulu ngokutshalwa kwezihlahla eziningi kule minyaka eyi-160 edlule. Ngo-2004, iDolobha laqala ukubheka ngokucophelela ukunakekelwa nokunakekelwa kwezihlahla zethu. Ikomidi lezihlahla zesikhashana lasungulwa futhi lajutshwa ukuba libuyekeze umthetho okhona wezihlahla. Lo mthetho uzame ukulinganisa phakathi kwamalungelo endawo yangasese kanye nokukhuthaza ihlathi lasemadolobheni elinempilo, futhi ulawule ukugawulwa nokuthenwa kwezihlahla endaweni yomuntu siqu kanye nomhlaba womphakathi.
Kungani sidinga ihlathi lasemadolobheni elinempilo? Iningi lethu litshala izihlahla ukuze zihlobise amakhaya ethu, ukuze sibe ngasese kanye/noma sibe nomthunzi, kodwa izihlahla zibalulekile ngezinye izindlela. Ukuze ufunde kabanzi mayelana Benicia Trees Foundation nokuthi ungasiza kanjani.