Gulu Lathu: Steve Price | Chapel Hill Sheena
Zaka zambiri zantchito zapagulu zawonetsa Steve Price kuti palibe chomwe chimasokoneza mzimu wa Chapel Hill.
Mvula itangoyamba kugwa, Steve Price anali ndi chidaliro kuti anthu onse odzipereka omwe adasonkhana kuti ayeretse kudzu komwe kunali pafupi ndi Chapel Hill angothetsa. Koma zikuwoneka kuti ngakhale atagwira ntchito zaka makumi ambiri ku Chapel Hill, padali zodabwitsa kwa iye.
"Anakana kuchoka mpaka atachotsa malowo," adatero Price. "Ngakhale kunali mvula komanso koopsa, iwo ankafuna kuti zichitike."
Izi zikunena zambiri za gulu la Chapel Hill, komanso za Price.
Steve Price wakhala kuno kuyambira 1983, amagwira ntchito ku UNC-TV, ndi mtumiki wachinyamata ku tchalitchi chake, watumikira mu Komiti ya City Parks ndi Recreation kwa zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri, ndipo akupitiriza kugwira ntchito zosiyanasiyana za uphungu. Koma sanakhale kuno monga choncho.
Wophunzira ku UNC-Chapel Hill yemwe ali ndi digiri ya wailesi, kanema wawayilesi ndi kanema, Price wagwira ntchito ku UNC-TV kwa zaka 30 akulemba za anthu ammudzi. Ntchito yake yofotokozera nkhani zakomweko idakula kukhala chikhumbo chake chokweza mzinda womwe amaukonda.
"Mukufuna kupanga anthu ammudzi kukhala malo abwino kwa inu nokha ndi onse okuzungulirani," adatero Price.
Ntchito yaposachedwa kwambiri ya Price, yokolola kudzu, inali imodzi yomwe adatenga kuchokera ku Community Tree Committee ndikugwirizanitsa ndi UNC-Chapel Hill komanso pulogalamu ya Adopt-A-Trail. Price anakumana ndi zodabwitsa zake zoyamba za tsikulo pamene, pambuyo pa kukonzanso nthawi imodzi chifukwa cha mvula, ntchitoyo inawona chiŵerengero chachikulu cha anthu ochokera m'madera onse a mzinda.
"Kunali gawo lopenga la anthu ammudzi," adatero Price. Iye ananena kuti ankaona anthu osiyanasiyana kuphatikizapo ophunzira ndi okalamba. Iye anati chimene chinamukhudza kwambiri n’chakuti anthu onse anali ogwirizana ngakhale mvula itayamba kugwa.
"Iyi inali imodzi mwa ntchito zodabwitsa kwambiri zomwe ndidachitapo," adatero Price. "Zinali zosangalatsa ndipo anthu ankasangalala kwambiri ndi zomwe ankachita."
Ndipo anapitirizabe kugwira ntchito ngakhale pamene sakanatha kuyimirira. Pamene adawona gulu lake likugwedezeka ndikugwedezeka pamene nthaka ikusanduka matope, Price anayenera kuthetsa tsikulo chifukwa palibe amene ankafuna kuimitsa.
Kwa Price, kulimbikira komwe adawona tsikulo kukuwonetsa chifukwa chake amakonda Chapel Hill.
"Munthu m'modzi akamatsogolera, zimadabwitsa momwe anthu amachitira mozungulira," adatero Price. "Izi ndizomwe zimapangitsa gulu la Chapel Hill kukhala lapadera komanso lodabwitsa."
Ndipo ngakhale kuti angakhale wodzichepetsa ponena za zimenezo atafunsidwa, Price nthaŵi zambiri wakhala mwamuna amene ena amasonkhana pamene achita kampeni ya mzinda wabwinopo ndi dziko labwinopo.
Ntchito zambiri za Price, monga kuyeretsa kudzu komanso kuyeretsa misewu yake pa Highway 86, zimangoyang'ana kwambiri kukongoletsa phiri la Chapel, komanso amakhala ndi nthawi yocheza ndi anthu akumudzi kwawo. Chaka chino, adagwirizanitsa zoperekera chakudya cha Thanksgiving ku bungwe la Interfaith Council patchalitchi chake, komwe amatsogoleranso anthu odzipereka omwe amayeretsa khitchini. Kuphatikiza apo, amakonzekera zochitika za mlungu ndi mlungu kwa achinyamata, ndipo mu Okutobala watha adakhala maola angapo ndikupanga njira yomwe idapitilira zomwe amayembekeza.
"Ndikuwona ngati kubwezera kumudzi komwe kwandipatsa zambiri," adatero Price.
Akuyang'ananso njira zotalikirana ndi anthu kuti apitirize kusonkhanitsa magulu akuluakulu omwe amalimbikitsa ntchito zake. Pa kudzula kudzu, aliyense adagawidwa m'magulu ang'onoang'ono, ndipo mwachiwonekere sanalole chilichonse kuwalepheretsa. Kupita patsogolo, Price adanenanso kuti mabanja atenga nawo gawo pantchito yongodzipereka kuti athe kugwira ntchito ngati gulu lakutali.
Mulimonsemo, Price sikuti amangosangalala kubwereranso ku philanthropy - sanayime kwa mphindi imodzi. Price amadziwa kuti zimangotengera munthu m'modzi, voti imodzi, ndipo aliyense adzabwera pamodzi kuti athandizire malo apadera komanso okongola awa omwe amamutcha monyadira kwawo.
Ndipo timaganiza kuti timalankhulira aliyense tikamati timanyadira kukhala ndi Steve ngati mnansi wathu.
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