Iifireworks ziza kuphinda zikhanye eNewport Harbor kulo nyaka, njengoko iSixeko saseNew York sibhengeze ngoLwesine ukuba umboniso waso wonyaka we-4 kaJulayi uza kubuya. Isiko lonyaka elirhoxisiweyo ehlotyeni elidlulileyo ngenxa yobhubhane we-coronavirus ngoku licwangciselwe ukuba liqhubeke ngeCawa, umhla wesi-4 kaJulayi ngentsimbi ye-9 ebusuku, kwaye umhla wesi-5 kaJulayi lusuku lwemvula.
IJamestown okwangoku iceba ukusingatha umboniso womlilo waminyaka le we-4 kaJulayi ngoMgqibelo, umhla wesi-3 kuJulayi. Ukuze lo msitho walo nyaka ube mkhulu kwaye ube ngcono kunangaphambili, iSixeko saseNewport siqalise umsitho okhethekileyo wokuqokelela imali ukuvumela amashishini kunye nabantu ukuba babe ngabaxhasi bokuphucula umboniso wabo. Kwileta ekwiwebhusayithi karhulumente wesixeko, uSodolophu uJeanne Marie Napolitano uthe injongo yakhe kukuqokelela yonke imali efunekayo yomboniso womlilo ngokusebenzisana namashishini kunye namalungu oluntu. "Ukubamba esinye seziganeko ezidumileyo nezithandwayo kwisixeko kunokubiza kakhulu - kungekuphela nje ngenxa yomboniso womlilo ngokwawo, kodwa kuba isixeko sithwala zonke iindleko zokhuseleko loluntu kunye nezothutho," utshilo iSixeko saseNew York kwiwebhusayithi yaso yengxelo. Inkxaso-mali ye-Premier ye-US$5,000, i-US$2,500, kunye ne-US$1,500 iya kunikezelwa kulo nyaka, kodwa urhulumente wesixeko uthe sibulela kakhulu ngayo nayiphi na imali yeminikelo, kwaye abo bakhetha ukunikela nabo baya kuthathwa njengabaququzeleli abahloniphekileyo. Nabani na onomdla wokunikela unokunikela ngetshekhi. Itsheki kufuneka ihlawulwe kwi-“City of Newport” kunye ne-“Fireworks Fund” kumgca wokuphawula ize ithunyelwe ngeposi kwi-ofisi kasodolophu e-43 Broadway, eNewport, RI 02840. Ulwazi oluthe kratya lunokufumaneka kwiwebhusayithi yeSixeko saseNew York www.CityofNewport.com/Fireworks
Njengoko ubhubhane we-COVID-19 uqala ukuba buthathaka kwaye ihlobo lisondela, ndiyavuya ukwazisa ukuba okwangoku silungiselela ukukhanyisa iNewport Harbor kwakhona kumbhiyozo wonyaka we-4 kaJulayi.
Ndibhala namhlanje ndinethemba lokuba ungandinceda ekukhuthazeni umboniso walo nyaka kunye nam kunye namanye amalungu ebhunga lesixeko kwaye ube ngumququzeleli ohloniphekileyo.
Njengoko unokukrokrela, ukubamba esinye sezona ziganeko zidumileyo esixekweni kunokubiza kakhulu, kungekuphela nje ngenxa yemiboniso yomlilo, kodwa kwanangenxa yokuba isixeko sithwala zonke iindleko zokhuseleko loluntu kunye nezothutho.
Ndiyathemba ukuba oku kuya kuba sisithethe, kwaye ndizimisele ukusebenzisana noluntu lwethu lwezoshishino kunye nabemi abanjengani ukuze siqokelele yonke imali efunekayo yokubonisa iziqhushumbisi kulo nyaka. Iminikelo yayo nayiphi na imali iya kuxatyiswa kakhulu.
Nceda wenze itshekhi ihlawulwe kwi-“City of Newport” kwaye ubonise “Fireworks Fund” kumgca wokuphawula uze uyithumele kwi-Ofisi kaSodolophu, kwiHolo yeSixeko, 43 Broadway, eNewport, RI 02840.
Umboniso we-fireworks wangoJulayi 4 eNewport sisithethe esimangalisayo ngokwenene, kwaye ndiyathemba ukuba ungajoyina sonke kwiHolo yeSixeko ukuze wenze lo msitho walo nyaka ube sisiganeko esikhumbulekayo.
Ryan M. Belmore is the owner and publisher of What’s Up Newp. Ryan is a member of the local independent online news (LION) publisher and serves on the boards of Fort Adams Trust and Lucy’s Hearth. Send questions, tips and story ideas to Ryan@whatsupnewp.com.
Iindaba ezikwi-intanethi eziphumelele amabhaso, eziphethwe ngabantu basekuhlaleni, ezikwi-intanethi zaseNewport County, eRhode Island nakwezinye iindawo. Ixesha laseMpuma. 2012