The Field Office of Congresswoman Ma. Evita R. Arago (3rd District, Laguna) at the Doña Leonila Park by the Sampaloc Lake in San Pablo City was blessed and formally opened last Sunday morning (July 8, 2007), though she was already working and receiving her constituents in this modest hall since the morning of June 30th. As a legislator, this office will be a part of an over-all mechanism in her district to gather feedbacks and sentiments on what the citizenry, particularly the less privilege, needs or aspire for. Rep. Arago was assisted by her parents, Atty. and Mrs. Hizon A. Arago, and witnessed by a multitude of people that she pledged to serve.
What is now known as Doña Leonila (Mini-Forest) Park overlooking the Sampaloc Lake is actually a portion of the site for the City Hall Complex purchased in 1937 by the Municipal Government of San Pablo headed by President Inocencio Barleta, which was partly developed after the termination of World War II under the administration of appointed City Mayor, Dr. Fernando A. Bautista. During the incumbency of elected Mayor Lauro D. Dizon Sr., with the help of the Rotary Club of San Pablo, and under the supervision of Dr. Juan B. Hernandez, then club secretary of the local Rotary Club and Chairman of the City Beautification Committee, constructed some park structures at the park, with the fountain featuring the country lass with agriculture harvest as centerpiece. Probably, Hernandez and then City Engineer Perfecto Reyes were inspired by the figures affixed on the façade of the City Hall Building which symbolizes progress. Sometimes on April of 1961 when then President Carlos Garcia made a
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