Si Alkalde Vicente B. Amante, katulad nina Alkalde Eladio M. Magampon ng Alaminos, Alkalde Rollen I. Urriquia ng Rizal at Bise Alkalde Florencio Laraño ng Victoria, ay nagpaabot ng pakikiisa at pagsuporta sa itinatag na Anti-Child Abuse Foundation (ACAP) ni Optical Media Board Chairman Eduardo Luis B. Manzano na nagkaroon ng soft launching dito sa Lunsod ng San Pablo noong nakaraang Linggo ng umaga na itinaguyod ni Congresswoman Ma. Evita R. Arago sa Arago Farm sa Barangay Santo Niño, na dinaluhan ng mga pinunong bayan at lider barangay sa 3rd Congressional District of Laguna. Kasama nila sa larawan si Gng. Eva R. Arago, ang butihing ina ng mambabatas. Ang official and formal launching ay gaganapin sa Maynila sa darating na Lunes, Setyembre 15. (Ben Taningco)
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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