For having had produce three of the four first placers in the Annual On-the-Spot English Essay Writing Contest for high school fourth year students, the Laguna College recently received the Perpetual Trophy presented by the contest sponsor, the Rural Bank of Seven Lakes (San Pablo City), Inc. during a simple ceremony held at the board room of the , Every high school (both public and private) unit is being represented by a contestant and representatives of Laguna College emerged as first place winner in 2006, 2007 and 2009. Shown receiving the award from bank Chairman/President, Retired RTC Judge Odilon I. Bautista (from left) are High School Principal Aurora S. Baldrias, Coach Celenia A. Panaliganm and this year winner Ronela Kaye B. Flores. Bank Manager Eduardo M. Garcia looks on. Essay Writing Contest is a good medium to train the capability to express the feeling and sentiments of the young high school students on any particular subject, hence, the bank policy makers opted to sponsor and institutionalized the annual contest since Year 2006 when they commemorated their 32nd Founding Anniversary (R. E. 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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