Napagwagian ng San Pablo City Central School Drum and Lyre Team ang Kampeonato sa ginanap na 2011 La Laguna Festival Drum and Lyre Competition na pinagkalooban ni Gobernador Jeorge ER Ejercito Estregan ng P40,000.00-cash prize. Ang Halang Elementary School Drum and Lyre Corps (ng Calamba City) ang tinanghal na first runner-up upang makamit ang P30,000.00-cash prize; at second runner-up ang Cavinti Central School Drum and Lyre Band na pinagkalooban ngP20,000.00-cash prize. Ang lahat ng kalahok na hindi nagwagi ay pinagkalooban ng pampalubag-loob na P10,000 bawa’t banda. Kasama sa larawan sina Governor E.R. Ejercito Estregan, Atty. Leonardo Ragaza, at Pagsanjan Mayor Maita Ejercito bilang Unang Ginang ng Lalawigan ng Laguna. (PIO-Laguna/Vic A. Pambuan)
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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