Dalawa o tatlong beses isang linggo noong nakaraang Buwan ng Hulyo, ay may mga dumadalaw na mga estudyante mula sa mga kilalang pamantasan at kolehiyo sa Metro Manila sa Categorized Sanitary Landfill and Material Recovery Facilties ng Pangasiwaang Lunsod ng San Pablo sa Sityo Baloc sa Barangay Santo Nino upang kanilang mapatutuhanan sa kanilang sarili na ang tambakan ng basura ng lunsod ay nakatutugon sa pamantayang itinatakda ng Batas Republika Bilang 9003 kaya ang kapaligiran nito ay malinis, walang langaw, at walang hindi kaayaayang amoy. Nasa larawan ang mga fourth high school students mula sa Saint Paul College (Makati), at ang sumunod sa kanilang grupo ay ang mga industrial engineering students mula sa De La Salle University (Taft). (CSWMO Release)
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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