Emelita Almozara, deputy director of National Historical Institute, unveils the historical markers to three stately ancestral mansions in Sariaya, Quezon, giving government recognition to these houses. The unveiling and blessing rites were witnessed by local and provincial government officials, members of Tuklas Sariaya, and immediate members of the clans who own the old houses. Rina Marquez, great-granddaughter of the original owner of one of the mansions, tells of how celebrities and political leaders, including President Manuel Quezon, used to stay in the old concrete house, which the natives call "bahay na bato (house of stone)" adjacent to the centuries-old St. Francis of Assisi Church.

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I remember those good old days in the late 1960s when children my age used to watch “Lollipop Party”, a kiddy television show on ABC Channel 5, hosted by the then still very young and fresh-faced Maan Hontiveros every Saturday at about five in the afternoon. The happy and lively atmosphere of that week-end children’s party on furniture-sized black and white TV (Westinghouse, Hitachi, and the like) that was the vogue of those times, can only be matched by the carefree spirit of childhood in its very apt theme music, “The Syncopated Clock” by Leroy Anderson, the likes of which you definitely never hear nowadays.

“I-i-i-h-h-h-h, siyanga?” Opo, mga minamahal naming Sariayahin! Ang inyong maganda, kinagigiliwan at kaisa-isang “tambayan online” ay magkakaroon na rin ng kanyang sariling tambayan at himpilan! Ito ay matatagpuan sa kalye S. Reynoso (dating Dalitiwan St.), sa ilayanan ng Greg Hospital! Isang dating pangarap la-ang ito noon pero sa biyaya ng Diyos, iya ay di utay-utay nang natutupad!

Sa ngay-on, ang munting opisinang ito ay inaayos at inihahanda pa ng ating webmaster Jubert Reyes at kasamahan niyang si Eric J. Dedace, STC, para sa kabatiran ng mga sariayahin na hindi pa rin kilala ang ating website. Ang mga nagtatanong na tingin at titig ng mga taong nagdaraan sa lugar, habang isinasagawa nila ito ay isa nang magandang uri ng patalastas o “advertisement” para dito! Gay-on din, ang kapuna-punang pagpapanibagong anyo at bihis ng Sariaya.net upang maging isang “sariaya super site” ay bunsod ng pagsusumikap na maging mas makabuluhan ito para maihayag ang sariaya sa kamalayan ng sandaigdigan.

Suportahan po natin ang magaganda,  at kapaki-pakinabang na  mga adhikain ng “SARIAYA.net” para sa minimithing kaunlaran, di lamang ng ating bayan kundi maging ng kaisipan, pananaw at  damdamin ng sambayanang sariayahin tungo sa pag-iingat ng ating mga yamang kalikasan, at pagpapayabong ng ating mga sariling tradisyon, kalinangan, sining at  pagkakakilanlan!

Bisitahin po nating palagi di lamang ang ating “online tambayan” sa Internet kundi maging ang ating tanggapang - tambayan sa Muntingbayan!
Mabuhay po tayong lahat!