Miss Grado is Miss Dapitan ’06,
Dumingag kampion sa KINABAYO final showdown

Gikoronahan isip napili nga Miss Dapitan 2006 si Mary Kris Dagpin Grado nga nag-representar sa Dr. Jose Rizal Memorial Hospital atol sa Coronation Night sa Beauty and Brain competition nga maoy usa sa mga highlights sa pagsaulog sa kapistahan ni Senior Santiago sa dakbayan sa Dapitan.

Si Miss Grado nakadawat ug premyo nga salaping cash ug libreng pagbiyahe ngadto sa Hongkong. Ist runner-up Annabelle I. Jaralve sa Dapitan City Water District ug 2nd runner up si Kates Michelle S. Naquila sa Dakak Park/ Gloria de Dapitan.

Mga special ug minor awards halos nahakot ni Miss Grado mao ang Miss Talent, Best in Casual Wear, Best in Festival Attire, Best in Swimwear, Best in Evening Gown, Miss MLhuiller, Miss RRCC, ug Miss Dapitan City Cable. Annabelle Jaralve maoy nahimong Face of the Night, Miss Sara Lee, Best Speaker, Miss Flawless, Miss NJF ug Miss Valle-cer’s East Supermart, Christa Joy Elumba maoy Miss Photogenic, Miss Telegenic ug Miss Body Shots, Annie C. Dagotdot ang Miss Friendship ug Best in Filipiniana Attire, Kates Michelle Naquila ang Dar-ling of the Press, samtang si Jacqueline C. Orong ang Miss Dapitan Internet.

Duha sa nahimong hura-do niadtong gabhiona mao ang sikat nga actress/ FHM Sexiest Woman Katrina Halili ug Eat Bulaga Host and Performer Svetlana Jalosjos. Sa laing bahin, ang Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur maoy nahimong kam-pion ug mihakot sa tanang special awards sa profes-sional level u gang Talisay sa barangay level sa gipahigayon nga Kinabayo Festival 2006 niadtung Hulyo 25, atol sa pangilin sa dakbayan sa Dapitan.

Ang Dumingag con-tingent nakadawat ug P75 mil ka pesos isip kampion uban sa special awards nga Best in Street Dancing, Best in Costume, Best in Choreography ug Queen of Mardi Grass. Second prize nakuha sa Ororquita City, 3rd prize ang Liloy samtang sa consolation ang Katipunan, Roxas ug Pagadian.

Sa barangay level, ang Talisay maoy nahukman nga champion ug nakahakot ug upat ka special awards nga mao ang Best in Street Dancing, Best in Costume, Best in Choreography ug Best in Senior Santiago Horse Mascot. 2nd prize ang barangay San Pedro, 3rd ang San Vicente samtang sa consolation ang mga barangays Ilaya, Cawa-cawa, Potungan ug Burgos.

Gikalipay ug dako ni Mayor Dominador Jalosjos, Jr. ang kalamposan nga kalihukan sa dakbayan sa Dapitan. Iyang gipasala-matan ang mga Dapitanon ug sa mga dumoduong nga miduyog sa pangilin ni Senior Santiago nga walay dagkong panghitabo nga nasinati sa mga katawhan. (The New Nandau, Vol. XV No. 5)

The name Santiago goes back to the Apostle James (Latin name Sancti Iacobum = Santiago) who went to this most north-western part of Spain, called by the Romans "Finis Terrae", "end of the world", to preach and convert people to Christianity.

After returning to Palestine in 44 a.C., he was taken prisoner by Herodes Agrippa and tortured to death. The king forbid to bury him, but in the night Jacob's disciples stole the body and brought him, in a sarcophagus of marble, on board of a small boat. The current of the sea drove the boat to the Spanish coast, into the port of the Roman province's capital, Iria Flavia. Here the Apostle was buried at a secret place in a wood.

Centuries later, in 813, the hermit Pelayo heard a music in that wood and saw a shining star. For this shining the place was called, in Latin, "Campus Stellae", field of the star, name that was later on turned into Compostela.

Bishop Teodomiro, who received notice of that event, instituted an investigation, and so the tomb of the Apostle was discovered. King Alphonse II declared Saint James the patron of his empire and had built a chapel at that place. It is reported that from then on Saint James did several miracles, even that he fought side to side with King Ramiro I in the decisive battle against the Moors.
More and more pilgrims followed the way of Santiago, "Camino de Santiago", and the original chapel soon became the cathedral of the new settlement, Santiago de Compostela..

In 12^th and 13^th century the town had its greatest importance, and Pope Alexander III declared it a Holy Town, like Rome and Jerusalem. Pope Calixto II declared that the pilgrims who went to Santiago in a Holy Year should be free of all their sins. El Año Santo (Holy Year) is celebrated each time when the Apostol's day (July, 25) is a Sunday. (Taken from ALL ABOUT SPAIN  www.red2000.com)