Lions get nostalgic for dreary days of long ago, during extended heat waves.

 Stroads worked when there wasn't a lot of traffic.  Not so much in today's extremely crowded world.  Most of the stroads existed before lions drove.  Crow Canyon was the local stroad.  It's manely shuttered now.  

A lot of lion childhood was spent on Newark Blvd, Santa Rita Rd.

 Lions would live on a stroad in Titusville.  Ocala has similar rents, for now.  The best deals are all low income but not age restricted, so they only show up on apartments.com instead of after55.com.  The income limit is $40k.  Upon retirement, it'll probably be $60k.  The object of the game is to distribute enough IRAs & make enough interest to get above the ACA minimum, below the ACA maximum & below the rental maximum.

 Of course, full price might be a better experience.  FL*rida now has joined Calif* in rent inflation.

Reviewing weather data, there's not much difference between Titusville & Ocala.  Ocala might be cooler because it's farther north.  The  hottest area lions lived in was Tampon.

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Continuing the highschool demolition coverage

https://growmane.blogspot.com/2026/06/uploading-complete-uncut-run-down.html 

Theater & girl's gym came down last week. The school district provided 2 small photos & a crossing guard took a 45 second video. Buried in the AI generated filler was an interesting note about the backstage tower having 12" thick walls. Interestingly, demolition started with the "working together to make a difference" sign. A rebellious former student among the crew, perhaps.

 

https://fb.watch/IKyzg9r98h/


https://www.pleasantonweekly.com/family-lifestyle/2026/08/01/bringing-the-house-down-crews-begin-demolition-of-94-year-old-amador-theater/


https://www.pleasantonweekly.com/education/2026/07/29/pleasanton-unified-begins-demolition-for-amador-valley-high-school-renovations/

 





 Debated driving down in 100F heat to try to document it from some other angles.  There's just not much from the street.  Lions won't be there for most of the demolition during the work week.

 

Most of what was there in lion times was already demolished years ago.  Feels pretty old to remember seeing the new lobby under construction just yesterday & then being demolished the next day.  There's going to be an empty field for quite some time, affording views straight back to the classroom area where many a cringy memory happened.

 There might be more sentimental value to the theater because of the cringy memories & the lion kingdom's 1st exposure to concert pianists.  It actually began with heroine college in fall 1990.  Amador theater in winter 1991 was the next concert.  The neurons clicked in Dec of 1989 when lions started sight reading xmas music.  All lion recordings of plays in there were destroyed.  Only the concert recordings survived.
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 Drove down the big ass camera & managed to get some shots with the proscenium exposed to daylight for the 1st time.  Surprised how tall it was compared to the roof.  It was right in the sweet spot of demolition, when enough was still intact to see what it was but it was neither just getting started nor all gone.  Noted the slant in the roof not visible with the facade on, intended to divert rain on cooler days than now.


 Nothing of the girls gym but splinters.  It was strictly wood.

 

 

 


 

Surprised how well built that thing was, compared to the gym.  The gym was built in 1923 & the theater in 1932 when budgets were higher.  Reinforced concrete was cutting edge.


 

Stage lights see daylight for the 1st time, still ready for the next show.   Surprised they didn't auction those.

 

 



 


 

Confirmed the stage went all the way to the concrete walls shown.  The very last shot ended up being very fortuitous, 1 of those moments you just don't see any more value, go back & forth, & take the shot.

 It revealed writing in the hidden spaces.

 


https://www.instagram.com/p/DBzgL0iSLjv/

The goog found John Mcinnis, the Alameda county fireman.


 

 There are many John Gomes hits.  The 1 & only posted some notes


 He wrote "John McInnis was the stagecraft director during my time."

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10239195941451165&set=p.10239195941451165&type=3

 https://www.facebook.com/groups/402320426530657/posts/27557063017296364/?comment_id=27558247187177947

 

The goog found a 68 year old Marty Parese in Alamo.

Some more photos:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/AmadorValley1981/posts/10163360955141317/ 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/402320426530657/posts/27557063017296364/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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