The notice said “Absolute Auction”. It caught Terry Sorenson’s attention. He pondered at what it would be like to own a movie theater. So he went home, did some research and sat his family (wife, Amy, children Zach and Kaitlyn) down and told of his intentions.The family discussed it to some length and then voted on whether or not to try to get it in the auction and open it up. There was so much to consider. The theater had been closed for some time and there was much work to be done before the show could go on. The vote was done and the tally was three yes, and one no! Amy was the no, but it has not been a regret she states.The auction came and in the end, the Sorenson’s were officially the owners of a theater in the fall of 2000. Now came the work. The theater was built by Ms. Marie Goodhand in 1954. It was named after her. The name has always been the same, just added to, by a previous owner who called it “The Goodhand Popcorn Theater.” The work to be done was almost a complete face lift for the grand old lady. She was cleaned up, had new seats installed, a new screen and all new equipment. She was ready to shine.The Sorensons knew that even though they had done their research, practical experience on the running of the equipment needed to be done. They sought out the owners, Barb and Tearle Schmer, of the Nile Theater in Mitchell and were given hands on experience. The Schmers took them under their wings and gave them the knowledge to operate this grand lady. Everything from startup to finish, splicing and all made it possible for the Sorensons to open.With everything updated the show was ready to go on. And on it went, went the Sorenson children in tow, the theater opened. Many times the children watched the movies from the “secret room” upstairs and even had slumber parties in the theater watching movies all night.One night many years ago Amy remembers Terry yelling fire! The light source had burnt through the film. It was out in seconds, and only a film fire, but it was still scary! The weirdest event to happen at the theater happened a few years ago, when the movie “The Others” with Nicole Kidman was playing. The movie, spooky in itself was at the end, the credits had started to roll when the light source for the film exploded! The sound was so loud that Terry, who had been upstairs in the projection room, couldn’t hear for a while. “It was really spooky!” Amy said.Getting movies to show was new experience for the Sorensons. “You don’t just call and order the movies you want to show,” says Amy, “you have to call the studios and negotiate on price, terms and percentages on take. Sometimes the newest must be negotiated on terms because the studio requires the movie to play for a longer period of time!” The “reopening” night was a great success. The line for tickets was out the door and down the street towards the Kwik Stop. Many of the patrons were excited for the reopening and expressed their joy to be able to attend a movie in Kimball again. Regan Hinton stated, “Kimball hasn’t been Kimball since the theater closed.” She was glad the Sorensons had decided to reopen the theater.Just prior to the movie starting, Terry came on the intercom and thanked everyone for coming and supporting the theater. Many of the patrons shook his hand and thanked him for doing this wonderful thing. He was greeted later by Kathy Ryan, who shook his hand and said thank you so much for doing this for Kimball. And now the show must go on!