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Elmwood's tornado-ravaged Palace Theater prepped for re-opening

The show must go on, and the Palace Theater is just about ready for its sequel.

The movie house will reopen to the public Friday, jumping right into the summer film season more than a year after a tornado churned through the town's Main Street area and left several buildings in ruins.

"It's drop-dead gorgeous," said owner Vern Reynolds of the rebuilt venue. "There's not a prettier theater in the area, and nobody has seats as nice as ours - they're gorgeous, comfortable loungers."

The theater will host private screenings Tuesday and Wednesday for volunteers, donors, city and state officials and the patrons who were in the theater during the storm. The first public screening is set for 7 p.m. Friday, and the movie will be "Cars 2."

Once open, the theater will play films at 2:30 and 7 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and at 2:30, 7 and 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Ticket prices have jumped from $3 to $4, a change Reynolds attributes to higher costs for film rental.

On Friday, workers continued with their finishing touches - putting in carpeting, adjusting curtains and getting the final seats installed. Reynolds thinks patrons will be proud of the updated venue, which includes a new roof, a heating and air conditioning system, refinished birch hardwood floors, and bigger, comfier seats - 275 of them, down from the 325 seats of before (the new loungers take up more space). The renovations cost about $430,000.

The 1912 structure now has a reinforced roof and trusses. Reynolds, who has owned the theater since 1979, also installed emergency lighting in the basement, where the majority of patrons took cover during the storm.

"With all the (updates), I imagine this building could easily stand another 100 years and would go through another storm like that without as much damage. She's her own little tank now."

The June 5, 2010, twister damaged buildings, uprooted trees and toppled power lines. It collapsed the roof and west wall of the theater and left the seating area covered in brick and debris. Reynolds, who was at the theater the night of the storm, said it's "a miracle" that the more than 70 people who sought shelter there were left unhurt.

After the storm, a "Save the Palace Theater" committee was formed by residents to help coordinate the rebuilding efforts. They raised more than $8,000.

"In the very beginning, we had volunteers who came in and removed debris and seats to get ready for construction. Then they were painting, cleaning, doing anything they could to help us get ready. It says a lot about the community. I can't say enough how grateful we are to have the help, and we're so excited to be opening again.

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