Timing is everything in life. For Tom Kiefaber, raising more than $105,000 to keep ownership of the historic Senator Theatre took him right up to his Feb. 21 deadline. At the 11th hour, a united community was able to come up with the needed money, the Senator Web site said. Located across from Belvedere Square, the Senator serves as a lightning rod the community and provides a key iconic draw for local businesses.

Even today?s generation has a stake in the Senator.