COAST RIVER BUSINESS JOURNAL NOvEmBER 2019 • 3 BUSINESS Q&A OUR STAFF Editor/Publisher MATT WINTERS editor@crbizjournal.com Reporter LUKE WHITTAKER lwhittaker@crbizjournal.com Office Coordinator MARLENE QUILLIN mquillin@chinookobserver.com Revenue Director KARI BORGEN kborgen@dailyastorian.com NEXT ISSUE Publication Date Dec. 11 Advertising Deadline Dec. 4 CONTACT INFORmATION Submit news to: news@crbizjournal.com COAST RIVER BUSINESS JOURNAL 205 Bolstad S. Suite 2 P.O. Box 427 Long Beach, WA 98631 800-643-3703 CoastRiver BusinessJournal.com LUKE WHITTAKER Kaarina Stotts and her son Aarin, 12, pose for a picture outside the Neptune Theatre in Long Beach in early November. Since purchasing the theatre in October 2018, Stotts has been busy improving and upgrading the building over the past year. By LUKE WHITTAKER Coast River Business Journal Coast River Business Journal is published the every month. One-year subscription is $84.95. Opinions expressed by contributing writers and guest columnists do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Publisher. Letters to the Editor will be accepted, and will be printed at the discretion of the Editor. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is strictly prohibited. © Copyright 2019 Coast River Business Journal What businesses do you cur- rently own? “Neptune Theatre and Tinker Towne Mall, just sold Shipwreck Cove Antiques.” What’s been your role in each? “With Neptune I do nearly everything, including request- ing movies through my broker, scheduling movies, building the movies, and obviously working customer service. I’m on Face- book literally every single day trying to remind people that we are here. It actually takes a lot of time to run this theater, way more than expected.” “With Tinker Towne, I basi- cally do a ton of paperwork as each renter takes care of them- selves. If something is broke, I call someone to fix it. Nothing glorified here.” What aspect do you enjoy the most? “Easy... the patrons! I have met so many people and feel like I have established some great Neptune Theatre and Tinker Towne Mall Kaarina Stotts, owner Neptune Theatre 809 Ocean Beach Blvd. South, Long Beach 360-642-8888 Neptunemoviehouse.com Tinker Towne mall 811 Pacific Ave., Long Beach relationships with people I didn’t know before the theater. Even people from far away. And also, by far, I have the best people to work with behind the counter, making my job so much fun!” Are there any customer sto- ries that resonate with you? “I can’t really say there is. However, I can say that I have some awesome movie-goers that have basically just volunteered themselves to be in my life one way or another. One lady has been making me a Face- book calendar for over a year now, before I had even met her. She just offered through Face-