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FOR THE LOVE
OF ANIMALS
March 7, 6–10 p.m.
The Clubhouse at Peacock
Gap, San Rafael
Don’t miss the Marin
Humane Society’s biggest
event of the year. Join
hundreds of Bay Area
animal lovers for fine wine,
silent and live auctions,
a three-course gourmet
dinner, and an inspiring
program that will leave tails
wagging. Sponsorship and
group packages available.
$150
415.506.5208,
marinhumane
society.org/love
WHEN
WHERE
WHY
YOU
SHOULD
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COST
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Your Letters
Bar Talk
I cannot believe you would do a major piece
on Marin dive bars (“Dive Bars,” December
2014) and not include the oldest dive bar in
Marin. The Dugout Bar in San Anselmo’s
historic American Legion Log Cabin has
the oldest liquor license in Marin County.
It has been an underground dive since 1934.
Most people do not even know about our bar
because it is so beloved the locals don’t want
you talking about it. But the bartenders there
are all volunteers, and we want you to know
about our bar. We have a lot of games, a bar
cat, cheap drinks and tons of historic memo-rabilia. Please consider giving us a spotlight
at some point — we really are a hidden gem in
Marin. S TACE Y KAMP, DUGOU T MANAGER, VIA EMAIL
In your dive bar article, you should have
identified what “PBR” stands for (I assume
Pabst Blue Ribbon) and what that beer’s sig-
nificance is in the context of the dive bars.
THOMAS WOOD, VIA EMAIL
I would like to thank you for including Pete’s
881 Club in the December issue. We love it.
My family was very excited, and our family at
Pete’s gave a great response too. We thought
it was an amazing piece all around. I have
heard from other bar owners about their
satisfaction as well. Thank you for making
the term “dive bar” pleasant; you painted a
great picture of Marin’s rich bar history. We
are proud to have been a part of it. JOHNATHAN
PELLOLIO, O WNER OF PE TE’S 881 CLUB, VIA EMAIL
The Art of Words
I was excited to read Jim Wood’s interview
with poet Jane Hirshfield (Conversation,
November 2014). Despite its brevity, it conveyed the elusive process of creating poetry
from one of that art’s most highly acclaimed
living practitioners. It gave fresh meaning to
the important role poetry can play in our lives
both individually and collectively. Hirshfield
is an excellent example of the amazing world-class talent we have right here in Marin. I
applaud your magazine’s efforts to showcase
that fact. PEGGY CURRAN, VIA EMAIL
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For the Oceans
Thank you so much for publishing infor-
mation about All One Ocean’s beach
cleanup stations (Currents, November).
As a 28-year resident of Marin County, I
want to acknowledge the activism, beauty
and inspiration of the people and places of
Marin, which gave me the idea for the stations. The stations really are homegrown
and are spreading throughout the world,
like so many other things that began in
Marin. Also, thanks for running Irene
Young’s photo with the piece. HALLIE AUS TEN
IGLEHAR T, FOUNDER, ALL ONE OCEAN, VIA EMAIL
Beautiful Marin
I was delighted to see Jim Wood’s reference (POV, January 2015) to how Marinites
are addressing important issues here and
wanted to let you know about some wonderful programs whose members are working
to keep beautiful Marin beautiful: Marin
Clean Highways, Sausalito Beautiful,
Clean Mill Valley, Think Out of the Cup,
Dog Poopola and Promotoras Verdes. MARY
O’MARA, EXECUTIVE DIREC TOR OF MARINLINK, VIA EMAIL
Correction
The article (Q&A, January 2015) about Ann
Killion has a mistake inserted by whoever
edited the piece. Goodell is the commissioner of football, not baseball, and hence
the player referred to in the story who
assaulted his wife, Ray Rice, is a football
player, not a baseball player. You might
want to issue a correction in the next issue.
TOM KOEGEL, VIA EMAIL
Eds.: Roger Goodell is indeed the
Commissioner of the National Football
League. We regret the error and have
corrected it in our online editions.
