Correction

A note from the publisher: Due to a breakdown in our crack fact-checking department (which was caused, if you must know, by a complete failure on our part to acknowledge the distraction caused by the failing infrastructure of the American road system, the war on terror, and the recent Twins losses to the Cleveland Indians), we messed up repeatedly last month in a story about St. Paul Public Library Director Melanie Huggins (“A Woman of Action”). (Where’s a reference librarian when you need one? Unfortunately, nowhere in Minneapolis on a Sunday or Monday.) Anyway, to set things straight, here are the true facts, gleaned from the librarian herself: Huggins graduated from college at the ripe old age of twenty-one, instead of seventeen, as was alleged. The story also had Huggins pregnant within the first year of her acquaintance with her husband—but it really took them a leisurely three years. Finally, the author attributed several accomplishments to Huggins: opening Zelda’s Café at the Central Library, offering ESL classes, and opening a satellite branch at a domestic violence center. These amenities pre-date Huggins’s arrival; however, she does fully support them. As for us, if you don’t believe the above excuses, try these: The sun was in our eyes. Our shoes were untied. We thought we heard our mother calling. Yeah, that’s it. That’s why we dropped the ball.