In the Feb. 9 guest “Point Austin” column by Dave Denison, we inadvertently but briefly changed the gender of Molly Ivins’ dog Shit from female to male by referring to her in passing as “him.” Also, in last week’s “National Spotlight Shines on Detention Center,” the referenced 2005 Williamson County Commissioners Court meeting, at which the contract with Corrections Corporation of America to manage the T. Don Hutto Residential Center was ratified, took place Dec. 20, not Dec. 27. The Chronicle regrets the errors.

This article appears in February 23 • 2007.

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