An incorrect date was listed in Thursday’s Calendar for the opening reception for “A Common Thread: Innovative Textile Art of Maine,” to be held at Turtle Gallery, 61 North Deer Isle Road in Deer Isle. The event will be held 2-6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 5.

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A story published in Tuesday’s State section included an incorrect date related to the New England cottontail potentially being given federal protections. While the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could choose a course of action as early as this fall, the actual proposal to list the species as threatened or endangered would not be published before spring 2005.

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In a Sept. 1 story about germs playing a possible role in sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, The Associated Press erroneously reported a finding by Dr. Fern Hauck in a Chicago study in the mid-1990s. Infections were found to be the cause of death in 10 percent of sudden, unexpected infant deaths, not 10 percent of SIDS victims.

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The Brewer High School golf team was listed incorrectly as the winner of the 2003 Penobscot Valley Conference championship in a Thursday sports story. Bangor High School won the championship.