For the record - Feb. 19, 2011

George Shearing: The obituary of jazz pianist George Shearing in the Feb. 15 LATExtra section implied that an encounter with Queen Elizabeth that Shearing had described to Times jazz writer Leonard Feather took place in 2006, when Shearing was knighted. Feather, who died in 1994, reported the anecdote in a 1988 Times story.

College baseball: An article about UCLA pitcher Trevor Bauer in the Feb. 18 Sports section said it takes a 90 mph fastball four seconds to travel 60 feet, 6 inches to home plate. Four seconds is the approximate span from the time Bauer begins his pitching motion to when the ball reaches the plate.

Redevelopment funds: An article in the Feb. 18 Section A about cities’ use of redevelopment money to pay salaries and other general expenses misspelled the name of the Sacramento River town of Isleton as Ilseton.

Sports letters: A letter to the Sports Editor in the Feb. 12 Sports section wondered “if onetime GM Terry Donahue will ever apologize to 49ers fans for his draft day blunder in ignoring [Aaron] Rodgers to take the utterly inept Alex Smith.” Donahue was no longer general manager of the 49ers at that draft. The general manager at the time was Scot McCloughan.

Horror films: In the Feb. 18 Calendar section, a headline on an article about the 80th anniversary screenings of “Dracula” and “Frankenstein” at the Fox Theater Pomona said the films were released in 1933. They were released in 1931.