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AnarticleinTuesday's edition about immuniza- tion clinics scheduled by Tehama County Public Health contained an in- correct date. The Corning clinic will be held 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1-4:30 p.m., Mondays, Aug. 3, 10 and 17 and 8:30 a.m. to noon, Fridays, Aug. 7 and 14 at 275 Solano St. Call for more information 824-4890. The Daily News regrets the error. Itisthepolicyofthe Daily News to correct as quickly as possible all errors in fact that have been published in the newspaper. If you believe a factual error has been made in a news story, call 737-5042. CORRECTION In co rr ec t da te l is te d fo r immunization clinic Schumacher:Jerry Louise Schumacher, 85, of Red Bluff died Wednesday, July 29at Lassen House. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service. Published Friday, July 31, 2015in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Death notices must be provided by mortuaries to the news department, are published at no charge, and feature only specific basic information about the deceased. Paid obituaries are placed through the Classified advertising department. Paid obituaries may be placed by mortuaries or by families of the deceased and include online publication linked to the newspaper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. DEATH NOTICE A Los Molinos area na- tive, Brewer started his career in the Army where he spent three years work- ing in cartography be- fore returning home, he said. Upon his return, he worked for local engineer Tom Wulfert for about five years. In 1983, Brewer be- gan working for Tehama County as a planner, even- tually working for Red Bluff for about 10 years be- fore landing in Corning in 2003 as the Planning di- rector. In 2008 Brewer moved into the job of Public Works director before eventually becoming the city manager in 2012. He held down both jobs dur- ing a six-month transition period. "I've always had an af- finity for maps so I fig- ured I would end up doing something with mapping," Brewer said. "Geography and land use development were a good fit for me." The changes in technol- ogy through the years of his career have been sig- nificant, Brewer said. "When I went to work for the county Planning Department in 1983, they didn't even have a com- puter in the office, and be- fore I left in January 1994 they had a personalized computer that was run by one person," Brewer said. "Now everything's elec- tronic. People were satis- fied with a letter a week later and then it went to faxing information and now email. It's the instant information and gratifica- tion age." Brewer said he will miss interacting with the peo- ple he worked with, from local businesses to staff and residents. He has en- joyed having a job where he gets to solve problems and see projects through from the design process to completion. "I'm most proud of the Corning Community Park," Brewer said. "We were all a part of it from John Stoufer and Kim- berly Beck who got the grant to Steve Kimbrough who was city manager at the time. Lots of folks con- tributed and it was great to see the ideas come to- gether and watch it go into development. Essentially, it was 18 acres and it dou- bled our park land." The City Council has formed an ad-hoc com- mittee to take a look at applicants it will bring to the full board. It is hoped that the new person will be in place in time to al- low a transition period, Brewer said. Brewer and his wife, who plans to retire in Sep- tember, are looking for- ward to traveling. "We like to travel and I like history," Brewer said. " I particularly like the Civil War and visiting the bat- tlefields. I've been to the one at Vicksburg, Missis- sipi. It's an experience that send chills up your spine." Brewer FROM PAGE 3 Volunteers, Animal Care Center staff and PETS members spend a lot of time with adoptable ani- mals, visiting them in their kennels and helping ad- vertise them for adoption. Nothing would be more re- warding for them than to see some of the animals get the new homes they deserve, McClintock said. The center is at 1830 Walnut St. in Red Bluff. Hours are 8 a.m. to noon and 1-5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to noon and 1-5 p.m. Saturday. Adoption hours are 10 a.m. to noon and 1-5 p.m. If you would like more information regard- ing adopting, fostering or becoming a care center volunteer, call 527-3439 or send an email to cmc- clintock52@sbcglobal.net. Adoption FROM PAGE 3 JULIE ZEEB - DAILY NEWS Corning City Manager John Brewer sits at his desk. Brewer has announced he will retire Jan. 1, 2016. The Associated Press LOWER LAKE Triple-digit temperatures and gusty winds thrust Northern California into full-fledged wildfire season Thursday with several new blazes flaring up, forcing hun- dreds of people from their homes. California's 14 large fires, mostly in the scorched northern half of the state, are pushing 7,000 firefight- ers to their limits as they battle flames amid drought, said Daniel Berlant, a spokesman for the Califor- nia Department of Fire and Forestry Protection. Dozens of fires started Wednesday, but Berlant said crews quickly corralled all but five of them. "They only need a little wind to allow them to burn at an explosive rate," Ber- lant said. People are to blame for most wildfires, but Berlant said California's drought provides the fuel to get the flames burning rapidly. The biggest challenge for firefighters is a fast- spreading blaze in Lake County, 130 miles north of San Francisco. The fire started Wednesday, and within hours destroyed two homes and charred 13 square miles. At least 650 residents were chased from their homes as the blaze raged in hills covered in dense brush and oak trees and dotted with ranch homes. The fire is burning near Lower Lake, south of Clear Lake, a popular summer recreation spot. Crews battling a fire east of California's Napa Valley held their ground, keep- ing that blaze from jump- ing any more containment lines. The fire, which has burned for more than a week, has charred nearly 12 square miles in Solano County. It spread beyond its containment line Tues- day in rugged, steep ter- rain baked by triple-digit temperatures. At least 136 structures re- main threatened, and more than 200 people were still under orders to evacuate their homes on Wednesday. It is 80 percent contained. Vineyards were not threat- ened. A small fire near Grove- land, a stop-off point for travelers headed to Yo- semite National Park, has forced evacuations, but state Highway 120 remains open. The 265-acre fire 20 miles from the park's en- trance is 5 percent con- tained. In a separate foothills blaze northeast of Sacra- mento, evacuation orders have been lifted for resi- dents of 50 homes. The fire, which ignited Satur- day, burned through more than 3 square miles and is about half contained. Residents of 200 homes in the Central Califor- nia community of Cas- cadel Woods were or- dered to evacuate Thurs- day. A wildfire burning near Bass Lake for sev- eral days spread over- night from 3 square miles to more than 5. It is 30 per- cent contained. Authorities say a boy ac- knowledged starting the fire by playing with a lighter to burn pine needles in the dry Sierra Nevada. They say the boy faces criminal charges but remains out of custody because he and his family are cooperating. At least three smaller fires in the far north that started Wednesday each prompted evacuations. Two in Shasta County, 130 miles south of the Oregon border, were more than half con- tained. And in Butte County, the growing Swedes Fire, 65 miles north of the state capital, was burning nearly a square mile near Bangor. It threatened 50 buildings and was about half con- tained early Thursday, ac- cording to Cal Fire. HUNDREDS FORCED FROM HOMES KENT PORTER — THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Flames consume the landscape at the Rocky Fire, Wednesday near Lower Lake. State thrust into wildfire season By John Rogers The Associated Press LOS ANGELES They ar- rived in Los Angeles by the thousands to run, jump and swim and to play such team sports as soccer and softball. This week, however, Spe- cial Olympics athletes from around the world also are taking part in what could be called the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat events. Tucked into a corner of the University of Southern California's sprawling cam- pus is a makeshift medi- cal clinic that seemingly sprouted overnight. There, hundreds of doctors, den- tists and other health care providers are working to ensure thousands of ath- letes go home with clean bills of health — or the clos- est thing to them that can be produced in a week. A few athletes will even leave with the ability to hear for the first time. Contrary to popular be- lief, people with intellectual disabilities, including those who compete in the Special Olympics, do not get better medical care than others, said Zabi Mansooky, direc- tor of the Healthy Athletes program. Many get worse care. Some get no care at all. "About 24 percent wear shoes that are too small — and they compete in those shoes," said Man- sooky as he showed visi- tors through the warren of tents and vans where Spe- cial Olympics athletes are being examined. As he spoke, a steady stream of yellow school buses, each adorned with the Special Olympics logo, continually jammed a small campus street as they dis- gorged athletes by the hun- dreds. "About one out of every five or six athletes is coming in with dental pain," Man- sooky said as he entered the dental clinic tent. Like all the other tents, it was filled shoulder-to- shoulder with athletes and their coaches, many chat- ting happily and loudly in a cacophony of languages as they waited to see their health care providers. As the athletes pro- gressed from one tent to the next, an army of volun- teer doctors, dentists, op- tometrists, audiologists and other professionals worked feverishly, performing eye exams, ear exams, foot ex- ams and other checkups. With the help of trans- lators, optometrists asked, "Which is better, Number 1 or Number 2?" Dentists kept busy cleaning, filling and sometimes yanking teeth. On-the-spot root ca- nals were performed when needed. "You have oral pain, and you can't eat, you can't sleep, it takes over your whole life," said Dr. Rich- ard Mungo, the dental clin- ic's cheerful director. Nearby, at the ear clinic, athletes had their ears cleaned, then waited to en- ter soundproof booths to have their hearing tested. "On Sunday, 21 ath- letes received hearing aids for the first time in their lives, including three who couldn't hear at all until they got the hearing aids," said John Ohanesian, di- rector of medical services for the 2015 Special Olym- pics. One of the first was a young basketball player from India who was born without ear canals. "She could hear right away," audiologist Dennis Van Vliet said with a smile as he described fitting her head with a device that al- lows the inner ear to pick up vibrations and transmit them as sound to the brain. At a patio table just out- side the clinic, Icelandic soccer player Thor Hakli- dason and about a dozen of his teammates re- viewed the printed-out in- formation they were given by physical therapists who had just tested their strength, endurance, flex- ibility and other physical skills. "We need to stretch a little bit more," the mus- cular, 25-year-old team captain said with a sheep- ish smile. Otherwise, said Haklida- son, he and his teammates were passing each checkup with flying colors. That's save for the sunburns sev- eral were sporting on a sunny, 85-degree Los An- geles day. "It's a little hotter here than we're used to, yes," the Reykjavik resident said with a laugh. SPECIAL OLYMPICS Free checkups help athletes stay healthy JAE C. HONG — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Volunteer Sue Correia, le , examines the teeth of an athlete from Botswana at the 2015 Special Olympics World Games on Tuesday in Los Angeles. FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2015 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM | NEWS | 11 A