Missing huckleberry picker found
Photo by DON BARTLING Huckleberries grow in moist, cool forested environments at mid to upper elevations. Berries are purple to purplish red and are a quarter to half inch broad depending upon the year and the area.
BOUNDARY COUNTY ----Boundary County Search and Rescue was activated Monday evening, July 17 , around 7 p.m. to respond to a call of a missing woman in the Bethlehem area of Camp Nine Road in north Boundary County.
The Boundary County Public Information Officer released the following information.
Search crews conducted a search for Chanteay Hem, 58, who was last heard from around 4:30 p.m. Monday. Hem had been picking huckleberries with a group of friends when she became separated from her group and became lost. She had last spoken with her husband on her cell phone around 4:30 p.m., at which point she notified him she was lost.
Multiple county agencies assisted with an overnight search, which involved Boundary County Sheriff’s Office, Boundary County Search and Dive Rescue, and North Bench Fire Department.
As additional search crews were activated this morning, word came in that a friend spotted Hem walking on Camp Nine Road and drove her in to the Incident Command Post at 9 a.m. She was in good spirits and declined medical attention.
Search and Rescue Incident Commander Missy Nelson would like to thank all the fire agencies, Boundary Ambulance, and Spokane County Search and Rescue who were on standby to launch a search aircraft this morning.