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REMEMBERING THE FALLEN
New tenant moves into old Boxley’s location BY DYLAN CHAFFIN dchaffin@snovalleystar.com
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Local Scouts present flag colors during the Memorial Day ceremony held at American Legion Post 79 in Snoqualmie May 30. The ceremony concluded with a prayer, the Color Guard firing three volleys and Taps to honor fallen soldiers. View more photos from the event online at snovalleystar.com.
A new sign quietly went up at the historic McGrath Hotel on North Bend Way over the weekend, announcing a new business set to open July 1. Brickyard Brewing, a company from Woodinville, has begun the process of gutting out, painting and refurnishing the space previously owned by Boxley’s, which closed in late April. In a Facebook post, the company announced a partnership with local chef Broc Thomson, who will manage the location’s “beer inspired gastro pub.” Thomson is a familiar face in the Valley, with experience as head chef at the North Bend Bar and Grill and owner of the Mexican restaurant Rio SEE TENANT, PAGE 7
Search and rescue crews mount three operations over Memorial Day weekend BY DYLAN CHAFFIN dchaffin@snovalleystar.com
King County search and rescue crews were kept busy over Memorial Day weekend. Seattle Mountain Rescue reported via Facebook three separate rescue operations taking place between May 27 and 28, one of which took almost 30 hours. Crews were dispatched in the early morning hours on Friday to locate two hikers, Paul and Henning Braess, from Germany, who were found southwest of Little Kulla Kulla Lake after being
reported missing when they did not return home from a day hike Thursday. Both father and son were found safe but cold, and were sent to the hospital for routine medical treatment. Temperatures had dipped down into the 30s, with snow reported in search areas, The Seattle Times reported. Soon after the rescue, crews were called to nearby Kaleetan Peak to a hiker that had been “cliffed out” and could not ascend or descend from the cliff. A few hours later, Seattle Mountain Rescue reported
that the hiker had been reached and brought the person safely off the mountain. The final rescue was for a hiker that had gotten lost in the fog and mistakenly went onto the ledges of the face of Guye Peak. Search teams were sent out Friday night from the south rib of the mountain, trying to locate a route to the hiker until 2 a.m. but were unable to reach him because of wet conditions, fog and darkness obscuring the path. Teams returned at first light around 5 a.m., with
two teams ascending to the summit and two staying at the bottom of the mountain to navigate a route to the hiker. Teams made voice contact with the hiker later that morning, which allowed rescuers to lower someone about 650 feet from the summit to get the hiker anchored and provide a basic medical assessment. But the operation was far from over. Once he was anchored, teams began pulling the pair back up the south side of the peak, where they could warm
the hiker up more and start the descent back down the mountain, which involved almost 2,000 feet of scrambling, rappelling and hiking back to base. All teams were out of the field by about 3 a.m. May 29.
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