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THANKSGIVINGThe Bellevue Farmers Market has everything you need for your feast

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A locally-sourced ThanksgivingThe Bellevue Farmers Market has everything you need for your feast

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UNIQUELY NORTHWEST NOVEMBER 2015 [ 3 ]

Letter from the editor

Rachel Gough

Uniquely Bellevue is published twelve times per year by Uniquely Northwest Publications. Any views expressed in any advertisement, signed letter, article or photograph are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the position of Uniquely Bellevue or its parent company. © 2015 Auvé Industries. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without written permission from Uniquely Northwest Publications.

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Dear Readers,Welcome to the inaugural issue of

Uniquely Bellevue! As we kick off what we hope will be a long and beautiful relationship with this wonderful com-munity, the focus is on all things fall and Thanksgiving.

As a hobby homesteader myself, it was such a delight to learn more about the wonderful local farmers and artisans who set up shop each week at the Bellevue Farmers Market. Many of them will continue to show up through November 21, bringing the delicious fruits of their labor, and will have everything you might need for your Thanksgiving feast, most of it organic, sustainably and humanely raised, and all of it from farms with-in a couple hours of town. We are so lucky to live in an area rich with ag-riculture and people passionate about what they are doing and how they are doing it.

You may see some splendidly mous-tached men around town this month, including the Bellevue Firefighters, as they grow, groom, and display their fabulous facial hair as part of Movem-

ber. The point is to raise awareness for men’s health initiatives, but it’s also fun to see such fine specimens of lip whiskers.

In this and subsequent issues of Uniquely Bellevue, look for monthly spots featuring historical photos from the early days of Bellevue, as well as our People of Bellevue spotlight in-spired by the Humans of New York project.

And don’t miss my interview with Michele Genthon, a multiple NaNoW-riMo finisher who recaptured her cre-ative side after retiring from a career in higher education management. Her story is an inspiration to this aspiring novelist and busy mom of two. I hope it inspires you as well.

We look forward to featuring many more people, events, and organiza-tions that are important to you in the months to come. In the meantime, feel free to send ideas or just say ‘hello’ to me at [email protected].

Happy reading and a very happy Thanksgiving!

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At the turn of the last century, Bellevue prospered as a farming community. Today Bellevue is a grown-up city with high-rises dominating the once bucolic skyline, but on Thursdays and Saturdays during the growing season, a little bit of that agrarian culture returns as the Bellevue Farmers Market sets up shop. Local farms and arti-sans from Sultan, Woodinville, Ellensburg and more bring their meat and produce to the market so Bellevue residents can enjoy the fresh fruits of their labor.

Bellevue Farmers MarketWhat better way to celebrate Thanksgiv-

ing than with the wholesome bounty of the harvest from local farmers? The Bel-levue Farmers Market operates on Satur-days in November through the 21st, and the vendors will have everything you need for a truly locally-sourced Thanksgiving feast. Enjoy organic heritage-breed tur-key from Windy N Ranch in Ellensburg, cranberries from Bloom Creek Cranber-ries in Olympia, winter squash, pump-kins, onions, arugula, kale, carrots, and honey from Boldbrook Farm in Sultan, sausage for stuffing and potatoes from Ol-sen Farms in Colville, bread from Proven Bread in Woodinville, apples from Collins Family Orchard in Selah, ready made pies from Adrienne’s Cakes and Pies in Seattle, pickles from Britt’s Live Culture Foods on Whidbey Island, cheese from Tieton Farm and Creamery in Tieton, wine from Wil-ridge Winery whose vineyards are near Yakima, and jam, herbs, and farm-made holiday wreaths and decorations from Growing Washington in Everson.

Windy N RanchWindy N Ranch is a family owned di-

versified meat ranch specializing in beef, pig, lamb, goat, fryer chickens, stewing hens, free range chicken eggs and free range duck eggs all on Certified Organic pastures in Ellensburg. Its goal is to pro-duce the cleanest and most nutritional food, while ensuring that the animals live the best life possible. To that end, its ani-mals are never fed nor given antibiotics,

growth hormones, steroids, stimulants or ionophores, and its certified organic fields do not receive herbicides or pesticides. Its heritage breed turkeys are anywhere from eight to 20 pounds and are available to purchase fresh or frozen.

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Bloom Creek CranberriesBloom Creek Cranberries is a small

cranberry farm near Olympia established by Felix and Kathy Mahr in 1998. The Mahrs use sustainable farming methods on their purpose-built upland cranberry bogs using soil amendments and care-fully timed flooding to minimize the need for agricultural chemicals. Their Stevens cranberry vines grow bigger, redder, and sweeter in the warm South Sound sum-

mers than cranberries from the coast. In autumn the cranberries are picked and sorted using the most gentle methods possible and brought to local markets at the peak of freshness.

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Boldbrook FarmBoldbrook Farm is a two-acre diverse

vegetable farm located in Sultan. The farm is run by Marni Sorin and Steve Gisel,

who grow almost 50 different kinds of vegetables and herbs, using ecologically respectful farming methods. They are pas-sionate about local food, healthy land, and healthy communities. A big goal for these farmers is to make their farm a welcoming place for people to connect with their food and with each other; the farmers market is a great place to see this happening. Find their produce each week at the Saturday Bellevue Farmers Market and say hello.

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Olsen FarmsOlsen Farms is located in a mountain

valley just north of Colville. There they grow more than 20 varieties of specialty potatoes in all different colors, shapes, and textures, and raise grass-fed beef, lamb,

and pork. Their animals are raised as sus-tainably as possible, then slaughtered and processed at the Olsens’ own small USDA facility, Smokey Ridge Meats. Olsen Farms sells their products to many restaurants and directly to consumers at numerous farmers markets in the Spokane and Se-attle areas. Special orders for potatoes and custom cut meats are always welcome.

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Proven BreadAlexis Carson is passionate about great

bread and brings 12 years of professional baking experience to Proven Bread. She spent eight years learning the art and sci-ence of baking artisanal breads at Brio Breadworks in northern California and the last three years exploring pastry pro-duction in Seattle at Le Rêve Bakery and Café and at Café Besalu under James Beard Award Nominee baker James Miller. Com-bining natural fermentation processes with flavorful Washington-grown flour yields the type of bread you didn’t know you were missing—fragrant and flavorful.

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Collins Family OrchardsCollins Family Orchards is a fourth gen-

eration family farm in Selah. Its focus is the fruit, and it offers a huge selection of the most delicious varieties. The Collins family prides themselves on doing things right—from planting to pruning to har-vesting—to bring customers the best fruit possible. For more than 100 years, Collins Family Orchards has been producing fruit with a-peel!

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The Bellevue Farmers Market runs on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. until November 21 and is located in Compass Plaza at 550 106th Ave NE.

Marni Sorin and Steve Gisel do almost everything on the farm by hand. From the planting of the first seeds to the weeding of the seedlings they primarily use human power. • Photo courtesy of Boldbrook Farm.

Olsen Farms was started in the mid-90s by Brent Olsen. His mother Merna, wife Kira, and two young daughters Nora and Lila, live and work alongside him at the farm. • Photo courtesy of Olsen Farms.

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Adrienne’s Cakes and Pies

Pastry Chef Adrienne McCoy is dedicat-ed to making delightful desserts that taste as delicious as they look from scratch us-ing high quality ingredients. She has loved baking in the kitchen since her youth, and in 2014 she launched her own baking company, Adrienne’s Cakes and Pies, after working for many years baking and deco-rating cakes at Seattle’s beloved Capitol Hill dessert house, B&O Espresso. Becoming involved in the farmers market commu-nity has been a perfect pairing for Adri-enne’s Cakes and Pies as it provides ready access to the best produce around. This year’s Thanksgiving pies will include apple pie using a variety of apples from Collins Family Orchards and pumpkin pies will include heirloom New England pumpkins from Boldbrook Farms.

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Britt’s Live Culture FoodsBritt’s Live Culture Foods are handmade

in wooden barrels on Whidbey Island. Pickles, kimchi, sauerkraut, and other seasonal products are naturally fermented with locally-sourced vegetables whenever possible. No sugar, no vinegar, no cook-ing. Naturally fermented vegetables pro-vide beneficial bacteria called probiotics for the gut, and Britt’s products are packed with flavor. Fermented foods are a great accompaniment to holiday feasts.

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Tieton Farm and Creamery

Tieton Farm and Creamery cheeses come from happy and pampered Katahdin

and East Friesian sheep—each of which are known by name and lovingly cared for. Tieton is committed to sustainable farming and never uses any herbicides or pesticides. Instead, the soil is built and amended using composting techniques and moving herds to new pastures every three days. It’s more work, but it’s better for the earth, better for the herd, and the flavor makes it all worth it.

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Wilridge WineryWilridge Winery was founded in 1988

by Paul Beveridge and is the oldest con-tinuously operated winery in Seattle. In 2007 Wilridge planted its own organic estate vineyard on Naches Heights near Yakima, one of the closest vineyards to Bellevue. From its award-winning limit-ed-production estate wines to the more available single vineyard varietals to the Maison brand of house wines packaged in refillable 1.5 liter bottles or kegs for wine on tap, Wilridge strives to be the most sus-tainable winery in Washington.

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Growing WashingtonGrowing Washington is a diversified, or-

ganic farm located in Everson. Springing from its heritage farm, Alm Hill Gardens, Growing Washington has now grown to over 15 Puget Sound farmers markets, is the source and sponsors the largest CSA in the region, and offers its incredible bounty of farm fresh organic produce. Growing Washington seeks to answer the call of the most noble of professions with respect, honor, and dignity; providing stewardship of the land to offer nature’s very best.

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On average, across the world, men die six years earlier than women. Moreover, poor mental health affects men disproportion-ately: Three quarters of suicides are com-mitted by men. The World Health Orga-nization estimates that 510,000 men die from suicide globally each year. That’s one every minute.

The impact of prostate and testicular cancer on lives is substantial, with pros-tate cancer being the second most com-mon cancer in men worldwide, and the number of cases is expected to almost double to 1.7 million cases by 2030.

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firefighter. Multiple studies, including the NIOSH cancer study, have repeat-edly established biologic creditability for statistically higher rates of multiple types of cancers in firefighters compared to the general American population, includ-ing testicular and prostate cancers. This problem, the challenges involved, and the changes required in education, train-ing, operations, medical screenings, and personal accountability are immense, but Movember is a great and stylish way for the fire service to raise awareness.

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Bellevue Firefighters raise money for men’s health by participating in Movember

During the month of November each year, the fundraising effort known as Mo-vember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces in the U.S. and around the world. For the fifth year in a row the Movember Fire-fighters based in Bellevue, Kirkland, and Seattle have joined this campaign. With their mos (short for moustache) these men raise vital funds and awareness for men’s cancer initiatives as well as mental and physical health initiatives.

Participants start November 1st clean shaven, and for the rest of the month these Mo Bros groom, trim, and wax their way into the chronicles of fine moustach-ery. With the support of their fire depart-ments, the community, their friends, fam-ily, and the women in their lives, known as Mo Sistas, Movember Firefighters raise funds by seeking out sponsorship for their mo-growing efforts.

These firefighters will effectively become walking, talking billboards during the 30 days of November. Through their ac-tions and words they raise awareness by prompting private and public conversa-tion around the often ignored issue of men’s health.

Why men’s health?Gender is one of the strongest and most

consistent predictors of health and life ex-pectancy. For men, this is not good news.

Bellevue Firefighters sport moustaches in November to raise awareness of cancers that affect men's health. • Photo courtesy of the Bellevue Fire Department.

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By 1933 the BVGA had enough capital to build its own packing shed in Midlakes

“I was born and raised in Bellevue. It’s changed a lot since I was a kid. It used to be a bedroom community, a suburb of Se-attle. There were no buildings taller than ten stories, but that ordinance was repealed in 1980 or so. Buildings started to go up immediately. I remember when Bellevue Square was an open air market. My mom misses it because she could drive up and park right in front of the store she needed to go into. Bellevue’s grown up a lot. Micro-soft has impacted the whole region. When I grew up Bellevue was very largely Cauca-sian. It was even the subject of jokes. Now there’s a substantial minority population, a lot of highly educated people who have come to work for the tech companies. It’s fascinating going to Crossroads Mall and hearing six different languages. It’s a heck of a lot more vibrant than it was.”

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“Everyone has a story that needs to come to life,” said Grant Faulkner, Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoW-riMo). “National Novel Writing Month is a wonderful opportunity for people to dive into their imaginations and do one of the most cru-cial things in life: create.”

Retired baby boomer and Bellevue resident Michele Genthon has a Ph.D. and enjoyed a successful career in higher education manage-ment with responsibilities for university fi-nance, budgeting, computing, human resourc-es, facilities, and auxiliary business services.

Throughout her career she was a part-time professor as well. She taught finance, research, university administration, and computer modeling to graduate students. Her favorite teaching experiences, however, were creative.

“I led choruses, trained actors for singing auditions, and taught music appreciation,” Genthon said. “The creative bug was nour-ished, but when my responsibilities at work began to suck up my whole life, I found less time for the arts. I wrote professionally during my career: manuals, academic articles, reports. In finance, however, it is not a good idea to be creative; one can get into trouble that way. So I suppressed my creative urges.”

When Genthon retired she was deter-mined to make up for lost time.

“I re-read the story I had written in sixth grade about an abandoned greenhouse and wondered where that imaginative girl had gone,” she said.

In an effort to reclaim her creative side, Genthon signed up for a writing course at Bellevue College’s Continuing Education Program. She began to write about Venetian women and fell in love—with Venice and the art of writing historical fiction. She was strug-gling with her novel about the relationship between Antonio Vivaldi and his star pupil, Anna Maria dal Violin—she had written bits and pieces but did not have a coherent sto-ry—when she heard about NaNoWriMo.

National Novel Writing Month is an annu-al novel writing project that brings together professional and amateur writers from all over the world. Every November, NaNo hopefuls buckle down to write every day for a total of 50,000 words. NaNoWriMo’s Come Write In (CWI) program connects libraries, bookstores, and other neighborhood spaces with their local NaNoWriMo participants (or Wrimos) to build vibrant writing com-munities. Finishers earn a virtual trophy and serious bragging rights, as well as the knowl-edge that they’ve completed a first draft of a novel in just 30 days.

Some people take it a step farther. When Lois Brandt participated in NaNoWriMo for the

first time, she wrote a science fiction futuristic dystopian young adult novel.

“It was so dark and weird,” she said. “NaNoWriMo is freeing. i just allow myself to explore stories that i’ve thought about.”

She noticed, however, that a lot of people didn’t finish. So in 2008 the creative writ-ing professor began offering a NaNoWriMo class at Bellevue College called Write Your Novel in a Month.

“I have a pretty high success rate,” Brandt said. “We write together so I remember how hard it is. It’s been a blast teaching this class. It gives them water wings for the experience.”

It was this class that Genthon found to help her finish her novel. Brandt “gave us the tools to organize our work and a method for analyz-ing what we had written so that we could then revise our writing,” Genthon said.

Genthon “writes absolutely beautifully,” Brandt said. “She was a really fun student to have in class.”

Genthon finished her book, Child of the Red Priest, and was a finalist in the Pacific Northwest Writers Association (PNWA) historical fiction contest.

“My first experience was so successful that I participated in NaNoWriMo again for a book on Elena Piscopia, the first woman in the world to earn an academic degree,” Genthon said. “I continue to write historical fiction but am also working on a project to save the stories of women who were first to accomplish some-thing only men had done before.”

Genthon’s ‘The First Woman To. . .Proj-ect’ has resulted in a book proposal, and she is currently searching for an agent. She has a database of about 1,200 American women who were First Women. She blogs about these women at www.thefirstwomanto.com.

For anyone considering NaNoWriMo, Gen-thon found that the practice of keeping track of her words was motivating.

“If the number of words is low one week, I am motivated to work harder the next week,” she said. “For me the hardest part of writing is silencing my Inner Critic. A perfection-

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ist at heart, I easily succumb to revising my work continuously, stuck in one place, not moving forward. NaNoWriMo, because of its demand for churning out words, is so in-tense it silences the Inner Critic.

“I would definitely recommend NaNoW-riMo to other writers, both novices and ex-perienced writers,” Genthon continued. “It helps get the words on the page. However, the writer must understand that all she will have is words on the page. They must then be expand-

ed, nourished, re-worked mercilessly, and even thrown away if necessary. Completing NaNoWriMo gives the writer the backbone of a book. It will still need flesh, and blood, and probably plastic surgery.”

These days Genthon is in a writing group, continues to take classes and workshops with other writers, and stays connected through PNWA. Brandt still offers her class at Bel-levue College. And right now, as you read this, hundreds of thousands of would-be novelists around the world are tapping away at their lap-tops trying to bring their stories to life.

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