Sunday August 1
Lake Valhalla. 6 miles R/T, 800 feet elevation gain,  easy
Appointment at 9:30 at the trail head,15 minutes waiting time
Driving time 1hr 30 minutes
Direction: Drive Hwy 2 to Steven pass,around 4 miles past the pass turn left (road 6700 go to the trailhead)
Northwest Forest Pass is required
Bugs repellent is advisable

Ciao Edmondo
Cell.206-669-4489 elalario@comcast.net
Please if you come confirm by FRIDAY night and
check your email Sunday morning in case of an emergency change.

Mason Lake 6 miles R/T 2100 feet elevation gain.Moderate ++
Follow I-90 to exit #45. Turn left on Road #9030. Continue on Road #9030 for three-quarters of a mile. At the “Y” stay left (straight) onto Road #9031 (Mason Lake Road). Continue for 3.2 miles to the trailhead at the end of road.
Appointment at 9:30. Waiting time 15 min.
Travel from Seattle around 1 1/2 hr.We try to carpool if I know by Friday who's is coming
Northwest Forest Pass is required
Bugs repellent is advisable
Ciao Edmondo
Cell.206-669-4489  elalario@comcast.net
Please if you come confirm by Friday night and
check your email Sunday morning in case of an emergency change.

Talapus & Olallie Lakes   6.00 miles R/T , elevation gain 1,200 feet. Very easy
Driving Directions: Go off I-90 on Exit 45 (Forest Road 9030), cross under the freeway, and continue straight for one mile. At a split, go right (still on 9030) for 5.4 miles to the trailhead and parking lot.
Driving time 1hr
Appointment at 9:30 at the trailhead, 15 minutes waiting time (nothing wrong to arrive a few minutes earlier)
Northwest Forest Pass is required
Ciao Edmondo
Cell.206-669-4489  elalario@comcast.net
Please if you come confirm by Saturday night and
check your email Sunday morning in case of an emergency change.

Heather lake 5.00 miles R/T, 850 feet elevation gain.Very easy but a very pretty lake
Appointment at 9:30 at the Verlot Public Service,15 min. waiting time
Northwest Forest Pass is required
From Seattle take I-5 North to Exit 194. Follow Highway 2 East for 2.3 miles, stay in left lane, go to Lake Stevens Highway 204 East, in 2.2 miles take left (north) on Highway 9 to Lake Stevens, in 1.7 miles take right (east) on Highway 92 to Granite Falls, in 8.4 miles turn left (north) to Mountain Loop Highway. Follow the road for 10.6 miles to Verlot Public Service Center. 
Driving time 1hr 15 min.
Ciao Edmondo
Cell.206-669-4489   elalario@comcast.net
Please if you come confirm by Friday night and
check your email Saturday morning in case of an emergency change.

For the last ten years, through the endeavours of The Comitato Torino Università Estate (TUE), Turin University has widely diffused Italian language and culture. TUE has organised about twenty intensive Italian language courses, attended by approximately eight hundred international PhD students, professors, researchers, scholars and individual foreign citizens interested in improving their Italian language skills for educational and/or professional reasons.
Courses and seminars are well organised and run by qualified teachers, promoting Piedmont’s historical, cultural and artistic heritage. Italian is used outside classes to facilitate communication between participants coming from all over the world. Due to the successful undertaking, organizers have improved and increased seminars and courses, as Italian culture is increasingly considered an important aspect of the educational experience.
This year, “Italian Art and Culture” (July 1st -23rd), will celebrate its 12th anniversary. Each year this course registers approximately 60 participants interested in learning Italian for professional or academic purposes. Classes are taught at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels. Parallel cultural activities, including visits to museums and historical locations, workshops and seminars on art will be part and parcel of learning Italian.
The sixth edition of “Italian, Words and Music” will take place in the
autumn, from September 9th to October 1st. During this intensive Italian
language course participants learn Italian language in the context of music and MITO Settembremusica, an annual musical event that has entertained and delighted Turin and attracted artists of international renown for the last 30 years. Italian classes, workshops and visits to opera houses and concert halls will be provided. Moreover, a selection of tickets for MITO Settembremusica concerts and events will be offered to participants.
Comitato Torino Università Estate also offers a series of weekly seminars and workshops from February to June, entitled “I Venerdì della lingua italiana”, which focus on the use of Italian for special purposes. These workshops tackle specific aspects of the language not normally dealt with in traditional language courses: written language skills, Business Italian, Italian for medical sciences, etc.

On the morning of June 30th, 2010 we lost our beloved Tino. He was born March 23rd, 1928 in Pottsville, PA to Italian immigrants Giuseppe and Ambrosia and at the age of three moved to the Veneto region of Italy where he lived until he was eighteen. Shortly after the war ended, he returned to the United States and resided in Seattle, WA where he met and married the love of his life, JoAnne Fabbio.
While raising a family and working full-time as a chef for some of Seattle's most renowned restaurants, he earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington as well as an MBA from Seattle University. This enabled him to enjoy a long and distinguished career at the Boeing Company for nearly 40 years.
He lived the "American Dream" while never losing sight of his Italian heritage, serving as a prominent figure within the Italian-American community on many advisory and fiduciary committees. He was multi-lingual, an avid reader, and a supporter of the arts, sciences, literature, history, and music…the modern day equivalent of a Renaissance man. He was an extraordinarily honest, kind, loving, generous intellectual with unwavering faith and devotion to his family. He lived a truly exemplary selfless life influencing all those who had the opportunity to know him.

For more information on the memorial see the official page here.