Keith Gilbertson's Football Legacy

Keith Olson wrote this wonderful article about Coach Keith Gilbertson. It's a lovely tribute.

The Dick Armstrong Memorial Golf Tournament 08-12-11

Keith Olson shared these wonderful photos of the action at the 2011 Dick Armstrong Memorial Golf Tournament.

L-R: Keith Olson, Bob Comer, Jim Gilbertson, Dann DeBellis

Keith Olson, Jim Gilbertson, Dann DeBellis

Keith Olson

Ed Peterson Tribute/SHS Band Reunion November 2011

A tribute to band leader Ed Peterson/SHS band reunion is being planned for November 2011.
Click here for info.

The Dick Armstrong Memorial Golf Tournament- August 12

Friday, August 12, the 6th Annual Dick Armstrong Memorial Golf Tournament will be held at the Snohomish Golf Course to raise scholarship money. Click here for details.

A Cordial Invitation

Keith Olson says: The SHS Class of 71 reunion committee asked me to spread the word that Class of 70 folks are cordially invited to their no-host, class reunion prefunction on Friday, Aug. 5, at the Pizza Palace on 1st Street in downtown Snohomish, next to Pegasus (or what used to be the old Brown's Theatre). Happy hour drink prices till 9 p.m. and buy your own food if you care to eat. Class of 72 folks are also invited to the prefunction, so you could run into just about anyone from our senior year way back when.  

Update on the Kieth Gilbertson Memorial Scholarship

Keith Olson passed on this news: Just wanted to send an update to classmates saying that the Keith Gilbertson Memorial Scholarship website is finally up and running here. Please take a look and send comments on stories, if you wish, or contribuite your own memorable story about Mr. Gilbertson (coach or teacher). Obviously, donations are also welcome. It would also be a big help spreading word about the site if anyone would care to link up by "liking" the site on Facebook or sharing any of the articles or photo galleries.

Donations in Memory of Keith Gilbertson, Sr.

This news from Keith Olson:

Just wish to inform everyone that, in memory of Coach Keith Gilbertson Sr., our class reunion committee cut a check for $100 to Snohomish High Athletics from our modest leftover reunion funds. This was done in response to a recent matching challenge put forth by the Class of 1953.

If anyone cares to sweeten the pot from the Class of 70 on their own, they are welcome to do so by sending a check to Snohomish High School Athletics, c/o Mark Albertine, 1316 5th Street, Snohomish, WA 98290. Albertine is the district athletics director, and he assures me that any money sent in this fashion will go directly to SHS athletics, and nothing else.

For those who may have missed it, Jimmy's dad passed away in February from complications in his recovery from heart surgery. He coached at Snohomish for 61 years, including the past 31 years as an unpaid volunteer assistant in football and girls basketball. Quite the legacy.

One more note, I am getting involved with a Snohomish Education Foundation fund-raising effort to endow a perpetual Keith Gilbertson Memorial Scholarship at the high school. That effort will be launched in June with a website dedicated to memories of Coach Gilb. So please stay tuned if you have memories of him to share.

Keith O.