Alum Braves signal caller Agen hopes to score school board seat

John Agen learned to think on his feet while quarterbacking a no-huddle offense for a La Conner High league championship football team his senior year, in 1973-74.

He later refined his research skills while a student at Whitman College and the University of Washington, where his studies in Business Administration led to a wide-ranging sales career.

Now Agen hopes to parlay that background, with keen interests in finance and health, into a seat on the La Conner School Board.

Agen is facing attorney Kate Szurek, the incumbent, in a race for the Snee-Oosh director district seat on the five-member...