SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 40, NO. 31
SECTION A
MAY 3, 2019
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‘The Legend’ Coach Anagnos
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Craig Nicholas expected
the death of his longtime friend
and co-coach Ted Anagnos to
be, somehow, more epic.
“I always fi gured he’d be
wrestling a gorilla on some
volcano some place and the
mountain would explode and
that’s how it would happen.
He’s was too dang young.”
Nicholas said.
In the end, Anagnos died
after a brief and intense battle
with cancer at age 63. He is
survived by his wife, Susan,
and son, Christopher and Tony.
Anagnos was a volunteer
coach,
mentor
and
community cheerleader with
an unmatched passion for
contributing to the students
making their way through
McNary High School.
“He always could see the
1956 — 2019
“ We weren’t on the
same page or same
paragraph, we were
on the same dang
sentence.” — Craig Nicholas
photo courtesy
The Anagnos Swancutt Group
bigger picture and was a great
father and husband. There
were dozens of kids he got
into school or got through
school and who wouldn’t
be the people they are today
without him,” said Nicholas.
Anagnos was, at times, a
larger-than-life
personality.
Short in stature, he had a
booming, raspy voice that
was unmissable on football
and baseball fi elds and in the
gym at McNary High School.
It was a voice he deployed as
frequently in praise as it was in
admonishment.
Nicholas said Anagnos was
the one to smooth things
over when things got tense
in the baseball dugout, and
that a wink and atta-boy from
Anagnos went a long way to
salving any perceived wounds.
Anagnos and Nicholas
were both part of the
coaching staff that helped
lead McNary to two football
state championships.Nicholas
served as defensive coordinator
and Anagnos as lineman coach.
“We weren’t on the same
page or same paragraph,
we were on the same dang
sentence,” Nicholas said.
That was possible because
the two spent every Saturday
watching fi lm in their own
homes and calling each other
to consult about what could
be done to face coming
challenges or step up the
Celtic game.
Please see LEGEND, Page A6
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School board candidates sound off
In addition to deciding who will represent Keizer on the Salem-Keizer School
Board, two other seats have contested races. Keizertimes asked the candidates
about their priorities and concerns in the run up to the May 21 election.
Heyen, Marquez compete for Zone 2
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
In Zone 2, Marty Heyen
is defending her seat against
Raul Marquez. While board
members represent pre-de-
termined district, they are
elected by the district at-
large.
Heyen, a retired IT pro-
fessional, was fi rst elected
to the board in 2015. Mar-
quez is a recent McKay High
School grad and student at
Willamette
University.
Keizertimes
sent both can-
didates
the
same questions
to give readers
a sense of their
M. Heyen
priorities and
qualifi cations for the role.
Keizertimes: What skills
and expertise do you bring
to the role of school board
director?
Marty
H eye n :
There is
nothing
like real
life ex-
per ience
on
the
R. Marquez
School
Board. I have served for
almost four years. I under-
stand how the board works
Please see ZONE 2, Page A6
Go fi sh
2 new faces vie in Zone 4
In Zone
4, Dr. Satya
Chandrigiri
and David
Salinas are
seeking to
replace out-
going board Dr. Chandrigiri
member Jim
Green. While board members
represent pre-determined dis-
trict, they are elected by the
district at-large.
Chandrigiri is a psychiatrist
and small business owner. Sa-
linas is a project manager with
Cherry city Electric.
Keizertimes sent both can-
didates the same questions to
give readers a sense of their
priorities and qualifi cations
for the role.
Keizertimes: What skills
and expertise do you bring to
the role of school board direc-
tor?
S a t ya
Chandri-
giri: I have
served
in
three coun-
tries in my
30 years’ ex-
perience as a
D. Salinas
psychiatrist.
Between my wife and I, we
speak nearly 9 languages, came
to this country with bare min-
imum with a wife and a kid in
1996, became proud citizens
of our country in 2010 and
today I serve all the way from
Harney County to Doug-
las County and helped create
over 300 jobs in the places
where I serve. I have been ed-
ucated in different educational
systems in India and US. As a
physician and psychiatrist, ev-
ery day, I am in the trenches
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
Joshua Vargas and Tevin Thomas Flemons slide out of the mouth of Claudia the Chinook
Salmon as part of a Water Festival hosted by Keizer Public Works Tuesday, April 30. More
photos on Page A4.
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Man fl ees cops into attic,
prompts apt. evacuation
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
A man who fl ed from
police into the attic space of
an apartment complex on
Appleblossom Drive North
prompted law enforcement
offi cers to evacuate the entire
complex for three hours
while they executed a search.
The man was eventually
arrested and taken to the
Marion County Jail.
The incident began at
3:45 p.m. Monday, April
29, when Keizer Police
Department (KPD) offi cers
went to an apartment at
148 Appleblossom Drive
looking for a man wanted
on outstanding warrants
from numerous agencies in
addition to pending charges
from local departments. The
suspect was known to fl ee
from police and resist arrest.
Offi cers questioned a
female occupant where they
believed the man was staying
and she gave consent to search
the apartment. Inside, offi cers
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n o t i c e d
insulation
on the fl oor
below
an
access point
to the attic
and found an
empty gun
E. Quall
case for a
Glock handgun.
A shoe fell to the fl oor
when offi cers opened the
door to the attic. Offi cers rec-
ognized the shoe from the last
time the suspect fl ed police,
said Sgt. Greg Barber, of KPD.
There is no fi rewall between
units at the apartment com-
plex, which meant the man
potentially had access to mul-
tiple exit points.
With
the
suspect
considered armed, KPD and
Salem Police Department
offi cers evacuated the rest of
the complex. Cameras were
then used to try to locate the
suspect in the attic, verbal
commands went unanswered.
Eventually, a K-9 unit was
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