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143RD YEAR, NO. 253
2016 National Team Qualifi ers
FOOTVOLLEY
FLIES IN SEASIDE
ONE DOLLAR
‘Live
your
truth’
City councilor
discusses misogyny
and transphobia
By ERICK BENGEL
The Daily Astorian
When Drew Herzig ran for City
Council in 2012, he found that a lot of
the criticism he faced focused on his
sexuality, and in an interesting way:
“It always made references to me
as behaving like a woman, acting like
a girl, being somebody’s wife,” he
said. “It was sort of like a dog-whistle:
Nobody came out and said, ‘Don’t vote
for him — he’s gay.’ But they talked
about me being sort of woman-ish.
“And I thought, ‘What does that
say about our culture, when the worst
thing you can say about an American
man is that he’s acting like a woman?
What does that say about our thoughts
about women?’”
The city councilor shared this story
with about two dozen people gathered
at the Astoria Public Library on Fri-
day evening. This summer, the library
is partnering with the Lower Colum-
bia Diversity Project to host a series of
after-hours community events called
“Diversity Dialogues.”
See LGBT, Page 5A
Photos by Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian
Miami’s Lucas Roque makes a kick mid-air during the Team USA Footvolley qualifying final on Sunday in Seaside. Team Miami defeated
Team Los Angeles 2-1 and will represent the U.S. footvolley team as a demonstration sport in Rio.
Team Miami will represent U.S. in Rio
By ELI STILLMAN
The Daily Astorian
Miami’s Sergio
Menezes reacts
after his team’s
win during the
Team USA Foot-
volley qualifying
final on Sunday
in Seaside. Team
Miami defeat-
ed Team Los
Angeles 2-1 and
will represent
the U.S. Foot-
volley team as a
demonstration
sport in Rio.
S
EASIDE — While July will bring the
track and fi eld Olympic Trials to Eugene,
Oregonians got to witness another
national qualifying competition over the
weekend in Seaside.
Teams of two came to the beach and faced off
in footvolley tournament play to see who will rep-
resent America later this year. The hybrid sport that
mixes soccer and beach volleyball will be featured
at the 2016 Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro as a
demonstration event.
On April 7 , Brazilian senator and ambassador of
the sport, Romário Faria, released a statement say-
ing, “We will have footvolley during the Olympics
and Paralympics this year. But please remain calm.
It will be more of a cultural event and not an offi -
cial competition. Nevertheless it will be an excel-
lent opportunity to present footvolley to the world.”
Rules for the sport follow standard beach vol-
leyball fairly closely.
However, unlike volleyball, players aren’t
allowed to use their hands or arms. This is where
the soccer infl uence comes into play, as they put
together combinations using their legs, chests and
heads. Teams are allowed three touches per posses-
sion, and attempt to get the ball over the net and
land in their opponents’ boundaries.
Portland’s Mat-
thew LaPlante
and Felyx Tsoi
celebrate after a
point during the
Team USA Foot-
volley qualifying
matches on Sat-
urday in Seaside.
More footvolley
photos online,
at DailyAstorian.
com
County: ‘No
go’ for Arch
Cape review
Some hope design
review panel will
get second chance
By KYLE SPURR
and LYRA FONTAINE
The Daily Astorian
Clatsop County still wants to dis-
solve the Arch Cape Design Review
Committee.
The Board of Commissioners dis-
continued the citizen advisory com-
mittee in February, calling the group
an unnecessary, time-consuming land
use authority with an expensive appli-
cation process and potential legal
liability.
Former interim County Manager
Rich Mays accused the committee of
harassing a county employee about
her disability and refusing to hold
meetings in a federal Americans with
Disabilities Act-approved facility.
However, Arch Cape resident
Jim Jensvold challenged the coun-
ty’s decision with the state Land Use
Board of Appeals, which has sent the
issue back to the county for review.
See FOOT, Page 10A
See CAPE, Page 10A
Noteworthy conductor connects kids with classics
Tsui has become a key
leader with the Astoria
Music Festival
K
eith Clark, artistic director of the
Astoria Music Festival, has a way
with words as well as music.
He describes fellow conductor Olivia
Tsui as “a formidable artist” and “a musi-
cian’s musician.”
Plácido Domingo can top that.
Tsui has worked with the Spanish
tenor at the Los Angeles Opera, where he
is general director, and their admiration
apparently fl ows both ways.
Tsui is “an exceptional musician —
very confi dent with the baton,” Domingo
says.
The Chinese-born violinist and con-
ductor has become a stalwart of the Asto-
ria Music Festival, which concludes its
14th season this week. She will conduct
her young artists 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,-
June 29, at the Astoria Masonic Lodge in
a program of chamber music.
Tsui — pronounced “sway” — was
born in Shanghai, where she began a
career as a concert violinist. She moved
See TSUI, Page 10A
Submitted Photo
Olivia Tsui is called a “musician’s musician” by Keith Clark, artistic
director of the Astoria Music Festival. Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo
also rates her highly.