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Halloween - time to find good homes for bats By Nathan Hodges Special to the Weekly
Halloween – a time to dress as ghosts, carve pumpkins, eat candy and maybe find local bats a good home. And San Juan County is a perfect place for this kind of endeavor. According to Kwiaht scientists – a Lopez-based nonprofit laboratory – the county is a refuge for some of Washington state’s largest and rarest bats, such as the hoary bat, and Townsend’s big-eared bat, which dine year-round on moths including cutworm moths, tent
caterpillar moths, and coddling worm moths. “That’s good news for our farms, gardens, orchards, and locavores,” said Madrona Murphy, Kwiaht botanist and leader of its heritage orchard project. Smaller, “mouse-eared” bats feast on tiny wetland insects like mosquitoes, whose diseases such as West Nile, kill 30 times more Americans each year than rabies, according to Centers for Disease Control statistics. According to Washington State Department of Health statistics, no San Juan
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A Townsend’s big-eared bat in flight.
County bat has yet tested positive for rabies.
Bats in the belfry Bats like their homes warm, dry, and cozy just as we do. That’s why several island homeowners are finding bats in their belfry. Attics, crawlspaces, walls, under roof tiles or tiny nooks and crannies are preferred roosts for maternity colonies of our local bats. Aging farm buildings and idiosyncratic, owner-built “hippy houses” are especially welcoming to bats, Kwiaht researchers have found.
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Bats have probably shared our homes since the days when Coast Salish peoples built large cedarplank community houses in the islands, which archaeologists believe began more than 3,000 years ago. Tiny uninvited tenants aren’t always appreciated and can make a mess as they birth and fledge dozens, sometimes hundreds, of tiny pups each summer. “Although bat guano is dry, excellent fertilizer and poses little threat to human health, bat urine is smelly and can dampen insulation
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and warp drywall,” said Russel Barsh, director of Kwiaht. Bats also often roost under siding and shingles that require periodic maintenance. In many cases, Kwiaht scientists believe the best approach is giving bats a warm and durable home of their own.
Bat box design Since island weather is frequently cool and wet in spring, when female bats congregate to birth and nurse their pups, “bat boxes” here need to be roomy, solarheated, and well insulated. Kwiaht staff has designed bat boxes that are larger, heavier, and warmer than anything you can find for sale online. Painted matte black, with rigid insulation and a sturdy galvanized metal roof, they weigh near-
ly a hundred pounds and can house entire colonies of bats mounted high above predators on a tree or post, facing the sun. Hoisting a hundred-pound bat house thirty feet into a tree is obviously no easy task, but with ropes and pulleys, and the help of Lopez arborist Zack Blomberg, Kwiaht can install each house in a day or two. “The finishing touch is to spray the inside of the bat house with a concoction we call Eau de Bat: fresh bat guano, collected from the existing bat colony, and extracted in alcohol like perfume,” said Kwiaht wildlife biologist Amanda Wedow. This tincture helps convince bats that some of their relatives have already used the box so it is safe. Two Kwiaht bat houses were installed on Lopez in 2012, and there are orders for five more on Lopez, Orcas, and San Juan Island. For more information See bats, page 5
Community Shakespeare 11th Annual Fall Festival AS YOU LIKE IT (appropriate for all ages)
Nov. 7, admission by donation, 12 noon & 7:30pm Nov. 8-9-10 at 7:30pm. Students $10, Adults $15 Tickets online at communityshakespeare.org, Also at Paper Scissors Rock Remaining seats sold at 6pm at the door: Lopez Center for Community & the Arts
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pArty: Lopez Community
Harvest Party, 6:30 -8 p.m., Lopez Island Community Church. Children up to age 12 are welcome. weds, oct 31
ongoing event: Pumpkins
On Parade To Benefit The Lopez Island Food Bank, Lopez Book Shop. Bring in your carved/decorated pumpkin with food or cash donations to benefit the Lopez Island Food Bank to Lopez Bookshop. Pumpkins will be on display through Oct. 31. Enter to win a $25 Lopez Bookshop gift certificate.
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a.m. - 2 p.m., Woodmen Hall. Play old games, and learn to play new games, and have coffee, tea and cookies. fri, nov 2
music: Tiempo de Lopez
Concert, 8 p.m. - midnight, Woodmen Hall. Read more on page 4. sat, nov 3
dance: S F Flamenco Dancers,
8 p.m., Woodmen Hall. Tea and cookies served by senior citizens free of charge preshow and at intermission. Tickets at the Book Shop and brownpapertickets.com. Tickets also at door.
business: Business Consults: An opportunity for potential or existing small business owners to get professional individualized advice. Strategize ways to move your business forward with returning business coach, Brian Jaeger. Call LIFRC @ 468-4117 to schedule an appointment or more details. sun, nov 4
history: Lopez Legends,
Myths and Yarns 2,” 3-5 p.m., Port Stanley School House. Tickets are $15 each, and seats are limited. You may get tickets at the museum, or order by phone 468-2049 or at www.lopezmuseum.org. weds, nov 7
play: Community Shakespeare Company’s “As You Like It,” 12 and 7:30 p.m., Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. Show runs until Nov. 10.
Letters
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Keep ‘Frankenfood’ off our islands
Researching the health risks of genetically modified foods in Jeffrey Smith’s “Genetic Roulette,” we made some startling discoveries. 1) Animals -- wild or domestic -- won’t touch the stuff. Geese, deer, elk, rac-
coons, squirrels, rats, mice, cows and pigs, when faced with a choice, will head for the field or trough of natural soy or corn, but sniff and walk away from the GM version. In Illinois, a flock of geese would land in a pond and feed in a nearby field. The year the farmer planted that field half in GM and half in natural soybeans, he saw
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Mondays - 7:30 p.m. at the Children’s Center Wednesdays - 4 p.m. Women’s meeting at the fellowship hall at Grace Episcopal Church Fridays - 7:30 p.m. at the Children’s Center Saturdays - noon at the Children’s Center Contact phone number 468-2809
Al-Anon: Fridays - 9:00 a.m. at the Grace Church Hall, Lopez Saturdays - 9:30 a.m. at the Children’s Center, Lopez. Contact phone number 468-2510.
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workshop: ‘Sticky’ Marketing, 5- 8 p.m., library. Find out why some marketing messages work and others don’t and learn to create a compelling marketing that “sticks” in the minds of your customers with Skagit Valley College instructor Ian Byington. For more details call LIFRC at 468-4117 or visit www.lifrc. org. Fee $35. Preregistration required.
Meeting: Lopez Island Garden Club meeting, coffee and goodies at 9:30 a.m., meeting begins at 10 a.m., Woodmen Hall. Our guest speaker Nita-Jo Rountree is from Seattle and will be speaking on: HYDRANGEAS - WHAT, HOW, WOW! Go the geese would feed only on the non-GM side.”I’ve never seen anything like it,” he said. 2) Doctors practicing alternative medicine, alarmed by the spike in allergies and intestinal disorders especially in children, report that patients generally return to health after removing GM foods from their diets. Not as easy as it sounds, since in our country today an estimated five out of seven bites of processed food contains some element of unlabeled GM food. 3) While Monsanto has been touting the unsubstantiated wonders of GM food, insurance companies have quietly let farmers know that applications for insurance against catastrophic environmental damage from GM crops will be categorically denied. 4) In approving GM foods as substantially equivalent to natural food, the politically appointed head of the FDA ignored the overwhelming consensus of his own scientists who repeatedly warned of the dangers and unpredictable effects of this new manufactured food. Their objections were kept secret until uncovered in a lawsuit seven years later. Bottom line: if animals avoid it, doctors say, “Don’t eat it,” insurers won’t cover
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beyond your grandmother’s hydrangeas and discover a world of exciting cultivars and species. Learn how to care for and grow these showy and versatile beauties. Nita-Jo will review flower color, cultural requirements, bloom time, pruning, and inspire you with design tips. sat, nov 10
Art: Artist reception, 5-7 p.m., Chimera Gallery in Lopez Village Plaza. Join artists and friends in a reception to launch the gallery’s annual silent auction and scholarship raffle. This month you can bid on artists’ work starting at bargain prices, and buy raffle tickets for a chance to win fantastic art donated by Chimera members to benefit the gallery’s student art scholarship. Winning bids and raffle winners announced at the
it,and the FDA’s own scientists warn against, why on earth plant it? Keep the San Juans GMO free: vote Yes on Initiative 2012.
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(Un)economics of coal
The Gateway Pacific Terminal will provide shortterm construction jobs and several hundred operational jobs, but these gains should be evaluated against longterm economic impacts on local, regional and global economic health. Local economic impacts include: coal trains displacing trains carrying agricultural products, other freight, or passengers; cumulative delays of auto and truck traffic at grade crossings resulting in a general decrease in productivity; potential life threatening delays during medical emergencies; and decreased property values along the railway and increased respiratory and cardiac illnesses near the tracks Regional impacts include: An additional 934 very large ships transiting the Gulf and San Juan Islands; increased risk of collision, grounding, or maneuvering casualty as the number of vessels passing though our narrow channels rise; increased odds of a large fuel spill reaching criti-
gallery’s Dec. 8 holiday party. November gallery hours are Mondays and ThursdaysSaturdays 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sundays 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. For more info call 468-3265 or visit www.ChimeraGallery. com. mon, nov 12
meeting: LCCA Board Meeting, 5:15 p.m., Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. For more info, visit lopezcenter.org. sat, nov 24
bazaar: Annual Preschool
Holiday Bazaar, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., High School Gym and Multipurpose Room. Enjoy local arts crafts, new vendors, raffle prizes, hot food, bake sale, entertainment, children’s corner and more. Proceeds benefit the Lopez Co-Op Preschool. For more info, contact Terri at 468-3388.
cal shorelines within one tidal cycle; catastrophe for our endangered chinook salmon and Orca from a significant spill; and a substantial reduction in our $50 million tourist revenues from a spill which stains the natural beauty of our islands. Global economic consequences from burning 130 million tons of U.S. coal in Asia will be long-term, cumulative, and include: increased CO2 and other GHG’s entering the atmosphere and oceans, profoundly altering rainfall patterns, impacting agricultural production creating food insecurity and commodity disruptions worldwide; ocean acidification will upset the foundation of the marine food chain; shellfish and the nurseries of economically important fish will suffer decline if not collapse; and job losses among those dependent on the ocean’s bounty will dwarf any jobs gained from coal exportation. Coal is a strategic energy stockpile that should be reserved for an uncertain climatic and financial future, leaving coal in the ground makes strategic sense and is a hedge against climate disaster. Coal pollution from Asia returns to us in the form of secondhand smoke. It’s as if we kicked cigarettes only to See letters, page 6
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Guest Column
Domestic violence from the criminal justice angle By Sandi Burt
Prosecutor’s Victim Advocate
The dispatcher recognizes the victim’s voice. The deputies know the address. The prosecutor remembers the prior incidents. The advocate knows the victim. The defense attorney, judge, probation officer, counselors, domestic violence perpetrator treatment provider know the abuser. We all take our deep breaths, conjuring hope that, perhaps, this time, change will come. We hope our small piece of the puzzle can, this time, help to make the difference. Why? Because violence escalates. In 2011 in Washington: • 42 people were killed by domestic violence abusers. • 13 abusers committed murder- suicide. • 83 percent of victims killed by partners were women; 17 percent were men. • Three domestic violence fatality cases involved same-sex partners. • The youngest victim,
killed by her boyfriend, was 13 years old. The oldest victim, killed by his wife, was 83 years old. • 17 children witnessed a domestic violence murder. • In at least 55 percent of homicides by abusers, the domestic violence victim had left the abuser or was tr ying to leave. (WA Coalition Against DV, 2012) Victims call 911 when things are so out of control that they fear for their lives. When they survive, and calm returns, they face the challenging effects of their partner’s arrest – practical and emotional. When victims also have mental health, substance abuse, or other problems, the challenge of holding abusers accountable is further compromised by their own desperate needs. They call the advocate, asking for charges to be dropped, no contact orders to be lifted. What many do not understand is that victims do not decide whether charges are filed. This is the sole responsi-
bility of the prosecutor. If victims were responsible for these decisions, how high might the DV homicide rates soar? No contact orders forbid defendants from contacting victims. Paradoxically, when all a victim wants is to reunite with the defendant, the “system” becomes another experience in feeling no control – much like life with an abuser. Most victims want treatment, not jail, for their abusers. This goal is shared by the criminal justice system, especially for first offenses. Many believe counseling and chemical dependency treatment will solve the problem. Though substance abuse and mental illness often coexist with DV, these problems are separate and distinct from the unique problems of abusers. Domestic violence has roots in the way abusers relate to partners. It’s not “caused” by substances or mental illness. State law sets strict standards for DV perpetrator
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treatment, but our local state certified program closed a few months ago. Offenders now must get treatment on the mainland – in these economic times, a significant hardship. The alternative? Some time in jail? Fines? Give up? We hope for a program to resume services here soon. We keep breathing, hoping and caring.
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Honoring the spirit of our loved ones By Cali Bagby Weekly editor
Day of the Dead or “El Día de los Muertos” is a Mexican holiday that celebrates the lives of deceased relatives and loved ones. Islanders are bringing this day to Lopez with a benefit concert by Tiempo De Lopez to raise funds for the upcoming high school ser vice trip to Nicaragua. The event is on Nov. 2, 8 p.m. – midnight at Woodmen Hall. It will also feature a slideshow of
people who have passed on and sales of Nicaragua coffee. Mamatamba, Lopez Island’s all-female vocal ensemble, will sing a few songs. “‘Day of the Dead’ is, to me, the actual root of Halloween,” said Jaime Cordova, an organizer of the event and member of Tiempo De Lopez. “Halloween has turned to consuming candy and wearing costumes, but originally the idea was to celebrate loved ones who have passed on to celebrate
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their life.” The theme of the night – Day of the Dead – was inspired by the recent passing of Greg Ewert, who started the Nicaragua service trip. Every two years since 2001, a group of students, travel to an area near Managua, the capital city of Nicaragua, to work with the Center for Development in Central America. Cordova said that because Ewert enjoyed the Day of the Dead tradition, he wanted to honor not just his spirit, but allow the community to remember the lives of their departed loved ones. There will be an 18-foot offering altar in front of the stage where Tiempo will play. People can bring a photo and offering for the spirit of loved one, a family friend or pets.
“The of ferings are things the people liked – fruit, water, coffee or alcohol and there will be a pitcher of water, a towel and soap for the spirits to use as they are coming a long way to be there that night,” Cordova said. “It’s a cool thing because the event is about thinking about those people, our roots, our ancestors and hopefully someday we will be lucky to be on an altar if someone remembers us.” Cordova added that spirits absorb the essence of the offering. At home, Cordova has put out shot glasses of his relatives’ favorite alcohol, and when the liquid begins to evaporate it appears that they are being consumed. Tickets, at the door, are $12 for adults, 8 for students and 6 and under are free. The family rate is $25.
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New hours and fees for the Lopez Island Dump Customers of the Lopez Dump and Take-It-Or-Leave-It will see a change in hours and fees starting in January when the Lopez Solid Waste Disposal District takes over operation of the Lopez Solid Waste and Recycling Center. From Sept. 16 to May 14, the facility will be open Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 3 p.m. During the busy season, May 15 to Sept. 15, the hours will increase to 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The district’s intent is to better match the Dump hours with the volume of
customers, to provide better access to the Dump without increasing costs. Along with the changed hours, customers will experience lower rates. The LSWDD managing board previously committed to an $8/can garbage disposal fee and free recycling for clean, source-separated recyclables. Commingled recyclables will continue to be accepted as well, for a fee. The San Juan County Council formed the Lopez Solid Waste Disposal District in June. The five-member managing board of
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on local bats, blueprints to build your own maternitysize bat house, or to get on the waiting list for a Kwiaht-built house, send an email to kwiaht@gmail.com. Home assessments are free, and if a bat box is called for, Kwiaht shares up to 100 percent of the costs of construction and installation. Kwiaht also chose Halloween to announce its donation of eight new-generation Baton bat detectors to public schools and libraries throughout San Juan County to introduce more island families to what Barsh calls “the pleasure of eavesdropping on bats as they navigate, snatch insects out of the sky, and chat among themselves.” Hodges is Kwiaht’s Landscape Ecologist. He has a masters degree in landscape architecture from UC Berkeley and an undergraduate degree in wetland biology.
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On The Peninsula Cozy 2 BR 1 Bath cabin sits just up from a lowbank beach on Fisherman Bay. Cabin has views across Fisherman Bay to Lopez Island. Otis Perkins & Landbank beaches nearby. LR & small kitchen face the WF. N/S Pets neg. $850 Call Carol Gorton (360)468-3177 or email gortons@rockisland.com
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ISLAND PETS lost/ found. On Lopez call Jane 360-468-2591; Joyce, 360-468-2258; Sheriff’s Office 360-3784151. Lopez Animal Protection Society, PO Box 474, Lopez, WA 98261. On Orcas call 3603766777. On San Juan call the Animal Shelter 360-378-2158
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manufacture or deliver under federal law. Marijuana is addictive and it impairs a person’s ability to function. If I-502 were to pass, marijuana would become more available and more pervasive in Washington, placing our youth and our communities at further risk. Under I-502, marijuana remains unlawful for people under 21, similar to alcohol. It puts the state in the marijuana business, in competition with the current drug traffickers. If having the state in the liquor business was a bad idea, how can this even be considered? Many of you have expressed grave concern about the drug problems in our island communities. I-502 is a bad idea, it is bad public policy and creates more problems than it will solve. Read the measure very carefully before casting your ballot, and join me in voting NO on I-502.
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REPORTER Reporter sought for staff opening with the Peninsula Daily News, a sixday newspaper on Washington’s beautiful North Olympic Peninsula that includes the cities of Port Angeles, Sequim, Port Townsend and Forks (yes, the “Twilight” Forks, but no vampires or werewolves). Bring your experience from a weekly or small daily -from the first day, you’ll be able to show off the writing and photography skills you’ve already acquired while sharpening your talent with the help of veteran newsroom leaders. This is a general assignment reporting position in our Port Angeles office in which being a self-starter must be demonstrated through professional experience. Port Angeles-based Peninsula Daily News, circulation 16,000 daily and 15,000 Sunday (plus a website getting up to one million hits a month), publishes separate editions for Clallam and Jefferson counties. Check out the PDN at w w w. p e n i n s u l a d a i l y news.com and the beauty and recreational opportunities at http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/section/pdntabs#vizguide. In-person visit and tryout are required, so Washington/Northwest applicants given preference. Send cover letter, resume and five best writing and photography clips to Leah Leach, managing editor/news, P.O. Box 1330, 305 W. First St., Port Angeles, WA 98362, or email leah.leach@peninsuladailynews.com.
Responsibilities include all financial reporting such as monthly reports to the school board, year end financial statements, budget prep and monitoring, etc., plus supervision of payroll, HR, AP, AR, and purchasing, audit coordination, and grant coordination. This position works with the superintendent on bond and levy planning, union negotiations, and “big picture” financial recommendations. Accepting applications until filled. For information or an application packet please contact Christina at 360-468-2202 ext 2300 or www.lopezislandschool.org AA/EOE Classifieds. We’ve got you covered. 800-388-2527 Employment Transportation/Drivers
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Full-time positions available for Washington-certified nursing assistants. Long-term care experience is preferred. We offer great pay and benefits, including medical coverage, 401(k) and paid vacation, sick days and holidays. Jean Staben, Interim Director of Nursing Phone: 360-378-2117 Fax: 360-378-5700 660 Spring St. Friday Harbor, WA 98250 Jean_Staben@LCCA.com Visit us online at: LCCA.COM. EOE/M/F/V/D – 35655
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ANTIQUE bedroom set. Beautiful Lion’s Head, from the 1800s. Double bed and two dressers. $2500. Call (206)4087427, Vashon.
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AKC REGISTERED Lab Puppies. Over 30+ titled dogs in the last 5 generations. Sire is a Master Hunter and Certified Pointing Lab. OFA Hip and Elbows, Dews Removed, First Shots, Deworming. 6 Males (1 Black, 5 Yellow), 6 Females (2 Yellow, 4 Black). $750 each. Call Mike, 360-547-9393 ClassiďŹ eds. We’ve got you covered. 800-388-2527
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17’ Glass Steury 1979. Solid boat! Comes with Trailer, Strong 85hp Johnson engine, brand new 9.8 Tohatsu motor, new fish finder, new electric down rigger, new electric wench, all new seats, and many extras. Oak Harbor. $2500. (360)675-1662 SOLD IT? FOUND IT? Let us know by calling 1-800-388-2527 so we can cancel your ad.
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Captain Sam Barlow (third step up in center) with the Steamer Rosalie crew. Of all the men who guided steamers through the waters of the San Juans and Puget Sound, none was more skillful, nor more fondly remembered, than Barlow. He had uncommon navigation skills, said Lopezian Oscar Anderson, whose first job was as a crewman on Barlow’s last command, the ferry Rosario. Anderson said in those days the only navigation aids were, “a compass, a lead line, a whistle and a clock.” When the weather got thick, Barlow checked his instruments, but relied on senses. In fog, he put on a felt hat with a wide brim, which he turned down over his ears. “It picked up the echoes better,” Anderson said. Then, with the engines stilled, he listened for his landmarks – a dog barking, clucking chickens, waves against a rock or shore, and the reflection of the whistle blast.
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Hear more about Captain Sam Barlow (and other fascinating Lopezians) at Lopez Legends, Myths and Yarns 2, Nov. 4, 3 p.m. at the Port Stanley School.
Lopez forces turnovers in loss to Lummi By Gene Helfman Special to the Weekly
Lopez caused numerous turnovers in the game against the Lummi Blackhawks on Oct. 20. Despite the fumbles and interceptions, the Lobos couldn’t score against the unrelenting Lummi defense. Lummi jumped out to a 36-0 halftime lead but was held to only two more touchdowns in the second half. The final score was Lummi 50 - Lopez 0.
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Jaise Poole forces a Lummi runner to fumble, while Edwin Kramer (60) and Derrek Buffum (22) converge. Joe O’Bryant recovered the ball for Lopez.
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