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Another solar house has gone up in the area, but this
one is the result of a collaboration among local and
national groups.
The house, which is on display just south of the
Chatham-Orange county line, should receive 50 percent
of its space-heating needs from the sun.
Family Circle magazine surveyed a number of
households and found what those households wanted in
a house," said Daneen Nyimicz, who answered questions
at the house, which now is open to the public.
Fitch Creations Inc. of Carrboro took specifications
from the magazine survey and built the house recently.
Soon Fitch will offer the 1,700 square-foot house for
sale to the tune of $77,500.
Family Circle was pleased enough with the house that
editors asked Fitch to be cautious about people
photographing the house.
"They don't want spies from other magazines coming
in and taking pictures, Nyimicz said.
The press has been allowed to take pictures for
newspaper publication. Two weeks ago, Family Circle
magazine and Fitch Creations sponsored a press
conference in the house.
Nyimicz, who has worked with Fitch's since she
graduated from UNC two springs ago, said the solar
system is a natural selling point for persons interested in
that type of heating.
But the system adds about $5,000 to the price of the
house, she said. "That eliminates a lot of potential
buyers.
Fitch Creations built its first solar house last year in its
Chatham County Fearrington development, where the
new solar house also sits.
A retired couple bought that home, Nyimicz said.
"They were specifically interested in solar heat."
The couple has spent a lot of time travelling since they
bought the house early last spring. "We haven't been
able to monitor the performance of that house as well as
we would have liked to, Nyimicz said.
She said the company hopes a less mobile family will
buy the new house so the system can be tested under
more normal conditions.
The solar system in the new house is an active solar-
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heating system designed by Craig Fitzpatrick of Sun
Design, a Raleigh firm.
The system is" classified as an active system because
energy must, be injected into the system to move the
heated air around. In contrast, passive systems are
designed: to take advantage of natural laws, like
convection and conduction, to move the heated air.
About 480 square feet of collector space cover the
south wall of fhe house. Sunlight - enters through a
fiberglass covering. The fiberglass is arched, allowing a
relatively large air space directly beneath it.
The heat from the air in this space is absorbed by
corrugated aluminum, which is painted black to absorb
more heat.
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lappiness is
30 -inch snake,
local boy says
By CAROL HANNER
Staff Writer
Mark Robinson can't take his pet for a
walk. He can't teach it tricks. It won't
even come when he calls its name.
But Wormy, Mark's pet boa
constrictor, does have his advantages.
"He's gooci because you can hold him
while you watch TV, the 12-year-old
said as Wormy curled around his neck
and slithered up the side of his head.
Robert Robinson of UNCs School of
Public Health and his wife: Sandra '
bought their; son. the baby boa last May at
a pet shop. Since then Wormy now 30
inches long has grown 10 inches. Mark
said the snake will be seven feet long at
maturity if its growth is not stunted by
keeping it enclosed in a small space.
Wormy's home right now is a dry
aquarium with a4dog food dish, several
rocks and a light bulb to keep the
temperature at 78 degrees for the cold
blooded pet.
"Boas are very gentle, said Mark's
mother, who is a UNC student. "But
Wormy has his moods. Some days he's
very quiet and just curls up in his dog dish
of water and sticks his head out. Other
days he digs in the rocks and swims in his
dish.
Mark said the boa constrictor requires
little care except taking him out to play
three or four times a week. He also must
feed Wormy a mouse every week. Mark
said eventually he will have to feed the
snake a rabbit.
"I don't mind feeding him the mouse
now, although 1 didn't like it much at
first," Mark said. "But I never feed him
rats because I used to have a pet rat
named Kilroy.
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air has been forced past the aluminum, it travels to the
collection system. -
Six hundred one-gallon milk bottles hold water which
is heated by the air. As heat is needed in the house, it is
drawn from the reservoir. Cold air is forced back into the
collectors to complete the cycle.
The house has three auxiliary systems. A heat pump,
which is capable of producing warm air for the house in
the winter and which draws warm air from the house in
summer, is adjacent to the collection system.
If the sun has not shone brightly in more than 24
hours, the heat pump automatically will come on to heat
the house. -
If the temperature is abnormally cool, electric
resistance coils, a basic electric heater, come on.
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By THOMAS JESSIMAN
Staff W riter
Omega Psi Phi fraternity will conclude
its annual Achievement Week with a
banquet tonight and a fund raising dance-a-thon
for diabetes Saturday.
the fraternity
as part of its
"My favorite two spirits are Sing, an
Oriental girl, and Robert, a very frank,
somewhat sarcastic young man," Noreen
said.
The entities appear when Noreen is in a
self-induced trance. She said she can hear
the entities speaking through her body,
although she is detached from the
situation. .
Krieger said Noreen's face changes
slightly when she is in trance, taking on an
Oriental look when Sing appears and a
more masculine look when Robert comes
out.
Noreen said she cannot explain where
the spirits come from. She said science
has given her two possible theories, that
the entities exist externally and take on
her body occasionally or that they are just
part of the 90 percent of the brain she said
humans do not use.
Julia's experience with entities
involves a voice called Anka. She said it
was originally an . internal voice that
became external when the same
personality came through on a Ouija
board and talked to Julia's friends.
"1 don't know how. nor do 1 attempt to
explain it, she said. "This unattached
voice just started coming out of my
mouth, and 1 just got more and more
relaxed. Boy, does it feel good to be
Anka.
Krieger said another eight-week course
or parapsychology will be offered at the
end of January.
Earlier in the week
collected canned foods
annual canned food drive. The food will
be distributed t- families for
Thanksgiving. '
, "Each year we get a list of needy
families in the area from a social services
person," said Reggie Sumner, Omega Psi
Phi's keeper of finances. "The brothers
themselves distribute the canned foods to
the families.
At 8 tonight in rooms 203 and 204
Carolina U nion, the fraternity will hold a ,
banquet to award three prizes. The
Omega Man of the Year will go to two
brothers from outside UNCs chapter of
Omega Psi Phi. The Citizens of the Year
will be awarded to an individual who has
made a strong contribution to the
University community.
"We have a service committee that
narrows down the list of candidates for
the Citizen of the Year award, Sumner
said. "And then the brothers of the
fraternity have a vote. The winner Goes
not have to be a student and can be
employed anywhere in the school
system.
The banquet also will have a guest
speaker. Omega Psi Phi brother William
Crawford. This is the first year that the
banquet has been held. Admission will be
$3 per person, and, although Sumner said
the event is open to all, a limited number
of tickets are available.
Saturday from noon to midnight in the
Upendo Lounge, the fraternity will
sponsor a dance-a-thon. Proceeds from
the event will be sent to the American
Diabetes Association.
"All the brothers will be dancing at one
time during the day," Sumner said.
"We've got a list of pledges that people
have made to the brothers and other
dancers. M oney is donated on the basis of
hours danced, and I'm going to be out
there dancing the whole time."
Anyone interested in pledging money
for the dance-a-thon should contact an
Omega Psi Phi brother.
"We're hoping for a big turnout for the
banquet and dance-a-thon," Sumner
said.
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Mark Robinson and Wormy
...a close-knit pair
Mark's list of past pets includes hermit
crabs, a guinea pig, several dogs and cats
and a large rhinoceros beetle.
"I let the beetle go, though, because he
didn't like his cage," Mark explained.
He said he would like to have a
tarantula next.
"Well have to see about that," Mrs.
Robinson said. She has not adjusted
completely to Wormy. "I've touched him,
but never held him," she said.
"One day Wormy tried to crawl in her
hair, and that made her pretty mad,"
Mark chimed in. "The girl at the pet shop
said she had one it used to crawl up in
her hair and sit for hours."
In spite of all Wormy's charms, Mark
has decided to sell the snake for $50.
Wormy cost the Robinsons $30.
"That's another good thing about boa
constrictors," Mark mused. "They
increase in value as they get older."
What will Mark do with his profit? No,
he won't buy a tarantula. H e said he needs
some new skateboard equipment.
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