Solar powered home heats 95 percent of winter needs in Garden City
Veterinarian Jack Reeve and Ardella build a 2100 square foot one story home at 2202 Center with a solar water heating system storing heat in a 2000 gallon tank below ground. The system costs about 8000 dollars and covers most heating except during extreme cold or long cloudy spells. Architects from Southwest Sun Systems and Homes by Marilynn shaped the New Mexican style dwelling with an atrium seen from all rooms.
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M.P
Jack
Ardella
Reeve
2202
Center
Garden City
Reevas
Albuquerque
N.M
Southwest Sun Systems
Marilynn
Reeves
Solar heating home fuels Kansas warmth and a state plan
Reeve’s Wichita area home uses a solar air heating unit with 342 square feet of copper panels on the roof and urethane insulation. The project includes water heating, with insulation boosting efficiency. He urges broader solar adoption despite caution from Sun Systems and notes plans to extend solar to state facilities and existing buildings.
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Linenberger Constructions
Uniger
Gene Tabor Plumbing
Reeve
State’ Board of Regents
Kansas
Reeves
Mean old alligator in Ponchatoula becomes city attraction
In Ponchatoula Louisiana a mean eleven foot alligator found by boys ends up in a city pool after a drive in restaurant pit plan fails. Mayor Gideon builds a cage to host the reptile and charges twenty five dollars for watching, funding upkeep and feeding through visitors money. The tale shifts to Kansas City where the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation notes fragmented emergency services and promotes a unified system with a single number and trained staff.
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Interstate Highway
Charles Gideon
Ponchatoula
Kansas City
David E. Rogers
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Princeton
N.J
Johnson
Foundation
Gardens reduce lead in urban produce away from traffic
Urban gardeners can cut lead exposure in leafy vegetables by planting 75 to 100 feet from major traffic routes, says James Preer, now at the University of the District of Columbia. His MIT research shows sixfold higher lead near busy roads, with cadmium differences even larger and root crops absorbing less.
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Columbia, Mo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
James Preer
MIT
University of the District of Columbia
University of Missouri
Preer
Boston
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