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Show Clean-up paint-up fix-up week Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Clean-up, Paint-up, Fix-up Fix-up Week campaign Wednesday through Saturday. This is a time especially designated by the Chamber Community Betterment Better-ment and Economic Development Committee Com-mittee to promote and support spring clean-up for business and home improvements im-provements around buildings and lots in Vernal City and Uintah County. The goal is to make the community more attractive through maintenance and upkeep of outside buildings and facilities. Vernal City and Uintah County are cooperating by providing equipment during Saturday to haul away tree branches and large items to help improve im-prove the appearance of homes and businesses, according to the Chamber committee Motel adds 36 units in record time Thirty-six motel units were added to the Starlite Motel. 311 East Main, in three-and-one-half days. The units were set in place last week and included in-cluded finished interiors, fixtures and lighting. Interstate Homes, Inc., Salt Lake City under contract by Deareld Rich, shipped 16 units 13 feet w ide and 60 feet long. The units were bolted together to form a complex 26 feet wide and 240 feet long and two stories high, explained ex-plained Kim Neill, service representative represen-tative for Interstate Homes. According to Neill, Interstate has just completed the most automated pre-built pre-built manufacturing plant in the United States. The units are better built than most "stick-homes", he said. The motel units will be faced with brick. According to Lola Hairston, manager of Starlite, the foundation w ork took about two weeks to finish and in about two to three weeks the units will be finished and ready for occupancy. oc-cupancy. The Starlite Motel is owned by Caly Enterprises, a business of Carl Cobbs and Lynn King. The motel was originally named Rest Haven, then changed to Tiki and more recently changed to Starlite. The old portion comprises 17 units. The new section w ill include a new office and an apartment for the manager making a total of 52 units. |