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Show r-i r rVT ... : ;; , y if n ty w" Life. I I i-4 'v' ,. S WELCOME NEW BUSINESS. Arlin and Shela Morrell, managers of the Downtown TraveLodge in Cedar City are given official welcome by representatives of the Prospectors Club of the Chamber of Commerce Com-merce and Cedar City Corporation. Left to right, they include: James Hoyle, Mayor Jack Sawyer, Arlin and Shelia Morrell and Royce Chamberlain. The Morrells explain the solar heating system of the swimming pool. lew Motel opens in Cedar motel units. The units will be both heated and cooled with "heat pumps," that conserve con-serve energy by using only about 75 percent of the normal resister type units, Thorley said. The building is made out of solid brick with insulation to provide additional energy saving and the corridors to The rooms are all enclosed avoiding the influx of outside air into the units. Triple pane glass has been used on the north side of the units as an additional energy saving measure, he said. An invitation for residents of the area to visit the new motel and see the accomodations ac-comodations has been extended ex-tended by the owners and by the motel managers Arlin and Sheila Morrell. "Additional efforts were also made to create a positive atmosphere in the rooms has been made by the furnishings," The Morrells stated. "We think that anyone in the area can get some outstanding ideas for interior design by visiting these units," they said. Mayor Jack Sawyers and representatives of the Prospectors Club of the Cedar City Chamber of Commerce, James Hoyle and Royce Chamberlain, commented on the attractiveness at-tractiveness of the units. "We are pleased to see this development and positive attitude toward Cedar City's future," Mayor Sawyer commented. "The investment in-vestment is not only an investment in-vestment of the Thorley organization, but an investment in-vestment in Cedar City's future," he said. "This is one of the finest motel accomodations in southern Utah," commented Jim Thorley, manager of Thorley Investments, owners and operators of the new Dowtown Travelodge in Cedar City. "It was not our intent to just put up another motel," Thorley stated. "We wanted to provide one of the finest accomodations available in the southern Utah area and we have gone the 'extra mile' to do that," he said. The new facility, located near the Center and Main Street intersection in Cedar City, has 50 units and a unique design that features many energy saving devices, he said. The office area is separated from the motel units and on the same level as the middle unit of the three-level motel unit. "That provides a convenience to customers to have to walk no more than one floor either up or down after crossing the breezeway from the office to the units," Thorley said. Among the energy saving devices is the solar collector that will be used to heat the swimming pool located between the office and the |
