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<FILENAME>mcert311-123103.txt                Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

I, Carl E. Midkiff, Chief Executive Officer, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of Uptowner
Inns, Inc.;

2.	Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
made, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading with respect to the
period covered by this quarterly report;

3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and
other financial information included in this quarterly
report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented
in this quarterly report.

         4.	The registrant's other certifying officer and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and have:

a)	designed such disclosure controls and
procedures to ensure that material
information relating to the registrant,
including its consolidated subsidiary is
made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in
which this quarterly report is being
prepared;

b)	evaluated the effectiveness of the
registrant's disclosure controls and
procedures as of a date within 90 days prior
to the filing date of this quarterly report
(the "Evaluation Date"); and

c)	presented in this quarterly report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the
disclosure controls and procedures based on
our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;





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         5.	The registrant's other certifying officer and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the
registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the
registrant's board of directors:

a)	all significant deficiencies in the design or
operation of internal controls which could
adversely affect the registrant's ability to
record, process, summarize and report
financial data and have identified for the
registrant's auditors any material weaknesses
in internal controls; and

b)	any fraud, whether or not material, that
involves
management or other employees who have a
significant role in the registrant's internal
controls; and


6.	The registrant's other certifying officer and I have
indicated in this quarterly report whether there were
significant changes in internal controls or in other
factors that could significantly affect internal controls
subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation,
including any corrective actions with regard to
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.



	/s/ Carl E. Midkiff
	Chief Executive Officer
	February 16, 2004



















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