**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATIONS**

 

 

I, Robert D. Cook, President and ChiefExecutive Officer, certify that:

 

1.             I have reviewed the report on Form 10-Q of June 30,2003;

 

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

 

3.                                       Based on myknowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information includedin this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, andfor, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

 

4.                                       Theregistrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishingand maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we have:

 

 

a.                                                                                       designed suchdisclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relatingto the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to usby others within those entities, particularly during the periods in which thisquarterly report is being prepared;

 

b.                                                                                      evaluated theeffectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of adate within 90 days prior to the filing date of this quarterly report (the“Evaluation Date”); and

 

c.                                                                                       presented inthis quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosurecontrols and procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

 

5.                                       Theregistrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our mostrecent evaluation, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee ofregistrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunction):

 

a.                                                                                       all significantdeficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which couldadversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize andreport financial data and have identified for the registrant’s auditors anymaterial weaknesses in internal controls; and

 

b.                                                                                      any fraud,whether or not material, that involved management or other employees who have asignificant role in the registrant’s internal controls; and

 

 

6.             The registrant’s other certifyingofficers and I have indicated in this quarterly report whether or not therewere significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that couldsignificantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of our mostrecent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses.
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| Date:                                  | August 14, 2003 |   |   |
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| /s/ Robert D. Cook                     |            |
| ROBERT D. COOK                         |            |
| President and Chief  Executive Officer |            |
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