**EXHIBIT      31.1 – CEO Certification**

**CERTIFICATION      PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14(a) OF THE SECURITIES**

**EXCHANGE      ACT OF 1934, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION**

**302      OF THE SARBANES OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

| 1. | I                have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of Heartland, Inc.                for year ended December 31, 2006; |
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| 2. | Based                on my knowledge, this amended 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                report; |
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| 3. | Based                on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information                included in this amended report, fairly present in all material respects                the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of                the small                business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this                report; |
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| 4. | The                small business issuer's other certifying officers and I are responsible                for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures                (as                defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the small                business issuer and we have: |
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|   | a) | Designed                such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure                controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to                ensure                that material information relating to the small business issuer,                including                its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within                those                entities, particularly during the period in which this report is                being                prepared; |
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|   | b) | Evaluated                the effectiveness of the small business issuer's disclosure controls                and                procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the                effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the                end of                the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;                and |
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|   | c) | Disclosed                in this report any change in the small business issuer's internal                control                over financial reporting that occurred during the small business                issuer's                most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter                in the                case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably                likely to materially affect, the small business issuer's internal                control                over financial reporting; and |
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| 5. | The                small business issuer's other certifying officers and I have disclosed,                based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial                reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors and the audit                committee                of small business issuer's board of directors (or persons performing                the                equivalent functions): |
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|   | a) | All                significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or                operation of internal control over financial reporting which are                reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business issuer's                ability                to record, process, summarize and report financial information;                and |
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|   | b) | Any                fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other                employees who have a significant role in the small business issuer's                internal control over financial                reporting. |
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