**EXHIBIT      31.1**

**CERTIFICATION      OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER**

| 1. | I                have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of Buckeye Ventures,                Inc.; |
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| 2. | Based                on my knowledge, this 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 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  report; |
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| 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-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant                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 registrant, including its                consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us 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 registrant’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 registrant’s internal control                over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most                reporting period that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely                to                materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial                reporting. |
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| 5. | The                registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our                most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,                to                the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of                directors (or persons performing the equivalent                function): |
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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 registrant’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 registrant’s internal control                over financial reporting. |
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|  Date                August 20, 2007 |   |   | By:    | /s/                Alan J. Mintz                           |
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|                                      |   |   |   |  Alan                J. Mintz                         |
|                                      |   |   |   |  President                and Chief Executive Officer |
|                                      |   |   |   |  (Principal                Executive Officer)         |