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**Exhibit      31.1**

**Certification      of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange      Act**

|   | 1. | I                  have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of the                  Company; |
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|   | 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; |
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|   | 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                  Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly                  report; |
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|   | 4. | The                  Company’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 Company and                  have: |
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|   | (a) | designed                  such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure                  procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that                  material                  information relating to the Company, including its consolidated                  subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,                  particularly during the period in which this periodic report is                  being                  prepared; |
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|   | (b) | evaluated                  the effectiveness of the Company’s internal disclosures 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 Company’s internal control over financial                  reporting that occurred during the Company’s most recent fiscal quarter                  (the Company’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that                  has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially                  affect, the                  Company’s internal control over financial                  reporting. |
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|   | 5. | The                  Company’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most                  recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,                  to the                  Company’s auditors and the audit committee of the Company’s board of                  directors: |
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|   | (a) | all                  significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design                  or                  operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are                  reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’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 Company’s internal control                  over financial reporting. |
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|   | /s/                William L. Sutton         |   |
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|   | William                L. Sutton             |   |
|   | Chief                Executive Officer.      |   |
|   | (Principal                Executive Officer) |   |

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