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                                                                    EXHIBIT 31.1

                                 CERTIFICATIONS

Certification of Principal Executive Officer

I, Terry W. Schaefer, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of West Pointe Bancorp, Inc.;

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 presented by this annual
   report;

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 annual report;

4. The registrant'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)) and internal control over
   financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and
   15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

        (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
        annual report is being prepared;

        (b) [reserved]

        (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls
        and procedures and presented in this annual report our conclusions about
        the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the
        end of the period covered by this annual report based on such
        evaluation; and

        (d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
        control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant'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 registrant's internal
        control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based
   on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
   to the registrant's auditors and the

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   audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing
   the equivalent functions):

        (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

        (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.



March 30, 2005                               /s/ Terry W. Schaefer
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                                             Terry W. Schaefer
                                             President & Chief Executive Officer
                                             (Principal Executive Officer)