EXHIBIT 23.1


               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT

We  previously  issued  our  report,   accompanying  the  financial  statements,
incorporated herein by reference, of the Registrant in its Annual Report on Form
10-KSB for the fiscal year ended  December  31, 1996.  We hereby  consent to the
incorporation  by  reference of said report in the  post-effective  amendment to
this  Registration  Statement  on Form S-8 being filed with the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission by the Registrant.




                     /s/ Grant-Schwartz Associates, Certified Public Accountants
                     GRANT-SCHWARTZ, ASSOCIATES, CPA's







March 27, 1998