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EXHIBIT 23.1
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
West Pointe Bancorp, Inc.
We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form
S-8 of West Pointe Bancorp, Inc. of our report dated January 20, 2000, relating
to the consolidated balance sheets of West Pointe Bancorp, Inc. and subsidiaries
as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the related consolidated statements of
income, stockholders' equity, comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of
the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1999, which report appears
in the Registration Statement on Form 10 of West Pointe Bancorp, Inc.
St. Louis, Missouri RUBEN, BROWN, GORNSTEIN & CO. LLP
November 13, 2000
