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<br />l~ OLD REPl.8L1C
<br />1111'* * Surety Company
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<br />POWER OF ATTORNEY
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<br />KNOW ALL MEN B.Y THESE PRESENTS: That OLD REPUBLIC SURETY COMPANY, awisconsin stock insurance corporation, .
<br />does make, constitute and appoint:
<br />GENEVA M. LAATSCH, DOROTHY P. BORMET, DWONA.K. OVERTON, JENNIFER A. BARTL, OF
<br />SOUTH ST PAUL, MN
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<br />its true andl:aWful, Attbrney(s)-in-Fact, with full power arid 'authority fbC, and on behalf of the Cbm~ny as surety, to execute~d qeliver an? affix the seal of the
<br />company thereto (If a seal is required), bonds, undertakings, recognizanc:s or other written obligat?nS In the nature thereof, (otherthan ball tx;:nds, ban~,depositay
<br />bmds, mortgage deficiency bmds. mortgage guaranty bonds. guarantees of installment paper imd note guaranty bmds. seIf.insurance worKers wmoensal:bn
<br />bends guaranteeing payment of benefits, asbestos abatement contract l:::o1ds, waste management bonds, hazardous waste remediation t:iondSor btack Itsr;;I bonds),
<br />as follows:
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<br />ALL WRITTEN INSTRUMENTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED AN AGGREGATE OF
<br />TWO HUNDRED 1"1 l"TY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1' 5 0, 0(0) -- -- c - +-- - -~ - FOR ANY SINGLE
<br />OBLIGATION, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF INSTRUMENTS ISSUED FOR THE OBLIGATION.
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<br />andto bind OLD REPUBLIC SURETY COMPANY thereby. and all of the acts of said Attorney~,in-Fact, pursuant to these presents, are
<br />ratified and confirmed. This document is not valid unless printed on colored background and is 'multi-colored. This appointment is made
<br />under and by authority of the board of directors at a special meeting held on February 18, 1982. This power of Attorney is signed and sealed
<br />by facsimile under and by the authority of the following resolutions adopted by the board of direct,,,s of the OLD REPUBLIC SURETY
<br />COMPANY on February 18, t 982.
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<br />RESOLVED that, the president. any vice-president, or assistant vice president in conjunction with the secretary or any assistant
<br />secretary, may appoint attorneys-in-fact or agents with authority as defined or limited in the instrument evidencing the appointment
<br />in each case, for and on behalf of the company to execute and deliver and affix the seal of the company to bonds, undertakings, recog-
<br />nizances, and suretyship obligations of all kinds; and said officers may remove any such attorney-in-fact or agent and revoke any
<br />Power of Attorney previously granted to such person.
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<br />RESOLVED FURTHER. that any bdhd, undertaking, recognbmce, or suretyship obligation shall bevalid and binding upanthe Company
<br />(i) when signed by the president, any vice president or assistant vice president, and attested and sealed (if a sea) be required) by any secretary or assistant
<br />secretary; or
<br />(ii) when signed by the president. any vice president or assistant vice president. secretary or assistant secretary. and coun"""'gnedand sealed (if a seal
<br />be required) by a duly authorized attorneyc.jn-fact or agent; or
<br />(iii) when duly executed and sealed (if a seal be required) by one or more attomeys-in,fact or agents pursuant to and within t.he lim. Its of.. the authe
<br />evidenced by the Power of Attorney issued by the company to such person or persons. ..... ..... ..... . ... ..
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<br />RESOLVED FURTHER.1hatthe signature of any authorized officer ~nd the seal of the company may be affixed by facsimile to 'JIly Power of Attomey or
<br />certification thereof authorizing the execution and delivery of any bond, undertaking, recognizance. or other suretyship obIgations of the~and s.rl1
<br />signature and seal when so used shall have the same force and effect as though manually affixed.
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<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF. OLD REPUBLIC SURETY COMPANY has caused these presents to be signed by its proper officer. and its
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<br />corporate seal to be affixed this 1 7'I'~day of DECEMBER 2003
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<br />Assistant Secre ry
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<br />OLD REPUBLIC SURETY COMPANY
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<br />./' President
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<br />STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY OF WAUKESHA - SS
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<br />On this 17TH day of Q]';rEMBER 2003 ,personally came before me. JAMES E. LEE
<br />and DAVID G~ MENZEL to me known to be the individuals and officers of the OLD REPUBLIC SURETY COMPANY who executed the above
<br />instrument. and they each acknowledged the execution of the same. and being by me duly sworn. did severally depose and say;
<br />that they are said officers of thecorporation aforesaid, and that the seal affixed to the above instrument is the seal of the corporation,
<br />and that said corporate seal andlheir signatures as such officers were duly affixed and subscribed t6the said instrument by the authority of
<br />the board of directors of said corporation. . . /7 / . // /7'
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<br />,. ~, .. ..... . .. . . Notary Public .
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<br />\~!:f~r;i;~~~~f My commission expires: "0 2/ 13 /2005
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<br />CERTIFICATE
<br />I, the undersigned, assistant secretary of the OLD REPUBLIC SURETY COMPANY. a Wisconsin corporation, CERTIFY that the
<br />foregoing and attached Power of Attorney remains in full force and has not been revoked; and furthermore. that the Resolutions of the board of
<br />directors set forth in the Power of Attorney, are now in force... .
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<br />f~~f()"'~~~~o..~rr~\ Signed and sealed at the City of Btookfi~ld, WI this _
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<br />SHERMAN IN~~' AGENCY, INC.
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<br />/' Assistant#retary
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<br />THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT VALID UNLESS PRINTED ON COLORED BACKGROUND AND IS MULTI-COLORED
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