POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
WHEREAS, AMERIPRIME ADVISORS TRUST, a business trust organized under the
laws of the State of Ohio (hereinafter referred to as the "Trust"), periodically
files amendments to its Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended; and
WHEREAS, the undersigned is the Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of
the Trust;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints JAMES R.
CUMMINS and DONALD S. MENDELSOHN, and each of them, his attorneys for him and in
his name, place and stead, and in his office and capacity in the Trust, to
execute and file any Amendment or Amendments to the Trust's Registration
Statement, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and authority
to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 21st
day of July, 2000.
/s/
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Robert A. Chopyak
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
STATE OF TEXAS )
) ss:
COUNTY OF TARRANT )
Before me, a Notary Public, in and for said county and state, personally
appeared ROBERT A. CHOPYAK, known to me to be the person described in and who
executed the foregoing instrument, and who acknowledged to me that he executed
and delivered the same for the purposes therein expressed.
WITNESS my hand and official seal this 21st day of July, 2000.
/s/ Matthew D. Denton
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Notary Public
My commission expires:01/14/2003
