ABF ENERGY CORP
SC 13D, EX-99.16, 2000-06-20
DRILLING OIL & GAS WELLS
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                               POWERS OF ATTORNEY

                                                                      Exhibit 8

                                Power of Attorney

                                -----------------


        The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Marc A. Palazzo and Zeki
Kochisarli,   and  each  of  them,   with  full   power  of   substitution   and
resubstitution, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents to:

  (1) execute and deliver for and on behalf of the  undersigned  (i) any and all
Forms 3, 4 and 5 relating to Crown Jewel  Resources  Corp.  (the  "Company") and
required to be filed in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the  "Exchange  Act") and the rule  thereunder and (ii)
any and all schedules relating to the Company required to be filed in accordance
with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder  (together,  the
"Forms and  Schedules"),  in the  undersigned's  capacity  as a director  and/or
controlling  person of the  Company  and/or as a manager or member of  Labyrinth
Enterprises  LLC or Park Vanguard LLC and/or  trustee of LD Trust and in and all
other  capacities  pursuant to which such Forms and Schedules may be required to
be filed by the undersigned;

  (2) do and perform any and all acts and on behalf of the undersigned which may
be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms and timely file
such  Forms  and  Schedules  with the  United  States  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

  (3) take any  other  action  of any type  whatsoever  in  connection  with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,  may be of benefit to,
in the best  interest  of, or legally  required  by, the  undersigned,  it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned  pursuant to this Power of Attorney  shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such  attorney-in-fact  may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to such  attorney-in-fact  and agents full
power and  authority  to do and perform  any and every act and thing  whatsoever
requisite,  necessary  or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and  powers  herein  granted,  as  fully  to all  intents  and  purposes  as the
undersigned  might  or  could  do if  personally  present,  with  full  power of
substitution of revocation,  hereby  ratifying and confirming all that each such
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes,  shall lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue  of this  Power of  Attorney  and the  rights  and
powers  herein  grants.   The  undersigned   acknowledges   that  the  foregoing
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  in servicing in such  capacity at the request of
the undersigned,  are not assuming any of the undersigned's  responsibilities to
comply  with  Section 16 or Section  13(d) of the  Exchange  Act.  This Power of
Attorney  shall  remain in full force and  effect  until the  undersigned  is no
longer   required  to  file  the  Forms  and  Schedules   with  respect  to  the
undersigned's  holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the  undersigned in a signed writing  delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact and agents.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of the 18th day of June 2000.

                                            PARK VANGUARD LLC

                                           /s/ Marc A. Palazzo

                                           By: Marc A. Palazzo
                                           Manager


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                                                                       Exhibit 8

                               Power of Attorney

                               -----------------


        The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Marc A. Palazzo and Zeki
Kochisarli,   and  each  of  them,   with  full   power  of   substitution   and
resubstitution, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents to:

  (1) execute and deliver for and on behalf of the  undersigned  (i) any and all
Forms 3, 4 and 5 relating to Crown Jewel  Resources  Corp.  (the  "Company") and
required to be filed in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the  "Exchange  Act") and the rule  thereunder and (ii)
any and all schedules relating to the Company required to be filed in accordance
with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder  (together,  the
"Forms and  Schedules"),  in the  undersigned's  capacity  as a director  and/or
controlling  person of the  Company  and/or as a manager or member of  Labyrinth
Enterprises  LLC or Park Vanguard LLC and/or  trustee of LD Trust and in and all
other  capacities  pursuant to which such Forms and Schedules may be required to
be filed by the undersigned;

  (2) do and perform any and all acts and on behalf of the undersigned which may
be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms and timely file
such  Forms  and  Schedules  with the  United  States  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

  (3) take any  other  action  of any type  whatsoever  in  connection  with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,  may be of benefit to,
in the best  interest  of, or legally  required  by, the  undersigned,  it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned  pursuant to this Power of Attorney  shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such  attorney-in-fact  may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to such  attorney-in-fact  and agents full
power and  authority  to do and perform  any and every act and thing  whatsoever
requisite,  necessary  or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and  powers  herein  granted,  as  fully  to all  intents  and  purposes  as the
undersigned  might  or  could  do if  personally  present,  with  full  power of
substitution of revocation,  hereby  ratifying and confirming all that each such
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes,  shall lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue  of this  Power of  Attorney  and the  rights  and
powers  herein  grants.   The  undersigned   acknowledges   that  the  foregoing
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  in servicing in such  capacity at the request of
the undersigned,  are not assuming any of the undersigned's  responsibilities to
comply  with  Section 16 or Section  13(d) of the  Exchange  Act.  This Power of
Attorney  shall  remain in full force and  effect  until the  undersigned  is no
longer   required  to  file  the  Forms  and  Schedules   with  respect  to  the
undersigned's  holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the  undersigned in a signed writing  delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact and agents.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of the 18th day of June 2000.

                                            LABYRINTH ENTERPRISES LLC

                                    /s/ Marc A. Palazzo

                                        By: Marc A. Palazzo
                                        Manager


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                                                                       Exhibit 8

                               Power of Attorney

                               -----------------


        The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Marc A. Palazzo and Zeki
Kochisarli,   and  each  of  them,   with  full   power  of   substitution   and
resubstitution, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents to:

  (1) execute and deliver for and on behalf of the  undersigned  (i) any and all
Forms 3, 4 and 5 relating to Crown Jewel  Resources  Corp.  (the  "Company") and
required to be filed in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the  "Exchange  Act") and the rule  thereunder and (ii)
any and all schedules relating to the Company required to be filed in accordance
with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder  (together,  the
"Forms and  Schedules"),  in the  undersigned's  capacity  as a director  and/or
controlling  person of the  Company  and/or as a manager or member of  Labyrinth
Enterprises  LLC or Park Vanguard LLC and/or  trustee of LD Trust and in and all
other  capacities  pursuant to which such Forms and Schedules may be required to
be filed by the undersigned;

  (2) do and perform any and all acts and on behalf of the undersigned which may
be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms and timely file
such  Forms  and  Schedules  with the  United  States  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

  (3) take any  other  action  of any type  whatsoever  in  connection  with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,  may be of benefit to,
in the best  interest  of, or legally  required  by, the  undersigned,  it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned  pursuant to this Power of Attorney  shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such  attorney-in-fact  may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to such  attorney-in-fact  and agents full
power and  authority  to do and perform  any and every act and thing  whatsoever
requisite,  necessary  or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and  powers  herein  granted,  as  fully  to all  intents  and  purposes  as the
undersigned  might  or  could  do if  personally  present,  with  full  power of
substitution of revocation,  hereby  ratifying and confirming all that each such
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes,  shall lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue  of this  Power of  Attorney  and the  rights  and
powers  herein  grants.   The  undersigned   acknowledges   that  the  foregoing
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  in servicing in such  capacity at the request of
the undersigned,  are not assuming any of the undersigned's  responsibilities to
comply  with  Section 16 or Section  13(d) of the  Exchange  Act.  This Power of
Attorney  shall  remain in full force and  effect  until the  undersigned  is no
longer   required  to  file  the  Forms  and  Schedules   with  respect  to  the
undersigned's  holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the  undersigned in a signed writing  delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact and agents.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of the 18th day of June 2000.

                                    LD TRUST

                                           /s/ Doron Weinberg
                                           By: Doron Weinberg
                                               Trustee


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                                                                       Exhibit 8

                               Power of Attorney

                               -----------------


        The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Marc A. Palazzo and Zeki
Kochisarli,   and  each  of  them,   with  full   power  of   substitution   and
resubstitution, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents to:

  (1) execute and deliver for and on behalf of the  undersigned  (i) any and all
Forms 3, 4 and 5 relating to Crown Jewel  Resources  Corp.  (the  "Company") and
required to be filed in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the  "Exchange  Act") and the rule  thereunder and (ii)
any and all schedules relating to the Company required to be filed in accordance
with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder  (together,  the
"Forms and  Schedules"),  in the  undersigned's  capacity  as a director  and/or
controlling  person of the  Company  and/or as a manager or member of  Labyrinth
Enterprises  LLC or Park Vanguard LLC and/or  trustee of LD Trust and in and all
other  capacities  pursuant to which such Forms and Schedules may be required to
be filed by the undersigned;

  (2) do and perform any and all acts and on behalf of the undersigned which may
be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms and timely file
such  Forms  and  Schedules  with the  United  States  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

  (3) take any  other  action  of any type  whatsoever  in  connection  with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,  may be of benefit to,
in the best  interest  of, or legally  required  by, the  undersigned,  it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned  pursuant to this Power of Attorney  shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such  attorney-in-fact  may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to such  attorney-in-fact  and agents full
power and  authority  to do and perform  any and every act and thing  whatsoever
requisite,  necessary  or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and  powers  herein  granted,  as  fully  to all  intents  and  purposes  as the
undersigned  might  or  could  do if  personally  present,  with  full  power of
substitution of revocation,  hereby  ratifying and confirming all that each such
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes,  shall lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue  of this  Power of  Attorney  and the  rights  and
powers  herein  grants.   The  undersigned   acknowledges   that  the  foregoing
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  in servicing in such  capacity at the request of
the undersigned,  are not assuming any of the undersigned's  responsibilities to
comply  with  Section 16 or Section  13(d) of the  Exchange  Act.  This Power of
Attorney  shall  remain in full force and  effect  until the  undersigned  is no
longer   required  to  file  the  Forms  and  Schedules   with  respect  to  the
undersigned's  holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the  undersigned in a signed writing  delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact and agents.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of the 18th day of June 2000.

                                    /s/ Marc A. Palazzo

                                    By: Marc A. Palazzo


<PAGE>



                                                                       Exhibit 8

                               Power of Attorney

                               -----------------


        The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Marc A. Palazzo and Zeki
Kochisarli,   and  each  of  them,   with  full   power  of   substitution   and
resubstitution, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents to:

  (1) execute and deliver for and on behalf of the  undersigned  (i) any and all
Forms 3, 4 and 5 relating to Crown Jewel  Resources  Corp.  (the  "Company") and
required to be filed in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the  "Exchange  Act") and the rule  thereunder and (ii)
any and all schedules relating to the Company required to be filed in accordance
with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder  (together,  the
"Forms and  Schedules"),  in the  undersigned's  capacity  as a director  and/or
controlling  person of the  Company  and/or as a manager or member of  Labyrinth
Enterprises  LLC or Park Vanguard LLC and/or  trustee of LD Trust and in and all
other  capacities  pursuant to which such Forms and Schedules may be required to
be filed by the undersigned;

  (2) do and perform any and all acts and on behalf of the undersigned which may
be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms and timely file
such  Forms  and  Schedules  with the  United  States  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

  (3) take any  other  action  of any type  whatsoever  in  connection  with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,  may be of benefit to,
in the best  interest  of, or legally  required  by, the  undersigned,  it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned  pursuant to this Power of Attorney  shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such  attorney-in-fact  may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to such  attorney-in-fact  and agents full
power and  authority  to do and perform  any and every act and thing  whatsoever
requisite,  necessary  or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and  powers  herein  granted,  as  fully  to all  intents  and  purposes  as the
undersigned  might  or  could  do if  personally  present,  with  full  power of
substitution of revocation,  hereby  ratifying and confirming all that each such
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes,  shall lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue  of this  Power of  Attorney  and the  rights  and
powers  herein  grants.   The  undersigned   acknowledges   that  the  foregoing
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  in servicing in such  capacity at the request of
the undersigned,  are not assuming any of the undersigned's  responsibilities to
comply  with  Section 16 or Section  13(d) of the  Exchange  Act.  This Power of
Attorney  shall  remain in full force and  effect  until the  undersigned  is no
longer   required  to  file  the  Forms  and  Schedules   with  respect  to  the
undersigned's  holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the  undersigned in a signed writing  delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact and agents.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of the 18th day of June 2000.

                                    /s/ Zeki Kochisarli

                                    By: Zeki Kochisarli


<PAGE>


                                                                       Exhibit 8

                               Power of Attorney

                               -----------------


        The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Marc A. Palazzo and Zeki
Kochisarli,   and  each  of  them,   with  full   power  of   substitution   and
resubstitution, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents to:

  (1) execute and deliver for and on behalf of the  undersigned  (i) any and all
Forms 3, 4 and 5 relating to Crown Jewel  Resources  Corp.  (the  "Company") and
required to be filed in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the  "Exchange  Act") and the rule  thereunder and (ii)
any and all schedules relating to the Company required to be filed in accordance
with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder  (together,  the
"Forms and  Schedules"),  in the  undersigned's  capacity  as a director  and/or
controlling  person of the  Company  and/or as a manager or member of  Labyrinth
Enterprises  LLC or Park Vanguard LLC and/or  trustee of LD Trust and in and all
other  capacities  pursuant to which such Forms and Schedules may be required to
be filed by the undersigned;

  (2) do and perform any and all acts and on behalf of the undersigned which may
be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms and timely file
such  Forms  and  Schedules  with the  United  States  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

  (3) take any  other  action  of any type  whatsoever  in  connection  with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,  may be of benefit to,
in the best  interest  of, or legally  required  by, the  undersigned,  it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned  pursuant to this Power of Attorney  shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such  attorney-in-fact  may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to such  attorney-in-fact  and agents full
power and  authority  to do and perform  any and every act and thing  whatsoever
requisite,  necessary  or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and  powers  herein  granted,  as  fully  to all  intents  and  purposes  as the
undersigned  might  or  could  do if  personally  present,  with  full  power of
substitution of revocation,  hereby  ratifying and confirming all that each such
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes,  shall lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue  of this  Power of  Attorney  and the  rights  and
powers  herein  grants.   The  undersigned   acknowledges   that  the  foregoing
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  in servicing in such  capacity at the request of
the undersigned,  are not assuming any of the undersigned's  responsibilities to
comply  with  Section 16 or Section  13(d) of the  Exchange  Act.  This Power of
Attorney  shall  remain in full force and  effect  until the  undersigned  is no
longer   required  to  file  the  Forms  and  Schedules   with  respect  to  the
undersigned's  holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the  undersigned in a signed writing  delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact and agents.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of the 18th day of June 2000.

                                           /s/ Doron Weinberg
                                           By: Doron Weinberg







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