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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Registration Statement of New Jersey Resources Corporation
Relating to the New Jersey Resources Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan
The person whose signature appears below does hereby make, constitute and
appoint Glenn C. Lockwood and Oleta J. Harden and each of them, with full power
to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
in his or her name, place and stead to execute on his or her behalf, as an
officer and/or director of New Jersey Resources Corporation (the "Company"), the
Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement")
for the registration of 750,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value
$2.50 ("Common Stock"), in connection with the New Jersey Resources Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement, and file the same with
all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") pursuant to the Securities Act of
1933 (the "Act"), and any and all other instruments which either of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents deems necessary or advisable to enable the Company
to comply with the Act, the rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC in
respect thereof, and the securities or Blue Sky laws of any State or other
governmental subdivision, giving and granting to each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing whatsoever necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the premises
as fully to all intents as he or she might or could do if personally present at
the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that his or her said attorneys-in-fact and agents
or substitutes may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand on
this ___ day of June, 2000.
/s/ Laurence M. Downes
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Laurence M. Downes
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Registration Statement of New Jersey Resources Corporation
Relating to the New Jersey Resources Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan
The person whose signature appears below does hereby make, constitute and
appoint Glenn C. Lockwood and Oleta J. Harden and each of them, with full power
to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
in his or her name, place and stead to execute on his or her behalf, as an
officer and/or director of New Jersey Resources Corporation (the "Company"), the
Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement")
for the registration of 750,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value
$2.50 ("Common Stock"), in connection with the New Jersey Resources Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement, and file the same with
all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") pursuant to the Securities Act of
1933 (the "Act"), and any and all other instruments which either of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents deems necessary or advisable to enable the Company
to comply with the Act, the rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC in
respect thereof, and the securities or Blue Sky laws of any State or other
governmental subdivision, giving and granting to each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing whatsoever necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the premises
as fully to all intents as he or she might or could do if personally present at
the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that his or her said attorneys-in-fact and agents
or substitutes may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand on
this ___ day of June, 2000.
/s/ Glenn C. Lockwood
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Glenn C. Lockwood
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Registration Statement of New Jersey Resources Corporation
Relating to the New Jersey Resources Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan
The person whose signature appears below does hereby make, constitute and
appoint Glenn C. Lockwood and Oleta J. Harden and each of them, with full power
to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
in his or her name, place and stead to execute on his or her behalf, as an
officer and/or director of New Jersey Resources Corporation (the "Company"), the
Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement")
for the registration of 750,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value
$2.50 ("Common Stock"), in connection with the New Jersey Resources Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement, and file the same with
all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") pursuant to the Securities Act of
1933 (the "Act"), and any and all other instruments which either of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents deems necessary or advisable to enable the Company
to comply with the Act, the rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC in
respect thereof, and the securities or Blue Sky laws of any State or other
governmental subdivision, giving and granting to each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing whatsoever necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the premises
as fully to all intents as he or she might or could do if personally present at
the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that his or her said attorneys-in-fact and agents
or substitutes may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand on
this 5 day of June, 2000.
/s/ Nina Aversano
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Nina Aversano
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Registration Statement of New Jersey Resources Corporation
Relating to the New Jersey Resources Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan
The person whose signature appears below does hereby make, constitute and
appoint Glenn C. Lockwood and Oleta J. Harden and each of them, with full power
to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
in his or her name, place and stead to execute on his or her behalf, as an
officer and/or director of New Jersey Resources Corporation (the "Company"), the
Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement")
for the registration of 750,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value
$2.50 ("Common Stock"), in connection with the New Jersey Resources Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement, and file the same with
all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") pursuant to the Securities Act of
1933 (the "Act"), and any and all other instruments which either of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents deems necessary or advisable to enable the Company
to comply with the Act, the rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC in
respect thereof, and the securities or Blue Sky laws of any State or other
governmental subdivision, giving and granting to each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing whatsoever necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the premises
as fully to all intents as he or she might or could do if personally present at
the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that his or her said attorneys-in-fact and agents
or substitutes may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand on
this 5 day of June, 2000.
/s/ Lawrence R. Codey
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Lawrence R. Codey
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Registration Statement of New Jersey Resources Corporation
Relating to the New Jersey Resources Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan
The person whose signature appears below does hereby make, constitute and
appoint Glenn C. Lockwood and Oleta J. Harden and each of them, with full power
to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
in his or her name, place and stead to execute on his or her behalf, as an
officer and/or director of New Jersey Resources Corporation (the "Company"), the
Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement")
for the registration of 750,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value
$2.50 ("Common Stock"), in connection with the New Jersey Resources Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement, and file the same with
all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") pursuant to the Securities Act of
1933 (the "Act"), and any and all other instruments which either of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents deems necessary or advisable to enable the Company
to comply with the Act, the rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC in
respect thereof, and the securities or Blue Sky laws of any State or other
governmental subdivision, giving and granting to each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing whatsoever necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the premises
as fully to all intents as he or she might or could do if personally present at
the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that his or her said attorneys-in-fact and agents
or substitutes may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand on
this ___ day of June, 2000.
/s/ Leonard S. Coleman
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Leonard S. Coleman
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Registration Statement of New Jersey Resources Corporation
Relating to the New Jersey Resources Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan
The person whose signature appears below does hereby make, constitute and
appoint Glenn C. Lockwood and Oleta J. Harden and each of them, with full power
to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
in his or her name, place and stead to execute on his or her behalf, as an
officer and/or director of New Jersey Resources Corporation (the "Company"), the
Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement")
for the registration of 750,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value
$2.50 ("Common Stock"), in connection with the New Jersey Resources Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement, and file the same with
all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") pursuant to the Securities Act of
1933 (the "Act"), and any and all other instruments which either of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents deems necessary or advisable to enable the Company
to comply with the Act, the rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC in
respect thereof, and the securities or Blue Sky laws of any State or other
governmental subdivision, giving and granting to each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing whatsoever necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the premises
as fully to all intents as he or she might or could do if personally present at
the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that his or her said attorneys-in-fact and agents
or substitutes may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand on
this 5 day of June, 2000.
/s/ Joe B. Foster
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Joe B. Foster
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Registration Statement of New Jersey Resources Corporation
Relating to the New Jersey Resources Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan
The person whose signature appears below does hereby make, constitute and
appoint Glenn C. Lockwood and Oleta J. Harden and each of them, with full power
to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
in his or her name, place and stead to execute on his or her behalf, as an
officer and/or director of New Jersey Resources Corporation (the "Company"), the
Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement")
for the registration of 750,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value
$2.50 ("Common Stock"), in connection with the New Jersey Resources Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement, and file the same with
all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") pursuant to the Securities Act of
1933 (the "Act"), and any and all other instruments which either of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents deems necessary or advisable to enable the Company
to comply with the Act, the rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC in
respect thereof, and the securities or Blue Sky laws of any State or other
governmental subdivision, giving and granting to each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing whatsoever necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the premises
as fully to all intents as he or she might or could do if personally present at
the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that his or her said attorneys-in-fact and agents
or substitutes may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand on
this 5th day of June, 2000.
/s/ Hazel S. Gluck
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Hazel S. Gluck
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Registration Statement of New Jersey Resources Corporation
Relating to the New Jersey Resources Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan
The person whose signature appears below does hereby make, constitute and
appoint Glenn C. Lockwood and Oleta J. Harden and each of them, with full power
to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
in his or her name, place and stead to execute on his or her behalf, as an
officer and/or director of New Jersey Resources Corporation (the "Company"), the
Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement")
for the registration of 750,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value
$2.50 ("Common Stock"), in connection with the New Jersey Resources Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement, and file the same with
all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") pursuant to the Securities Act of
1933 (the "Act"), and any and all other instruments which either of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents deems necessary or advisable to enable the Company
to comply with the Act, the rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC in
respect thereof, and the securities or Blue Sky laws of any State or other
governmental subdivision, giving and granting to each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing whatsoever necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the premises
as fully to all intents as he or she might or could do if personally present at
the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that his or her said attorneys-in-fact and agents
or substitutes may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand on
this 4th day of June, 2000.
/s/ James T. Hackett
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James T. Hackett
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Registration Statement of New Jersey Resources Corporation
Relating to the New Jersey Resources Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan
The person whose signature appears below does hereby make, constitute and
appoint Glenn C. Lockwood and Oleta J. Harden and each of them, with full power
to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
in his or her name, place and stead to execute on his or her behalf, as an
officer and/or director of New Jersey Resources Corporation (the "Company"), the
Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement")
for the registration of 750,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value
$2.50 ("Common Stock"), in connection with the New Jersey Resources Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement, and file the same with
all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") pursuant to the Securities Act of
1933 (the "Act"), and any and all other instruments which either of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents deems necessary or advisable to enable the Company
to comply with the Act, the rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC in
respect thereof, and the securities or Blue Sky laws of any State or other
governmental subdivision, giving and granting to each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing whatsoever necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the premises
as fully to all intents as he or she might or could do if personally present at
the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that his or her said attorneys-in-fact and agents
or substitutes may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand on
this 5 day of June, 2000.
/s/ Lester D. Johnson
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Lester D. Johnson
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Registration Statement of New Jersey Resources Corporation
Relating to the New Jersey Resources Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan
The person whose signature appears below does hereby make, constitute and
appoint Glenn C. Lockwood and Oleta J. Harden and each of them, with full power
to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
in his or her name, place and stead to execute on his or her behalf, as an
officer and/or director of New Jersey Resources Corporation (the "Company"), the
Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement")
for the registration of 750,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value
$2.50 ("Common Stock"), in connection with the New Jersey Resources Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement, and file the same with
all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") pursuant to the Securities Act of
1933 (the "Act"), and any and all other instruments which either of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents deems necessary or advisable to enable the Company
to comply with the Act, the rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC in
respect thereof, and the securities or Blue Sky laws of any State or other
governmental subdivision, giving and granting to each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing whatsoever necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the premises
as fully to all intents as he or she might or could do if personally present at
the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that his or her said attorneys-in-fact and agents
or substitutes may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand on
this 5th day of June, 2000.
/s/ Dorothy K. Light
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Dorothy K. Light
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Registration Statement of New Jersey Resources Corporation
Relating to the New Jersey Resources Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan
The person whose signature appears below does hereby make, constitute and
appoint Glenn C. Lockwood and Oleta J. Harden and each of them, with full power
to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
in his or her name, place and stead to execute on his or her behalf, as an
officer and/or director of New Jersey Resources Corporation (the "Company"), the
Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement")
for the registration of 750,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value
$2.50 ("Common Stock"), in connection with the New Jersey Resources Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement, and file the same with
all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") pursuant to the Securities Act of
1933 (the "Act"), and any and all other instruments which either of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents deems necessary or advisable to enable the Company
to comply with the Act, the rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC in
respect thereof, and the securities or Blue Sky laws of any State or other
governmental subdivision, giving and granting to each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing whatsoever necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the premises
as fully to all intents as he or she might or could do if personally present at
the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that his or her said attorneys-in-fact and agents
or substitutes may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand on
this 6th day of June, 2000.
/s/ William H. Turner
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William H. Turner
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Registration Statement of New Jersey Resources Corporation
Relating to the New Jersey Resources Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan
The person whose signature appears below does hereby make, constitute and
appoint Glenn C. Lockwood and Oleta J. Harden and each of them, with full power
to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
in his or her name, place and stead to execute on his or her behalf, as an
officer and/or director of New Jersey Resources Corporation (the "Company"), the
Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement")
for the registration of 750,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value
$2.50 ("Common Stock"), in connection with the New Jersey Resources Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement, and file the same with
all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") pursuant to the Securities Act of
1933 (the "Act"), and any and all other instruments which either of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents deems necessary or advisable to enable the Company
to comply with the Act, the rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC in
respect thereof, and the securities or Blue Sky laws of any State or other
governmental subdivision, giving and granting to each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing whatsoever necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the premises
as fully to all intents as he or she might or could do if personally present at
the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that his or her said attorneys-in-fact and agents
or substitutes may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand on
this ___ day of June, 2000.
/s/ Gary W. Wolf
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Gary W. Wolf
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Registration Statement of New Jersey Resources Corporation
Relating to the New Jersey Resources Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan
The person whose signature appears below does hereby make, constitute and
appoint Glenn C. Lockwood and Oleta J. Harden and each of them, with full power
to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
in his or her name, place and stead to execute on his or her behalf, as an
officer and/or director of New Jersey Resources Corporation (the "Company"), the
Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement")
for the registration of 750,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value
$2.50 ("Common Stock"), in connection with the New Jersey Resources Corporation
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement, and file the same with
all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") pursuant to the Securities Act of
1933 (the "Act"), and any and all other instruments which either of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents deems necessary or advisable to enable the Company
to comply with the Act, the rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC in
respect thereof, and the securities or Blue Sky laws of any State or other
governmental subdivision, giving and granting to each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing whatsoever necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the premises
as fully to all intents as he or she might or could do if personally present at
the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that his or her said attorneys-in-fact and agents
or substitutes may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand on
this 6 day of June, 2000.
/s/ George R. Zoffinger
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George R. Zoffinger
