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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
DIRECTORS OF LNB BANCORP, INC.
Know all men by these presents that each person whose name is signed
below has made, constituted and appointed, and by this instrument does make,
constitute and appoint Gary C. Smith his true and lawful attorney with full
power of substitution and resubstitution to affix for him and in his name, place
and stead, as attorney-in-fact, his signature as director or officer, or both,
of LNB Bancorp, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the "Company"), to a Registration
Statement on Form S-8 registering under the Securities Act of 1933, common
shares and plan interests to be offered and sold under the Lorain National Bank
Employees' 401(k) Plan, and to any and all amendments, post-effective amendments
and exhibits to that Registration Statement, and to any and all applications and
other documents pertaining thereto, giving and granting to such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform every act and thing whatsoever
necessary to be done in the premises, as fully as he might or could do if
personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact or any such substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed at Lorain,
Ohio, this 19th day of December, 2000.
/s/ Daniel P. Batista Director
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Daniel P. Batista
/s/ Robert M. Campana Director
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Robert M. Campana
/s/ Terry D. Goode Director
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Terry D. Goode
/s/ Wellsley O. Gray Director
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Wellsley O. Gray
/s/ James R. Herrick Director
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James R. Herrick
/s/ James F. Kidd Vice Chairman of the Board
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James F. Kidd and Director
/s/ David M. Koethe Director
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David M. Koethe
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/s/ Benjamin G. Norton Director
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Benjamin G. Norton
/s/ Stanley G. Pijor Chairman of the Board
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Stanley G. Pijor and Director
/s/ Jeffrey F. Riddell Director
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Jeffrey F. Riddell
/s/ Thomas P. Ryan Director, Executive Vice President
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Thomas P. Ryan and Secretary
/s/ John W. Schaeffer, M. D. Director
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John W. Schaeffer, M.D.
/s/ Eugene M. Sofranko Director
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Eugene M. Sofranko
/s/ Leo Weingarten Director
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Leo Weingarten
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