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SIGNATURE WILLIAM M. O'REILLY
TITLE SECRETARY
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This report is signed on behalf of the Registrant in the City of Stevens Point,
State of Wisconsin, this 17th day of June, 1998.
SENTRY FUND, INC.
BY: /s/ William M. O'Reilly
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