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<br />DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY
<br />KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:
<br />That I, Lorraine Kroeger, have made, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do
<br />make, constitute and appoint Charlene D. Gates, as my true and lawful attorney for me. In the
<br />event that Charlene D. Gates is unable or unwilling to serve, then I appoint Michael A. Gates as
<br />successor agent. In the event that Michael A. Gates is unable or unwilling to serve, then I
<br />appoint Brenda M. Sanford as successor agent. The above named persons may act in my name,
<br />place and stead, and on my behalf, subject to the provisions of Paragraph 19 hereof, to do and
<br />execute all or any of the following acts, deeds and things:
<br />1. To Receive Debts, Payments and Property. To ask, demand, sue for, recover and
<br />receive all sums of money, debts, dues, goods, wares, merchandise, chattels, effects and things of
<br />whatsoever nature or description which now are or hereafter shall be or become due, owing,
<br />payable, or belonging to me in or by any right, title, ways or means howsoever, and upon receipt
<br />thereof, or of any part thereof, to make, sign, execute and deliver such receipts, releases or other
<br />discharges for the same respectively as my said attorney shall deem advisable.
<br />2. To Settle Accounts. To settle any account or reckoning whatsoever wherein I
<br />now am or at any time hereafter shall be in any way interested or concerned with any person
<br />whomsoever, and to pay or receive the balance thereof as the case may require.
<br />3. To Satisfy Security Interests and Mortgages. To receive every sum of money which
<br />now is or hereafter shall be due or belonging to me upon the security or by virtue of any security
<br />interest or agreement, or mortgage, and on receipt of the full amount secured thereby to execute a
<br />good and sufficient release or other discharge of such security interest, or mortgage by deed or
<br />otherwise.
<br />4. To Compound, Submit to Arbitration, or Otherwise Settle or Adjust Differences.
<br />To compound with or make allowances to any person for or in respect to any debt or demand
<br />whatsoever which now is or shall at any time hereafter become due and payable to me, or by me,
<br />or upon my account, and to take and receive, or to pay and discharge (as the case may be), any
<br />composition or dividend thereof or thereupon, and to give or receive releases or other discharges
<br />for the whole of such debts or demands, or to settle, compromise, or submit to arbitration every
<br />such debt or demand and every other right, matter, and thing due to or concerning me as my
<br />attorney shall think best, and for that purpose to enter into and execute and deliver such bonds of
<br />arbitration or other instruments as my attorney may deem advisable in the premises.
<br />5. To Prosecute and Defend. To commence, prosecute, discontinue, or defend all
<br />actions or other legal proceedings touching my estate or any part thereof, or touching any matter
<br />in which I or my estate may be in any wise concerned.
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