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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     The undersigned, JEFFREY E. SUSSKIND, constitutes and appoints B. A.
Berilgen and Michael A. Gerlich, and each of them (with full power to each of
them to act alone), his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities to sign on his behalf individually and in his
capacity as Director, any amendment to this Report on Form 10-KSB under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and either of them or
their substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.






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                                      Jeffrey E. Susskind
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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24
 
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     The undersigned, D. BRADLEY DUNN, constitutes and appoints B. A. Berilgen
and Michael A. Gerlich, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act
alone), his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities to sign on his behalf individually and in his capacity as
Director, any amendment to this Report on Form 10-KSB under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and either of them or
their substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.





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                                      D. Bradley Dunn
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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24
 
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     The undersigned, W. CRAIG CHILDERS, constitutes and appoints B. A. Berilgen
and Michael A. Gerlich, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act
alone), his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities to sign on his behalf individually and in his capacity as
Director, any amendment to this Report on Form 10-KSB under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and either of them or
their substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.






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                                      W. Craig Childers
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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24
 
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     The undersigned, JONATHAN P. CARROLL, constitutes and appoints B. A.
Berilgen and Michael A. Gerlich, and each of them (with full power to each of
them to act alone), his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities to sign on his behalf individually and in his
capacity as Director, any amendment to this Report on Form 10-KSB under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and either of them or
their substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.





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                                      Jonathan P. Carroll
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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24
 
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     The undersigned, DAVID H. SCHEIBER, constitutes and appoints B. A. Berilgen
and Michael A. Gerlich, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act
alone), his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities to sign on his behalf individually and in his capacity as
Director, any amendment to this Report on Form 10-KSB under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and either of them or
their substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



 


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                                      David H. Scheiber
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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24
 
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     The undersigned, MICHAEL A. GERLICH, constitutes and appoints B. A.
Berilgen and Michael A. Gerlich, and each of them (with full power to each of
them to act alone), his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities to sign on his behalf individually and in his
capacity as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting
Officer, any amendment to this Report on Form 10-KSB under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and either of them or
their substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.





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                                      Michael A. Gerlich