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WESTERN NATIONAL
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<br /> POWER OF ATTORNEY
<br /> KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:That Western National Mutual Insurance Company, a Minnesota mutual insurance company,does
<br /> make, constitute, and appoint: Tim Buhite
<br /> Its true and lawful Attomey(s)-in-Fact,with full power and authority for and on behalf of the Company as surety,to execute and deliver and affix the
<br /> seal of the Company thereto(if a seal is required)bond, undertakings recognizances or other written obligations in the nature thereof, (other than
<br /> bail bonds, bank depository bonds, mortgage deficiency bonds, mortgage guaranty bonds, guarantees of installment paper and note
<br /> guaranty bonds,self-insurance workers compensation bonds guaranteeing payment of benefits, hazardous waste remediation bonds or
<br /> black lung bonds),as follows:
<br /> All written instruments in an amount not to exceed an aggregate of Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars($7,500,000.00) for any
<br /> single obligation, regardless of the number of instruments issued for the obligation.
<br /> and to bind Western National Mutual Insurance Company thereby, and all of the acts of said Attorneys-in-Fact, pursuant to these presents, are
<br /> ratified and confirmed. This appointment is made under and by authority of the board of directors at a meeting held on September 28, 2010. This
<br /> Power of Attorney is signed and sealed by facsimile under and by the authority of the following resolutions adopted by the board of directors of
<br /> Western National Mutual Insurance Company on September 28, 2010:
<br /> RESOLVED that the president, any vice president, or assistant vice president in conjunction with the secretary or any assistant secretary,
<br /> may appoint attorneys-in-fact or agents with authority as defined or limited in the instrument evidencing the appointment in each case,for
<br /> and on behalf of the company to execute and deliver and affix the seal of the Company to bonds, undertakings, recognizances, and
<br /> suretyship obligations of all kinds, and said officers may remove any such attorney-in-fact or agent and revoke any Power of Attorney
<br /> previously granted to such person.
<br /> RESOLVED FURTHER that any bond, undertaking, recognizance, or suretyship obligation shall be valid and binding upon the Company
<br /> (i) when signed by the president,any vice president or assistant vice president, and attested and sealed(if a seal be required) by any
<br /> secretary or assistant secretary; or
<br /> (ii) when signed by the president,any vice president or assistant vice president, secretary or assistant secretary, and countersigned and
<br /> sealed(if a seal be required)by a duly authorized attorney-in-fact or agent;or
<br /> (iii) when duly executed and sealed (if a seal be required) by one or more attorneys-in-fact or agents pursuant to and within the limits of
<br /> the authority evidenced by the Power of Attorney issued by the Company to such person or persons.
<br /> RESOLVED FURTHER that the signature of any authorized officer and the seal of the company may be affixed by facsimile to any Power
<br /> of Attorney or certification thereof authorizing the execution and delivery of any bond, undertaking, recognizance, or other suretyship
<br /> obligations of the Company; and such signature and seal when so used shall have the same force and effect as though manually affixed.
<br /> IN WITNESS WHEREOF,Western National Mutual Insurance Company has caused these presents to be signed by its proper officer and
<br /> its corporate seal to be affixed this 16th day of December, 2020.
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<br /> Jon R. Hebeisen, Secretary Larry A. Byers, Sr.Vice President
<br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
<br /> On this 16th day of December, 2020, personally came before me,Jon R. Hebeisen and Larry A. Byers and to me known to be the
<br /> individuals and officers of the Western National Mutual Insurance Company who executed the above instrument, and they each acknowledged the
<br /> execution of the same, and being by me duly sworn, did severally dispose and say;that they are the said officers of the corporation aforesaid, and
<br /> that the seal affixed to the above instrument is the seal of the corporation, and that said corporate seal and their signatures as such officers were
<br /> duly affixed and subscribed to the said instrument by the authority of the board of directors of said corporation.
<br /> ""$' JENNIFERA.YOUNG
<br /> NOTARY PUBLIC
<br /> ems MINNESOTA
<br /> ,;:;• My Commission Expires 01.3?'2026 9 9.244,j4."74/2/
<br /> Jennifer A.Young, Notary Public
<br /> My commission expires January 31, 2026
<br /> CERTIFICATE
<br /> I, the undersigned, assistant secretary of the Western National Mutual Insurance Company, a Minnesota corporation, CERTIFY that the foregoing
<br /> and attached Power of Attorney remains in full force and has not been revoked; and furthermore,that the Resolutions of the board of directors set
<br /> forth in the Power of Attorney, are now in force.
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<br /> Signed and sealed at the City of Edina, MN this 13th day of July , 2021 Jennifer A.Young,Assistant Secretary
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