-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, EV+MByqnkF8oVUgHdefUHAb1Y3zGAJ7BHblbYc+yQtnzO72oDfynEIoq6Cttg3zB HEAHFlLdrHYmfGxS+hvuxA== 0001109355-05-000026.txt : 20050503 0001109355-05-000026.hdr.sgml : 20050503 20050503175241 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001109355-05-000026 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20050428 FILED AS OF DATE: 20050503 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050503 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Stapleton Walker Roberts CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001323237 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-01912 FILM NUMBER: 05796367 BUSINESS ADDRESS: BUSINESS PHONE: 303-893-1022 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1050 CHEROKEE STREET, #307 CITY: DENVER STATE: CO ZIP: 80204 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SONOMAWEST HOLDINGS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000102588 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: LESSORS OF REAL PROPERTY, NEC [6519] IRS NUMBER: 941069729 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2064 HIGHWAY 116 NORTH CITY: SEBASTOPOL STATE: CA ZIP: 95472 BUSINESS PHONE: 707-824-2534 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2064 HIGHWAY 116 NORTH CITY: SEBASTOPOL STATE: CA ZIP: 95472 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VACU DRY CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 3 1 wstapletonf3_ex.xml X0202 3 2005-04-28 0 0000102588 SONOMAWEST HOLDINGS INC SWHI 0001323237 Stapleton Walker Roberts 1600 BROADWAY, SUITE 2400 DENVER CO 80202 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 47410 D /s/ Walker R. Stapleton, by Roger S. Mertz, Attorney-in-Fact 2005-05-02 EX-24 2 walkerpwratty.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY Power of Attorney

POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Roger S. Mertz and Matthew J. Ertman, and each of them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:

       (1)      execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as shareholder and director of SonomaWest Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

       (2)      do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

       (3)      take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 13th day of April, 2005



/s/ Walker Stapleton
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Walker Stapleton

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