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Exhibit 24
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. intends to file a registration statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) to register shares relating to the Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. 1998 Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended (the “Plan”). Each of the persons signing his or her name below confirms, as of the date appearing opposite his or her signature, that David Goldston and James Kerr, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, are authorized on his or her behalf to sign and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission such Registration Statement, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, relating to shares to be issued pursuant to the Plan, and any and all further amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to the Registration Statement. Each person so signing also confirms the authority of David Goldston and James Kerr, and each of them, to do and perform on his or her behalf, any and all acts and things requisite or necessary to assure compliance by the signing person with the Form S-8 filing requirements. The authority confirmed herein shall remain in effect as to the person signing his or her name below until such time as the Securities and Exchange Commission shall receive from such person a written communication terminating or modifying the authority.
     
    Date
/s/ Darrell Webb
 
Darrell Webb
  June 10, 2010 
 
   
/s/ James Kerr
 
James Kerr
  June 10, 2010 
 
   
/s/ Scott Cowen
 
Scott Cowen
  June 10, 2010 
 
   
/s/ Joseph DePinto
 
Joseph DePinto
  June 10, 2010 
 
   
/s/ Ira Gumberg
 
Ira Gumberg
  June 10, 2010 
 
   
/s/ Patricia Morrison
 
Patricia Morrison
  June 10, 2010 
 
   
/s/ Frank Newman
 
Frank Newman
  June 10, 2010 
 
   
/s/ David Perdue
 
David Perdue
  June 10, 2010 
 
   
/s/ Beryl Raff
 
Beryl Raff
  June 10, 2010 
 
   
/s/ Alan Rosskamm
 
Alan Rosskamm
  June 10, 2010 
 
   
/s/ Tracey Travis
 
Tracey Travis
  June 10, 2010