POWER OF ATTORNEY



 Know all by these presents, that the undersigned

hereby constitutes and appoints each of Allen T. Sterling,

Michelle L. Basil and Rena Marie Strand, signing singly,

the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:



(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in

the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director

of the Auburn Bancorp, 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, 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 20th day of May,

2008.





Signature: /s/ August M. Berta

Name: August M. Berta