
                                                                      Exhibit 24
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         The undersigned, Harold F. Force, hereby constitutes and
appoints Mark T. Gorski, Joyce A. Helt, and Melissa A. McGill as the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, from the date hereof
until such authority is terminated by me in writing, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any Form 3 - Initial
Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities, Form 4 - Statement of Changes
in Beneficial Ownership of Securities, or Form 5 - Amended Statement of Changes
in Beneficial Ownership required to be filed by the undersigned with respect to
the undersigned's beneficial ownership of securities of Home Federal Bancorp
(the "Company"), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and any national stock market on which the
Company's securities are listed, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as such
person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorney-in-fact and agent, or a substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         Executed as of this 28th day of June, 2005.


/s/Harold F. Force
Harold F. Force
Board of Director
Home Federal Bancorp

Harold F. Force
Printed Name



STATE OF INDIANA)
                                    ) SS.
COUNTY OF Jackson)

         Before me, the undersigned Notary Public in and for said State and
County,  personally  appeared Harold F. Force, and acknowledged to me
to be the person who executed the foregoing Power of Attorney as his/her act
and deed.


                                 /s/Donna R. Maxie
                                 Notary Public

                                 Donna R. Maxie
                                 Printed Name

My Commission Expires:
12-12-2012
HOME FEDERAL BANCORP 4
