WCBO West Coast Bancorp (MM)

800 Complimentary copies of The Shadow of the Wind will be distributed to Library Card Holders LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- West Coast Bank (NASDAQ:WCBO) is the presenting sponsor of the Lake Oswego citywide reading experience- Lake Oswego Reads. On January 9, 2007, a kick-off celebration at the Lake Oswego Library will feature a concert of authentic Spanish music and the distribution to library card holders of 800 copies of The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. A month of events surrounding the book will follow. For more information, call 503.636.7628 or visit http://www.lakeoswegolibrary.org/. West Coast Bancorp, one of Oregon Business Magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For, is a Northwest bank holding company with $2.4 billion in assets, operating 59 offices in Oregon and Washington. The company combines the sophisticated products and expertise of larger banks with the local decision making, market knowledge and customer service of a community bank. For more information, visit the Company web site at http://www.wcb.com/. DATASOURCE: West Coast Bancorp CONTACT: Charlie Forsyth, Vice President, Lake Oswego Manager, +1-503-603-8005 Web site: http://www.wcb.com/

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