WCBO West Coast Bancorp (MM)

New Location Offers Easy Access to High-Visibility Office LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On Monday, February 26, 2006, West Coast Bank (NASDAQ:WCBO) will relocate its Salmon Creek, Washington branch to 13305 NE Hwy 99, Suite 106. The new branch more than doubles the size of its existing location and provides for continued strong growth in the thriving Salmon Creek area, where the bank has done business for the past seven years. The high visibility branch will include a customer Internet kiosk, television with current stock quotes and news headlines, West Coast Bank's gift card mall and convenient customer access to the company's fourth Vancouver-based branch. Manager Michele Freeman and staff will host a grand opening and ribbon cutting on March 23rd with a drawing for a 37" flat panel television. West Coast Bancorp, one of Oregon Business Magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For, is a Northwest bank holding company with $2.5 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: Dave Hansen, Regional President of West Coast Bancorp, +1-503-603-8040 Web site: http://www.wcb.com/

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