WCBO West Coast Bancorp (MM)

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- West Coast Bank is the presenting sponsor of Tualatin's 58th Annual Chamber of Commerce Crawfish Festival, Friday and Saturday, August 8th and 9th. The 2008 theme is "Crawfish of the Caribbean". A month prior to the event, West Coast Bank will host a treasure hunt to sponsoring retail outlets. Participants will complete the treasure map and be entered into a grand-prize drawing for a 42" flat-screen TV, which the bank is donating. The Crawfish Cookout remains Friday night's main attraction and will be bigger than ever with many local restaurants participating. Musical groups, a pancake breakfast, crawfish eating contests and a parade highlight the weekend's much-anticipated activities. West Coast Bank's Vice President -- Tualatin-Sherwood Branch Manager Cheryl Dorman is the Crawfish Festival Chair and also the Tualatin Chamber President for 2008. She said, "The Crawfish Festival attracts hundreds of visitors to the Tualatin area and West Coast Bank is delighted to show off this lovely community as the presenting sponsor of the festival." For more information see http://www.tualatincrawfishfestival.com/. West Coast Bancorp, (NASDAQ:WCBO), one of Oregon Business Magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For, is a Northwest bank holding company with $2.6 billion in assets, operating 63 locations 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's web site at http://www.wcb.com/. DATASOURCE: West Coast Bancorp CONTACT: Cheryl Dorman, Vice President, Branch Manager, Tualatin-Sherwood Branch of West Coast Bancorp, +1-503-691-9929 Web site: http://www.wcb.com/ http://www.tualatincrawfishfestival.com/

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