WCBO West Coast Bancorp (MM)

West Coast Bank Is Premier Sponsor of the 2004 Austin Family Business Conference Family Business Issues Will Be Examined June 17-19 at The Resort at the Mountain SALEM, Ore., May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- West Coast Bank is the premier sponsor of the 2004 Austin Family Business Conference, June 17-19 at The Resort at the Mountain in Welches. The conference will discuss and develop best practices in areas such as managing boundaries between home and business, succession, governance, estate planning, growing the business, investments and philanthropy. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010816/SFTH016ALOGO ) Regional President Ken Jundt said, "West Coast Bank is dedicated to helping our family business clients succeed. The Austin Family Business (AFB) program shares our goal, which is why we're pleased to sponsor a conference that will help make that happen." Further details about the Conference are available at: http://www.familybusinessonline.org/programs/afbc. West Coast Bancorp is a Northwest bank holding company with $1.7 billion in assets, operating 48 offices in Oregon and Washington. The Company serves clients who seek the resources, sophisticated products and expertise of larger financial institutions, along with the local decision-making, market knowledge, and customer service orientation of a community bank. West Coast Bancorp, the parent company of West Coast Bank and West Coast Trust, is a publicly held bank holding company headquartered in Oregon. The Company offers a broad range of banking, investment, fiduciary and trust services. For more information, please visit the Company web site at http://www.wcb.com/. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010816/SFTH016ALOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: West Coast Bancorp CONTACT: Ken Jundt, Regional President of West Coast Bank, +1-503-371-2680 Web site: http://www.wcb.com/

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