WCBO West Coast Bancorp (MM)

West Coast Bank Awards Three $1,000 College Scholarships to Children of Employees LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- West Coast Bank (NASDAQ:WCBO) recently awarded three $1,000 scholarships to children of its employees. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010816/SFTH016ALOGO ) Elizabeth Nitkowski, a senior at Washington State University, Kyle Martz, a sophomore at Whitman College, and Seth Cole, a freshman at Albertson College, each were awarded scholarships. Elizabeth, Kyle and Seth were selected based on academic performance and participation in school and community activities. West Coast Bancorp, one of Oregon Business Magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For, is a Northwest bank holding company with $1.7 billion in assets, operating 48 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/. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010816/SFTH016ALOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: West Coast Bancorp CONTACT: Cynthia Sparacio, Executive Vice President of Human Resources of West Coast Bancorp, +1-503-598-3242 Web site: http://www.wcb.com/

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