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West Coast Bank is the Title Sponsor for the Safeway Classic LPGA Pro-Am September 13th Event at Columbia-Edgewater Country Club Will Team LPGA Tour Pros With Amateurs PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- West Coast Bank (NASDAQ:WCBO) is the title sponsor for the Safeway Classic LPGA Pro-Am event, which will be held on Monday, September 13th at Columbia Edgewater Country Club. The West Coast Bank Pro-Am will feature LPGA tour pros and amateur partners in a one-day event that will kick off tournament week (September 13-19). (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010816/SFTH016ALOGO ) West Coast Bank President and CEO Robert D. Sznewajs said, "The Safeway Classic is the longest running professional golf event in Portland and has had great success raising money for local children's charities in Oregon. West Coast Bank is the largest community bank in the Portland/Vancouver region, and our association with premier events like the Pro-Am helps us to meet our goals of local community outreach and involvement." "West Coast Bank has agreed to sponsor the Pro-Am for three years and, with their sponsorship, we're confident that we can take this event to a new level," said Tom Maletis, President of Tournament Golf Foundation Inc., the organizers of the tournament. "The Pro-Am has been held the past four years and has always received rave reviews from both the LPGA pros and the amateur players." The Safeway Classic has been held in Portland for 33 years, making it the oldest event on the LPGA tour. To date, the event has raised over $9 million for local children's charities. For more information, visit http://www.safewaygolf.com/ or call Tom Maletis at 503-702-5000. 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: Dave Hansen, Regional President of West Coast Bancorp, +1-503-603-8040 Web site: http://www.wcb.com/

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