West Coast Bank Sponsors Tualatin Riverkeepers Discovery Day

Self-Guided Community Paddle Trip will be held on June 23, 2007

    LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., May 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- West Coast Bank (Nasdaq: WCBO) is sponsoring the Tualatin Riverkeepers Discovery Day on Saturday, June 23, 2007, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. The self-guided Community Paddle Trip will begin at Jurgens Park in Tualatin and end at Metro's Stafford greenspace.

    Regional President Dave Hansen said, "West Coast Bank is pleased to promote public access to the beautiful Tualatin River, which meanders through several Portland metro communities. Each participant will receive a West Coast Bank bag with a river guide."

    For more information or to register for the Tualatin Riverkeepers Discovery Day, see http://www.tualatinriverkeepers.org.

    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 60 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.

SOURCE  West Coast Bank

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    /CONTACT:  Jeannine Tune, Branch Manager, Beaverton of West Coast Bank,
+1-503-643-7643/

    /Web site:  http://www.wcb.com /

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