West Coast Bank Sponsors the 8th Annual Rick Melching Scholarship Golf Tournament

West Coast Bank Sponsors the 8th Annual Rick Melching Scholarship Golf Tournament

VANCOUVER, Wash., April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- West Coast Bank will sponsor the 8th Annual Rick Melching Scholarship Golf Tournament on May 22, 2009, at Camas Meadows Golf Club. Company volunteers will staff the West Coast Bank tee box and participate in the tournament.

Assistant Vice President-East Vancouver Manager Justin Myers said, "West Coast Bank is honored to support all the graduating high school students in East Vancouver and SE Clark County who choose to pursue higher educational levels within our own community. Without these committed, local leaders Clark County would not be where it is today."

The Rick Melching Scholarship Program provides resources to the Evergreen School District Foundation and to Evergreen School District High School Graduates who attend Clark College or Washington State University. For more information, see evba.net.

West Coast Bancorp, (NASDAQ:WCBO), is a Northwest bank holding company with $2.5 billion in assets, operating 65 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 www.wcb.com.




Source: West Coast Bancorp


CONTACT: Dave Hansen, Regional President, +1-503-603-8040, or Justin Myers, Assistant Vice President, East Vancouver Manager, +1-360-260-0823, both of West Coast Bancorp

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