Columbia Bancorp to Present at West Coast Super-Community Bank Conference.THE DALLES dalles pl.n. The rapids of a river that runs between the steep precipices of a gorge or narrow valley. [French, pl. of dalle, gutter, from Old French, from Old Norse dæla.] , Ore. -- Columbia Bancorp (Nasdaq:CBBO), parent company of Columbia River Columbia River River, southwestern Canada and northwestern U.S. Rising in the Canadian Rockies, it flows through Washington state, entering the Pacific Ocean at Astoria, Ore.; it has a total length of 1,240 mi (2,000 km). Bank, today announced Roger L. Christensen, President & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , will present at the West Coast Super-Community Bank Conference at 4:40 p.m. PDT PDT abbr. Pacific Daylight Time PDT Pacific Daylight Time PDT n abbr (US) (= Pacific Daylight Time) → hora de verano del Pacífico PDT on September 8, 2004. The presentation may be viewed at www.super-communitybanking.com/westcoast or www.columbiabancorp.com Columbia Bancorp was ranked as the nation's 12th best performing bank over the past three years by U.S. Banker magazine, based on its three-year return on equity and was named one of one hundred "Best Business to Work For" in Oregon in 2004 by Oregon Business Magazine. With assets of $667 million, Columbia Bancorp generated a compounded annual growth rate of 16.7% for net income and a total market return of 85.7% to shareholders for the three-year period ending June 2004. The Super Community Bank Conference will take place in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden at the Pan Pacific Hotel on September 8 and 9, 2004. For more information on the West Coast Super Community Bank Conference visit www.super-communitybanking.com/westcoast. About Columbia Bancorp Columbia Bancorp (www.columbiabancorp.com) is the financial holding company for Columbia River Bank, which operates 20 branches located in The Dalles (2), Hood River The Hood River is a tributary of the Columbia River in northwestern Oregon in the United States. Approximately 25 mi (40 km) long from its mouth to its farthest headwaters on the East Fork, the river descends from wilderness areas in the Cascade Range on Mount Hood and flows , Bend (4), Madras, Redmond (2), Pendleton, Hermiston, McMinnville (3), Canby and Newberg, Oregon, and in Goldendale, White Salmon and Kennewick, Washington. Columbia River Bank also provides mortgage-lending services through Columbia River Bank Mortgage Team and brokerage services through CRB CRB See: Commodity Research Bureau. Financial Services Team. Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements Forward-looking statements with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and the business of Columbia, as well as the plans and present intentions of management and the board of directors, are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in such statements. Readers should not construe construe v. to determine the meaning of the words of a written document, statute or legal decision, based upon rules of legal interpretation as well as normal meanings. these statements as assurances of performance or as guarantees of a particular course of action, and some factors that could cause us to deviate from our plans or to vary from our expectations include the impact of competition and interest rates on revenues and margins, the trading volume Trading volume The number of shares transacted every day. As there is a seller for every buyer, one can think of the trading volume as half of the number of shares transacted. That is, if A sells 100 shares to B, the volume is 100 shares. and price of our stock, and other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in Columbia's public announcements and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as "may", "will", "should", "expect", "anticipate", "estimate", "continue", "plans", "intends", or other similar terminology. Columbia does not intend to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release, other than in its periodic filings with the SEC, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. |
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