Quotes by Hal Brown

“[That surprised some board members.] So there is no date? ... Could it be a year?”

“I still have concerns, but Ill vote for it,”

“They cant keep losing millions of dollars,”

“I want to see if there is any way we can be supportive,”

“A lot of them you dont get to know because it happened so long ago, ... Were so lucky to be able to honor (the past presidents), to meet them. Because of their leadership is why were here today.”

“We always kind of had a running agreement, ... He would not tell my secrets and I would not tell his.”

“The privilege of being at the university for four years is something Ill always treasure,”

“This is really the first time Ive seen all five of us together,”

“Solid financial results and excellent prospects for future success enable us to continue our long history of consistent dividend payments for our shareholders. We continue to achieve success in our core business activities especially the growth in loans, which becomes the foundation for our future earnings prospects and provides the capability to provide dividend increases such as were announcing today.”

“I am pleased to announce the Vancouver expansion that occurs earlier than we had first anticipated. The speed and efficiency in which we completed virtually all of the integration matters with respect to merging the operations of the former Northwest Business Bank frees many of our people from an integration focus to now turn to the Vancouver expansion.”