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For more information, visit 1 “The Principal Financial Group” and “The Principal” are registered servicemarks of Principal Financial Services, Inc., a member of the Principal FinancialGroup. 2 * As of March 31, 2009 Principal Financial GroupSusan Houser, orEllen Shumway, Copyright Business Wire 2009. Community Invited to Pay Respects to America’s War VeteransSEATTLE, July 13 /PRNewswire/ — The Dignity Memorial(R) Vietnam Wall, athree-quarter-scale traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial inWashington, D.C., will be open for public viewing August 14-16, 2009 at AcaciaMemorial Park, 14951 Bothell Way NE in Seattle.Free and open to the public 24 hours a day from Friday, August 14 throughSunday, August 16, the replica is eight feet high and 240 feet long. Itsblack, reflective surface is inscribed with the names of more than 58,000servicemen and women who died or are missing in Vietnam. Paper and pencilswill be provided so visitors can make rubbings of names etched on the wall.The Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall is dedicated to all Americans who served inVietnam and honors all veterans of the U.S military. The three-day exhibitionis sponsored by Vietnam Veterans Association Posts 102 and 423 and localDignity Memorial funeral, cremation and cemetery service providers.”The monument was created as a service to those who might never travel to thenation’s capital to experience the Vietnam Veterans Memorial firsthand,” saidDonna Wagner, director of Dignity Memorial providers in Seattle.

“Our replicaoffers visitors a chance for healing and reflections, and we are very pleasedto be able to share it with the community,” she said.Activities and ceremonies planned in conjunction with the exhibition includethe following:–Motorcycle Escort–More than 1,000 Patriot Guard riders will escortthereplica to Acacia Memorial Park on Sunday, August 9.–Opening Ceremony at 10 a.m. Friday, August 14.A military historydisplay including military vehicles, uniforms and weapons covering thelast 60 years of United States military history (Korean War throughpresent day); along with an arts and crafts tent for families tocreateletters and cards which will be sent to military personnel serving inIraq and Afghanistan.–Memorial Ceremony at 4 p.m. Saturday, August 15 (Keynote Speaker:MajorJoe Crecca, Vietnam Veteran and survivor of Hanoi Hilton prisonsystem.)–Closing Ceremony at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, August 16 (Keynote Speaker:Margarita Suarez, Vietnam Army Nurse, Executive Director WidowedInformation and Consultation Services)The Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall was created by the Dignity Memorial networkof funeral, cremation and cemetery service providers in 1990. To date, thereplica has traveled to more than 200 cities across the country and has beenvisited by millions of Americans.”Dignity Memorial providers consider it an honor to serve those who served ourcountry,” Wagner said.

“The Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall is just one of manyefforts of the Dignity Memorial network to honor and support our nation’sveterans and active military personnel.” Other initiatives and programsinclude the Veterans Planning Guide, the Dignity Memorial Homeless VeteransBurial Program, educational veterans’ seminars and special pricing andbenefits for members of three veterans service organizations.The Dignity Memorial network of more than 1,600 funeral, cremation andcemetery service providers is North America’s most trusted resource forfuneral and memorialization services. Dignity Memorial providers offer anunmatched combination of products and locations serving families with care,integrity, respect and service excellence. For more information, visit Covington713-927-1724SOURCEThe Dignity Memorial NetworkKaren Covington of The Dignity Memorial Network, +1-713-927-1724. SIOUX FALLS, S.D., July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — NorthWestern Corporationd/b/a NorthWestern Energy (NYSE: NWE) today announced that it will host aninvestor conference call on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Timeto review its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2009.TheCompany also plans to issue a news release detailing its second quarter 2009financial results the morning of July 29, 2009 before the market opens.The conference call will be webcast live on the Internet at http:// the “Investor Information” heading. To listen, please go to the site at least 10 minutes in advance of the call toregister.An archived webcast will be available shortly after the call.A telephonic replay of the call will be available beginning at 4:30 p.m.