|Exhibit 31.2
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|CERTIFICATIONS
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|I, Sandra L. Sager, certify that:
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|1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Venture Financial Group, Inc. (the registrant);                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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|2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;                                                                                 
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|3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;                                                                                                    
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|4. | The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and
have:                                                                                                                                                             
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|   | (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and
procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;         
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|   | (b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in
this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and                                                                                                    
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|   | (c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that
occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,
the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and
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|5. | The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the
registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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|Date: May 14, 2007
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| | /s/ Sandra L. SagerSandra L. Sager, CPAExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer(principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)
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