Employee Benefits

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Employee Benefits [Abstract]

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Pension and Postretirement Periodic Benefit Cost

The components of the net periodic benefit cost for our plans are as follows:

(In Thousands)	Pension Plan						Postretirement Benefit Plan
Three Months Ended June 30,	2011			2010			2011			2010
Net periodic benefit cost
Service cost	$	870		$	739		$	614		$	337
Interest cost	1,237			1,231			439			306
Expected return on plan assets	(1,512		)	(1,262		)	—			—
Amortization of prior service cost	3			(14		)	(2		)	(15		)
Amortization of net loss	639			488			92			—
Net periodic benefit cost	$	1,236		$	1,182		$	1,143		$	628

(In Thousands)	Pension Plan						Postretirement Benefit Plan
Six Months Ended June 30,	2011			2010			2011			2010
Net periodic benefit cost
Service cost	$	1,583		$	1,426		$	993		$	674
Interest cost	2,380			2,285			795			611
Expected return on plan assets	(2,644		)	(2,263		)	—			—
Amortization of prior service cost	6			5			(16		)	(28		)
Amortization of net loss	1,184			1,091			112			—
Net periodic benefit cost	$	2,509		$	2,544		$	1,884		$	1,257

Employer Contributions

We previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 that we expected to contribute $6.0 million to the pension plan for the 2011 plan year. For the six-month period ended June 30, 2011, we contributed $2.3 million to the pension plan. We anticipate that the total contribution for the 2011 plan year will not vary significantly from our expected contribution.