Employee Benefits

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Employee Benefits [Abstract]

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Net Periodic Benefit Cost

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

(In Thousands)	Pension Plan						Postretirement Benefit Plan
Three Months Ended March 31,	2012			2011			2012			2011
Net periodic benefit cost
Service cost	$	791		$	713		$	496		$	379
Interest cost	1,190			1,143			398			356
Expected return on plan assets	(1,322		)	(1,132		)	—			—
Amortization of prior service cost	3			3			(8		)	(14		)
Amortization of net loss	592			545			56			20
Net periodic benefit cost	$	1,254		$	1,272		$	942		$	741

Employer Contributions

We previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 that we expected to contribute $7.0 million to the pension plan for the 2012 plan year. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2012, we contributed $1.5 million to the pension plan. We anticipate that the total contribution for the 2012 plan year will not vary significantly from our expected contribution.