Pension And Post-Retirement Benefit Costs

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Pension And Post-Retirement Benefit Costs [Abstract]

Pension And Post-Retirement Benefit Costs

13. Pension and Post-Retirement Benefit Costs

Components of net periodic benefit cost are as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,										Nine Months Ended September 30,
	Pension						Post-retirement Healthcare				Pension						Post-retirement Healthcare
	2011			2010			2011		2010		2011			2010			2011		2010
Service cost	$	224		$	263		$	4	$	13	$	705		$	788		$	12	$	38
Interest cost		681			690			209		225		2,042			2,069			628		674
Expected return on plan assets		(570	)		(484	)		—		—		(1,709	)		(1,452	)		—		—
Amortization of transition obligation		—			—			28		29		—			—			85		85
Amortization of prior service cost		74			74			47		53		223			223			140		159
Amortization of net loss		322			383			28		7		948			1,150			84		21
Net periodic benefit cost	$	731		$	926		$	316	$	327	$	2,209		$	2,778		$	949	$	977

The Company contributed $1,692 and $811 to the Salaried pension plan in the first nine months of 2011 and 2010, respectively, and contributed $1,362 and $705 to the Wage pension plan in the first nine months of 2011 and 2010, respectively. The Company expects to make additional contributions of $442 to the Salaried pension plan and $524 to the Wage pension plan during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011.