Employee Benefit Plans

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Employee Benefit Plans [Abstract]

Employee Benefit Plans

Note 15.  Employee Benefit Plans

The following table provides the components of net periodic benefit cost for our pension plan and postretirement benefits plan for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011:

	Pension Plan						Postretirement Benefits
( Amounts in Thousands)	Three Months Ended June 30,						Three Months Ended June 30,
Components of net periodic benefit cost:	2012			2011			2012			2011
Service cost	$	164		$	136		$	13		$	22
Interest cost		357			368			130			143
Expected return on plan assets		(497	)		(475	)		-			-
Amortization of prior service cost		(1	)		(1	)		(3	)		(3	)
Amortization of Net Loss		192			83			71			55
Net periodic benefit cost	$	215		$	111		$	211		$	217

The following table provides the components of net periodic benefit cost for our pension plan and postretirement benefits plan for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011:

(All Amounts in Thousands)	Pension Plan						Postretirement Benefits
	Six Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
Components of net periodic benefit cost:	2012			2011			2012			2011
Service cost	$	328		$	272		$	26		$	44
Interest cost		715			736			260			286
Expected return on plan assets		(994	)		(950	)		-			-
Amortization of prior service cost		(2	)		(2	)		(6	)		(6	)
Amortization of Net (Gain)/Loss		385			166			142			110
Net periodic benefit cost	$	432		$	222		$	422		$	434

We contributed $800,000 to our pension plan for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and anticipate making approximately $800,000 in additional contributions for the remainder of 2012.