Employee Benefit Plans

9 Months Ended

Sep. 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 September 30, 2012 and 2011:

	Pension Plan						Postretirement Benefits
( Amounts in Thousands)	Three Months Ended September 30,						Three Months Ended September 30,
Components of net periodic benefit cost:	2012			2011			2012			2011
Service cost	$	164		$	135		$	13		$	(2	)
Interest cost		357			380			130			140
Expected return on plan assets		(497	)		(479	)		-			-
Amortization of prior service cost		(1	)		(1	)		(3	)		(3	)
Amortization of Net Loss		192			107			71			52
Net periodic benefit cost	$	215		$	142		$	211		$	187

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

(All Amounts in Thousands)	Pension Plan						Postretirement Benefits
	Nine Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
Components of net periodic benefit cost:	2012			2011			2012			2011
Service cost	$	492		$	407		$	39		$	42
Interest cost		1,071			1,116			390			426
Expected return on plan assets		(1,491	)		(1,429	)		-			-
Amortization of prior service cost		(3	)		(3	)		(9	)		(9	)
Amortization of Net (Gain)/Loss		576			274			213			162
Net periodic benefit cost	$	645		$	365		$	633		$	621

We contributed $1,600,000 to our pension plan for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, We do not anticipate making any additional contributions for the remainder of 2012.