Employee Benefit Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Employee Benefit Plans [Abstract]

Employee Benefit Plans

Note 19.  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 March 31, 2013 and 2012:

	Pension Plan						Postretirement Benefits
( Amounts in Thousands)	Three Months Ended March 31,						Three Months Ended March 31,
Components of net periodic benefit cost:	2013			2012			2013		2012
Service cost	$	190		$	164		$	6	$	13
Interest cost		336			357			119		130
Expected return on plan assets		(557	)		(497	)		-		-
Amortization of prior service cost		(1	)		(1	)		25		(3	)
Amortization of Net Loss		223			192			63		71
Net periodic benefit cost	$	191		$	215		$	213	$	211

We contributed $400,000 to our pension plan for the three months ended March 31, 2013. We anticipate making $1,200,000 in additional contributions during the remainder of 2013.