Employee Benefit Plans

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Employee Benefit Plans [Abstract]

Employee Benefit Plans

Note 21.  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, 2013 and 2012:

		Pension Plan				Postretirement Benefits
( Amounts in Thousands)		Three Months Ended September 30,				Three Months Ended September 30,
Components of net periodic benefit cost:		2013		2012		2013		2012
Service cost	$	124	$	164	$	6	$	13
Interest cost		330		357		119		130
Expected return on plan assets		(560)		(497)		-		-
Amortization of prior service cost		(1)		(1)		25		(3)
Amortization of Net Loss		220		192		63		71
Net periodic benefit cost	$	113	$	215	$	213	$	211

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, 2013 and 2012:

		Pension Plan				Postretirement Benefits
( Amounts in Thousands)		Nine Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
Components of net periodic benefit cost:		2013		2012		2013		2012
Service cost	$	504	$	492	$	18	$	39
Interest cost		1,002		1,071		357		390
Expected return on plan assets		(1,674)		(1,491)		-		-
Amortization of prior service cost		(3)		(3)		75		(9)
Amortization of Net Loss		666		576		189		213
Net periodic benefit cost	$	495	$	645	$	639	$	633

We contributed $800,000 to our pension plan for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. We contributed an additional $800,000 on October 15, 2013.  We do not anticipate any additional contributions being made for the balance of 2013.