Employee Benefit Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Employee Benefit Plans [Abstract]

Employee Benefit Plans

Note 8.  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, 2014 and 2013:

		Pension Plan				Postretirement Benefits
(Amounts in Thousands)		Three Months Ended March 31,				Three Months Ended March 31,
Components of net periodic benefit cost:		2014		2013		2014		2013
Service cost	$	154	$	190	$	3	$	6
Interest cost		381		336		145		119
Expected return on plan assets		(655)		(557)		-		-
Amortization of prior service cost		(1)		(1)		25		25
Amortization of Net Loss		63		223		88		63
Net periodic benefit cost	$	(58)	$	191	$	261	$	213

We contributed $150,000 to our pension plan for the three months ended March 31, 2014. We expect to contribute an additional $450,000 before December 31, 2014.