Employee Benefit Plans

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Employee Benefit Plans [Abstract]

Employee Benefit Plans

Note 9.  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, 2014 and 2013:

		Pension Plan				Postretirement Benefits
(All Amounts in Thousands)		Three Months Ended September 30,				Three Months Ended September 30,
Components of net periodic benefit cost:		2014		2013		2014		2013
Service cost	$	155	$	124	$	4	$	6
Interest cost		381		330		144		119
Expected return on plan assets		(571)		(560)		-		-
Amortization of prior service cost		(1)		(1)		25		25
Amortization of Net Loss		32		220		44		63
Net periodic benefit cost (benefit)	$	(4)	$	113	$	217	$	213

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, 2014 and 2013:

		Pension Plan				Postretirement Benefits
(All Amounts in Thousands)		Nine Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
Components of net periodic benefit cost:		2014		2013		2014		2013
Service cost	$	464	$	504	$	11	$	18
Interest cost		1,143		1,002		433		357
Expected return on plan assets		(1,797)		(1,674)		-		-
Amortization of prior service cost		(2)		(3)		75		75
Amortization of Net Loss		96		666		131		189
Net periodic benefit cost (benefit)	$	(96)	$	495	$	650	$	639

We contributed $450,000 to our pension plan during the nine months ended September 30, 2014. We contributed another $150,000 in October 2014, which we expect to be the final payment for 2014.