Note 9 - Related Party Transactions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]

9.           RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

A Board member of the Company also serves as an officer of Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. (Ameritas).  In connection with the Company’s regular assessment of its insurance-based associate benefits and the costs associated therewith, which is conducted by an independent insurance broker, in 2007 the Company began purchasing dental insurance for certain of its associates from Ameritas and in 2009, the Company also began purchasing vision insurance for certain of its associates from Ameritas.  The total value of these purchases was $42,000 for each of the three-month periods ended March 31, 2012 and 2011.

The Company leased office space for OCS from EPIC Property Management LLC from August 2010 through June 2011.  A former owner of OCS and an associate of the Company during the lease-term was a co-owner of EPIC Property Management LLC.  The total of the rental and utility payments under the lease was $50,000 in the three-month period ended March 31, 2011.