Employee Pension Plans

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Employee Pension Plans [Abstract]

Employee Pension Plans

(13) Employee Pension Plans

The Company has a defined benefit pension plan and an unfunded supplemental retirement plan.  Effective June 1, 2004, all benefit accruals under the Company's pension plan were frozen; however, the current vested benefit was preserved.  The pension disclosure presented below includes aggregated amounts for both of the Company's plans. The following table sets forth the net periodic benefit cost by component for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
	2011				2010				2011				2010
Interest cost		$	1,108			$	1,139			$	2,216			$	2,279
Expected return on plan assets			(1,254	)			(1,241	)			(2,509	)			(2,483	)
Amortization of net loss			992				612				1,984				1,224
Net periodic benefit cost		$	846			$	510			$	1,691			$	1,020

The Company contributed $1.4 million and $1.1 million to its defined benefit pension plan during the six month periods ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  The Company expects to contribute an additional $2.8 million to its defined benefit pension plan during the remainder of fiscal year 2011.