Note 6 - Defined Benefit Plan

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Notes to Financial Statements

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]

Note

6

:

Defined Benefit Plan

Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost

	Pension Benefits
	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	20 17			20 16
Service cost	$	519		$	522
Interest cost		558			567
Expected return on plan assets		(822	)		(816	)
Amortization of prior service cost		(81	)		(81	)
Recognized net actuarial loss		405			429
Net periodic benefit c ost	$	579		$	621

201

7

Plan Year

Employer Contribution

For the

nine

months ended

September 30, 2017,

the Company contributed

$507

to the Plan

.