Investment Securities:

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Investment Securities [Abstract]

Investment Securities [Text Block]

Investment Securities:

Our investment securities consist of certificates of deposit, corporate bonds and federal tax-exempt state and municipal government debt. All investment securities are considered available-for-sale and are “investment grade”, carried at fair value, and there have been no gains or losses on their disposal. Unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities, net of tax, are included in accumulated other comprehensive income in the stockholders' equity section of our consolidated balance sheets. We had no gross unrealized gains or losses on available-for-sale securities at March 31, 2014 or December 31, 2013. The scheduled maturities of the debt securities are between 2014 and 2040 and are all callable within one year. The investment securities consist of the following at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013:

	March 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
Federal tax-exempt debt securities	$	22,375	$	21,968
Corporate bonds	48,309		45,696
Certificates of deposit	5,540		3,205
	$	76,224	$	70,869