Note 6 - Pension Benefits (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]

	Nine months ended September 30,
	Pension Benefits
	U.S. Plan						Canadian Plan
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Service Cost	$	-		$	10,500		$	-		$	-
Interest Cost		155,981			85,000			38,477			37,840
Expected return on plan assets		(168,137	)		(80,500	)		(51,745	)		(41,525	)
Net actuarial loss		-			-			27,569			6,871
Amortizations		106,207			47,000			-			-
Net periodic benefit cost	$	94,051		$	62,000		$	14,301		$	3,186

	Three months ended September 30,
	Pension Benefits
	U.S. Plan						Canadian Plan
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Service Cost	$	-		$	5,250		$	-		$	-
Interest Cost		39,637			42,500			12,588			18,884
Expected return on plan assets		(42,726	)		(40,250	)		(16,929	)		(20,723	)
Net actuarial loss		-			-			9,019			3,429
Amortizations		26,989			23,500			-			-
Net periodic benefit cost	$	23,900		$	31,000		$	4,678		$	1,590

Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets [Table Text Block]

		September 30, 2013
		US Plan		Canadian Plan
Cash and cash equivalents	Level 1		102,515		11,295
Mutual funds	Level 1		263,456		1,268,527
Corporate/Government Bonds	Level 1		680,378		-
Equities	Level 1		1,030,949
Total			2,077,298		1,279,822