Employee Retirement And Other Post-Retirement Benefit Plans

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Employee Retirement And Other Post-Retirement Benefit Plans

Employee Retirement And Other Post-Retirement Benefit Plans

11.  EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT AND OTHER POST-RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS

The following tables present the components of net periodic pension and other post-retirement benefit costs charged to expense for the three and six months ended June 30 (in thousands):

		Pension Benefit
		Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
		2011		2010		2011		2010
Service cost	$	9	$	20	$	20	$	40
Interest cost		35		43		70		86
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost		3		27		7		54
Gain amortization		(53)		-		(108)		-
Net periodic benefit costs	$	(6)	$	90	$	(11)	$	180

			Other Post-retirement Benefits
		Three Months Ended June 30,					Six Months Ended June 30,
		2011			2010		2011		2010
Service cost	$	4		$	(9)	$	7	$	7
Interest cost		69			45		139		113
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost		(1)			-		(1)		(2)
Loss amortization		31			(6)		62		8
Curtailment benefit		-			(5)		-		(5)
Net periodic benefit costs	$	103		$	25	$	207	$	121