Note 8 - Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]

	Three months ended						Six months ended
	June 30,						June 30,
(In thousands)	2012			2011			2012			2011
Employee Pension Plan:
Interest cost	$	220		$	246		$	440		$	492
Amortization of unrecognized loss		263			153			526			306
Expected return on plan assets		(310	)		(308	)		(620	)		(616	)
Net employee pension expense	$	173		$	91		$	346		$	182
Outside Director Pension Plan:
Service cost	$	20		$	17		$	40		$	34
Interest cost		28			31			56			62
Amortization of unrecognized gain		(7	)		(13	)		(14	)		(26	)
Amortization of past service liability		9			10			18			20
Net outside director pension expense	$	50		$	45		$	100		$	90
Other Postretirement Benefit Plans:
Service cost	$	100		$	78		$	200		$	156
Interest cost		54			52			108			104
Amortization of unrecognized loss		10			-			20			-
Amortization of past service credit		(21	)		(21	)		(42	)		(42	)
Net other postretirement expense	$	143		$	109		$	286		$	218