Note 9 - Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]

	Three months ended September 30,						Nine months ended September 30,
(In thousands)	2014			2013			2014			2013
Employee Pension Plan:
Interest cost	$	223		$	207		$	669		$	621
Amortization of unrecognized loss		190			306			570			918
Expected return on plan assets		(336	)		(315	)		(1,008	)		(945	)
Net employee pension expense	$	77		$	198		$	231		$	594
Outside Director Pension Plan:
Service cost	$	13		$	21		$	39		$	63
Interest cost		29			24			87			72
Amortization of unrecognized gain		(15	)		(9	)		(45	)		(27	)
Amortization of past service liability		10			9			30			27
Net outside director pension expense	$	37		$	45		$	111		$	135
Other Postretirement Benefit Plans:
Service cost	$	90		$	112		$	270		$	336
Interest cost		63			55			189			165
Amortization of unrecognized loss		-			12			-			36
Amortization of past service credit		(22	)		(20	)		(67	)		(60	)
Net other postretirement expense	$	131		$	159		$	392		$	477