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

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Notes Tables

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]

	Three months ended September 30,						Nine months ended September 30,
(In thousands)	2017			2016			2017			2016
Employee Pension Plan:
Interest cost	$	216		$	226		$	648		$	678
Amortization of unrecognized loss		174			201			523			604
Expected return on plan assets		(348	)		(348	)		(1,044	)		(1,044	)
Net employee pension expense	$	42		$	79		$	127		$	238
Outside Director Pension Plan:
Service cost	$	10		$	11		$	30		$	33
Interest cost		23			24			69			72
Amortization of unrecognized gain		(23	)		(21	)		(69	)		(65	)
Amortization of past service liability		10			9			30			30
Net outside director pension expense	$	20		$	23		$	60		$	70
Other Postretirement Benefit Plans:
Service cost	$	79		$	90		$	237		$	270
Interest cost		76			80			228			240
Amortization of unrecognized loss		-			12			-			36
Amortization of past service credit		(21	)		(22	)		(64	)		(64	)
Net other postretirement expense	$	134		$	160		$	401		$	482