Note 10 - Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Notes Tables

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]

	Three months ended March 31,
(In thousands)	2019			2018
Employee Pension Plan:
Interest cost	$	199		$	195
Amortization of unrecognized loss		67			155
Expected return on plan assets		(272	)		(363	)
Net employee pension benefit	$	(6	)	$	(13	)
Outside Director Pension Plan:
Service cost	$	10		$	11
Interest cost		21			20
Amortization of unrecognized gain		(35	)		(23	)
Amortization of past service liability		–			3
Net outside director pension (benefit) expense	$	(4	)	$	11
Other Postretirement Benefit Plans:
Service cost	$	70		$	88
Interest cost		85			77
Amortization of past service credit		(22	)		(13	)
Net other postretirement expense	$	133		$	152