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

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Notes Tables

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]

	Three months ended						Nine months ended
	September 30,						September 30,
(In thousands)	2019			2018			2019			2018
Employee Pension Plan:
Interest cost	$	199		$	195		$	597		$	585
Amortization of unrecognized loss		68			155			201			465
Expected return on plan assets		(272	)		(363	)		(816	)		(1,089	)
Net employee pension benefit	$	(5	)	$	(13	)	$	(18	)	$	(39	)
Outside Director Pension Plan:
Service cost	$	10		$	11		$	30		$	33
Interest cost		21			19			63			60
Amortization of unrecognized gain		(35	)		(23	)		(105	)		(69	)
Amortization of past service liability		-			3			-			9
Net outside director pension (benefit) expense	$	(4	)	$	10		$	(12	)	$	33
Other Postretirement Benefit Plans:
Service cost	$	70		$	88		$	210		$	264
Interest cost		85			77			255			231
Amortization of past service credit		(22	)		(13	)		(64	)		(37	)
Net other postretirement expense	$	133		$	152		$	401		$	458