Note 4 - Supplemental Cash Flow Information

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Notes to Financial Statements

Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures [Text Block]

NOTE

4

– Supplemental Cash Flow Information

:

Cash paid for

income taxes was

$5,220,000

and

$3,927,000,

respectively, for the

nine

-month periods ended

September 30, 2017

and

2016.

Cash paid for interest was

$523,000

and

$512,000,

respectively for the

nine

-month periods ended

September 30, 2017

and

2016.

During t

he

nine

months ended

September 30, 2017

and

2016,

respectively, the Company received

43,841

and

12,598

shares of its common stock as payment of the exercise price in the exercise of stock options for

113,143

and

35,984

shares.