Employee Benefits

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Employee Benefits [Abstract]

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Net Periodic Benefit Cost

The components of the net periodic benefit cost for our pension and postretirement benefit plans are as follows:

(In Thousands)	Pension Plan						Postretirement Benefit Plan
Three Months Ended September 30,	2011			2010			2011			2010
Net periodic benefit cost
Service cost	$	792		$	713		$	496		$	463
Interest cost	1,190			1,142			398			464
Expected return on plan assets	(1,322		)	(1,131		)	—			—
Amortization of prior service cost	2			3			(8		)	(13		)
Amortization of net loss	592			545			56			53
Net periodic benefit cost	$	1,254		$	1,272		$	942		$	967

(In Thousands)	Pension Plan						Postretirement Benefit Plan
Nine Months Ended September 30,	2011			2010			2011			2010
Net periodic benefit cost
Service cost	$	2,375		$	2,140		$	1,489		$	1,136
Interest cost	3,570			3,426			1,193			1,075
Expected return on plan assets	(3,966		)	(3,394		)	—			—
Amortization of prior service cost	8			8			(24		)	(40		)
Amortization of net loss	1,776			1,636			168			53
Net periodic benefit cost	$	3,763		$	3,816		$	2,826		$	2,224

Employer Contributions

We previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 that we expected to contribute $6.0 million to the pension plan for the 2011 plan year. For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2011, we contributed $3.8 million to the pension plan. We anticipate that the total contribution for the 2011 plan year will not vary significantly from our expected contribution.