Note 9 - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Notes to Financial Statements

Comprehensive Income (Loss) Note [Text Block]

9 . ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPR E HENSIVE LOSS

The following table summarizes the activity in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for the

nine

-month period ended

September 30, 2018:

	Defined
	Benefit
	Pension			Interest
	Plan			Rate Swaps			Total
Balance at December 31, 2017	$	(2,765	)	$	369		$	(2,396	)
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications		121			306			427
Reclassifications from accumulated comprehensive income (loss) to net income		121			(184	)		(63	)
Net other comprehensive income		242			122			364
Balance at September 30, 2018	$	(2,523	)	$	491		$	(2,032	)

The following table summarizes the reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive loss to net income (loss) for the

three

and

nine

-month periods ended

September 30, 2018

and

2017:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2018			2017			2018			2017
Amortization of defined benefit plan pension items:
Amortization of (income) loss	$	(13	)	$	153		$	169		$	461
Income tax effect		4			(63	)		(48	)		(189	)
After tax		(9	)		90			121			272
Amortization of (gain) loss on interest rate swap:
Reclassification to interest expense		(136	)		33			(258	)		82
Income tax effect		39			(14	)		74			(34	)
After tax		(97	)		19			(184	)		48
Total reclassifications, net of income tax	$	(106	)	$	109		$	(63	)	$	320

Amounts reclassified to net income (loss) from our defined benefit pension plan and interest rate swaps have been presented within “Other income (expense), net” and “Interest expense,”respectively, in the Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss). The estimated amount to be reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income as a reduction in interest expense within the next

twelve

months is

$686.

See Note

4

“

Fair Value Measurements

and Derivative Financial Instruments

.”