Note 5 - Long-Term Debt and Credit Facility (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Schedule of Long-Term Debt [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]

Long-term debt, term note and notes payable consisted of the following at December 31 (in thousands):

	2013		2012
Term note, current annualized rate 2.21% due July 1, 2018	$	341,250	$	—
Original term note, due August 31, 2016	—		218,750
Line of credit, 2.17% in 2013 and 2.49% in 2012	35,500		26,000
Other notes with interest rates from 3.3% to 6.5%	11,890		10,873
Subtotal	388,640		255,623
Less – Current maturities and notes payable	22,024		33,775
Total	$	366,616	$	221,848

Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt [Table Text Block]

Principal payments required to be made for each of the next five years are summarized as follows (in thousands):

Year	Amount
2014	$	22,024
2015	31,131
2016	30,625
2017	40,500
2018	264,360
Total	$	388,640