Employee Retirement And Other Post-Retirement Benefit Plans

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Employee Retirement And Other Post-Retirement Benefit Plans [Abstract]

Employee Retirement And Other Post-Retirement Benefit Plans

11. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT AND OTHER POST-RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS

The following tables present the components of net periodic pension and other post-retirement benefit costs charged to expense for the three and nine months ended September 30 (in thousands):

	Pension Benefit
	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Service cost	$	11	$	20	$	31	$	60
Interest cost		35		42		105		128
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost		4		29		11		83
Gain amortization		(55)		–		(163)		–
Net periodic benefit cost	$	(5)	$	91	$	(16)	$	271
	Other Post-retirement Benefits
	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Service cost	$	3	$	3	$	10	$	10
Interest cost		70		57		209		170
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost		–		(1)		(1)		(3)
Loss amortization		31		4		93		12
Curtailment benefit		–		(3)		–		(8)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	104	$	60	$	311	$	181