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Note 10 - Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2015
Retirement Plan [Member] |
Note 10 - Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables) [Line Items] |
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three months ended June 30, |  | Six months ended June 30,
(In thousands) |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Employee Pension Plan: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest cost |  | $ | 221 |  |  | $ | 223 |  |  | $ | 442 |  |  | $ | 446 |
Amortization of unrecognized loss |  |  | 290 |  |  |  | 190 |  |  |  | 581 |  |  |  | 380 |
Expected return on plan assets |  |  | (350 | ) |  |  | (336 | ) |  |  | (700 | ) |  |  | (672 | )
Net employee pension expense |  | $ | 161 |  |  | $ | 77 |  |  | $ | 323 |  |  | $ | 154 |
Outside Director Pension Plan: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service cost |  | $ | 11 |  |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 22 |  |  | $ | 26 |
Interest cost |  |  | 24 |  |  |  | 29 |  |  |  | 48 |  |  |  | 58 |
Amortization of unrecognized gain |  |  | (14 | ) |  |  | (15 | ) |  |  | (28 | ) |  |  | (30 | )
Amortization of past service liability |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | 20 |  |  |  | 20 |
Net outside director pension expense |  | $ | 31 |  |  | $ | 37 |  |  | $ | 62 |  |  | $ | 74 |
Other Postretirement Benefit Plans: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service cost |  | $ | 95 |  |  | $ | 90 |  |  | $ | 190 |  |  | $ | 180 |
Interest cost |  |  | 75 |  |  |  | 63 |  |  |  | 150 |  |  |  | 126 |
Amortization of unrecognized loss |  |  | 30 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 60 |  |  |  | - |
Amortization of past service credit |  |  | (22 | ) |  |  | (22 | ) |  |  | (43 | ) |  |  | (43 | )
Net other postretirement expense |  | $ | 178 |  |  | $ | 131 |  |  | $ | 357 |  |  | $ | 263 |

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