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Benefit Plans
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Benefit Plans [Abstract]  
Benefit Plans
11. Benefit Plans

The Company has noncontributory salaried and hourly pension plans (collectively, “Pension Plans”) covering certain of its employees. These plans were frozen to new participants effective December 31, 2008.  Information related to the Pension Plans is as follows:
 
   
Three months ended September 30,
  
Nine months ended September 30,
 
Components of net periodic pension expense:
 
2013
  
2012
  
2013
  
2012
 
Interest cost
 $606  $614  $1,817  $1,841 
Expected return on plan assets
  (630)  (600)  (1,890)  (1,799)
Amortization of net loss
  277   228   831   683 
Net periodic pension expense
 $253  $242  $758  $725