SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Summary of Carrying Value and Fair Value of Debt) (Details) - Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Nov. 30, 2016	Aug. 31, 2016
Carrying Value [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt, including current portion		$ 84,452	$ 88,107
Estimated Fair Value [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt, including current portion	[1]	$ 80,064	$ 85,654

[1] The Company has disclosed the fair value of long-term debt, including debt for which it has entered into cross-currency interest rate swaps, using the derivative obligation as of November 30, 2016 and August 31, 2016, to estimate the fair value of long-term debt, which includes the effects that the cross-currency interest rate swaps have had on the fair value of long-term debt.