EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLANS EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLANS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2017

Schedule of Other Share-based Compensation, Activity [Table Text Block]

Information concerning share-based activity pertaining to the 401(k) Plan for each of the last three fiscal years ended October 31 is as follows (in thousands):



	Common Stock		Class A Common Stock
Shares available for issuance as of October 31, 2014	85		85
Issuance of common stock to 401(k) Plan	(67	)	(67	)
Shares available for issuance as of October 31, 2015	18		18
Shares registered for issuance to the 401(k) Plan	375		375
Issuance of common stock to 401(k) Plan	(78	)	(78	)
Shares available for issuance as of October 31, 2016	315		315
Issuance of common stock to 401(k) Plan	(60	)	(60	)
Shares available for issuance as of October 31, 2017	255		255

Schedule of Changes in Projected Benefit Obligations [Table Text Block]

Changes in the Plan's projected benefit obligation and plan assets during fiscal 2017 and 2016 are as follows (in thousands):



Change in projected benefit obligation:
Projected benefit obligation as of October 31, 2015		$14,168
Actuarial loss	655
Interest cost	613
Benefits paid	(925		)
Projected benefit obligation as of October 31, 2016	14,511
Actuarial gain	(156		)
Interest cost	561
Benefits paid	(916		)
Projected benefit obligation as of October 31, 2017		$14,000

Change in plan assets:
Fair value of plan assets as of October 31, 2015		$10,767
Actual return on plan assets	263
Employer contributions	405
Benefits paid	(925		)
Fair value of plan assets as of October 31, 2016	10,510
Actual return on plan assets	1,048
Employer contributions	428
Benefits paid	(916		)
Fair value of plan assets as of October 31, 2017		$11,070

Funded status as of October 31, 2016		($4,001	)
Funded status as of October 31, 2017		($2,930	)

Schedule of Assumptions Used [Table Text Block]

Weighted average assumptions used to determine the projected benefit obligation are as follows:



	As of October 31,
	2017		2016
Discount rate	3.98	%	3.99	%

Weighted average assumptions used to determine net pension income are as follows:



	Year ended October 31,
	2017		2016		2015
Discount rate	3.99	%	4.47	%	4.20	%
Expected return on plan assets	6.75	%	6.75	%	6.75	%

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]

Components of net pension income that were recorded within the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations are as follows (in thousands):



	Year ended October 31,
	2017			2016			2015
Expected return on plan assets		$688			$702			$738
Less: Interest cost	(561		)	(613		)	(561		)
Less: Amortization of unrealized loss	(46		)	—			—
Net pension income		$81			$89			$177

Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments [Table Text Block]

Estimated future benefit payments to be made during each of the next five fiscal years and in aggregate during the succeeding five fiscal years are as follows (in thousands):



Year ending October 31,
2018		$895
2019	926
2020	928
2021	898
2022	878
2023-2027	4,378

Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets [Table Text Block]

The fair value of the Plan's assets are set forth by level within the fair value hierarchy in the following tables (in thousands):



	As of October 31, 2017
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total
Equity securities		$5,593		$—		$—		$5,593
Fixed income securities	5,382		—		—		5,382
Money market funds and cash	95		—		—		95
		$11,070		$—		$—		$11,070



	As of October 31, 2016
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total
Equity securities		$5,149		$—		$—		$5,149
Fixed income securities	5,219		—		—		5,219
Money market funds and cash	142		—		—		142
		$10,510		$—		$—		$10,510

Fixed income securities consist of investments in mutual funds. Equity securities consist of investments in common stocks, mutual funds and exchange traded funds.

The Plan's actual and targeted asset allocations by investment category are as follows:



	As of October 31,
	2017				2016
	Actual		Target		Actual		Target
Equity securities	50	%	50	%	49	%	50	%
Fixed income securities	49	%	50	%	50	%	50	%
Money market funds and cash	1	%	—	%	1	%	—	%
	100	%	100	%	100	%	100	%