DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION EXPENSE (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures [Table Text Block]

Defined benefit pension expense was as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,						Six Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Service cost	$	48		$	51		$	98		$	123
Interest cost		2,422			2,666			4,847			5,568
Expected return on plan assets		(3,136	)		(2,930	)		(6,274	)		(5,732	)
Amortization:
Prior service cost		5			84			10			168
Recognized actuarial loss		840			718			1,680			1,293
Loss on pension settlement		—			—			2,142			—
Net periodic expense	$	179		$	589		$	2,503		$	1,420