Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Abstract]

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

Note 8.   Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

The Company provides defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans to certain employees. Net periodic pension and other postretirement benefit cost for the plans included the following:

	Pension						Other Postretirement
Three months ended June 30,	2011			2010			2011			2010
Service cost	$	1,237		$	1,078		$	158		$	173
Interest cost		1,867			1,853			313			346
Expected return on plan assets		(1,843	)		(1,717	)		-			-
Amortization:
Prior service cost		6			(10	)		(119	)		(181	)
Net actuarial loss		1,338			1,338			102			130
Net benefit cost	$	2,605		$	2,542		$	454		$	468

	Pension						Other Postretirement
Nine months ended June 30,	2011			2010			2011			2010
Service cost	$	3,711		$	3,234		$	474		$	519
Interest cost		5,601			5,559			939			1,038
Expected return on plan assets		(5,529	)		(5,151	)		-			-
Amortization:
Prior service cost		18			(30	)		(357	)		(543	)
Net actuarial loss		4,014			4,014			306			390
Net benefit cost	$	7,815		$	7,626		$	1,362		$	1,404

Benefit payments under the Company's principal retirement plan are made from plan assets, while benefit payments under the postretirement benefit plan are made from the Company's operating funds.  Under IRS regulations, the Company is not required to make any significant contributions to its principal retirement plan in fiscal year 2011.  Contributions made and anticipated for fiscal year 2011 are as follows:

Contributions	Pension		Other Postretirement
Contributions during the nine months ended June 30, 2011:
Supplemental retirement plan	$	559	$	-
Other postretirement plan		-		772
Additional contributions expected in fiscal 2011:
Supplemental retirement plan		206		-
Other postretirement plan		-		321