SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Balance Sheet Location, Fair Value (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Aug. 31, 2015		Aug. 31, 2014
Portion at Fair Value Measurement [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt, including current portion	$ 88,307	[1]	$ 92,893
Reported Value Measurement [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt, including current portion	$ 90,534		$ 91,439

[1] (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 August 31, 2015 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.