Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Abstract]

Net Periodic Pension and Other Postretirement Cost

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

Contributions Made and Anticipated for the Current Fiscal Year

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