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STOCK PLANS AND STOCK BASED COMPENSATION (Details 3) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Additional disclosures
Compensation expense	$ 90,000	$ 89,000
Common Stock
Stock repurchase program
Percentage of common stock shares authorized to repurchase			5.00%
Number of common stock shares authorized to repurchase			1,085,000
Value of common stock shares repurchased	27,400
Number of common stock shares repurchased	520,000
Performance share units \| Executive officers
Performance Measures
Return on assets criteria (as a percent)	50.00%
Total shareholder return criteria (as a percent)	25.00%
Earnings per share criteria (as a percent)	25.00%
Shares
Granted (in shares)	11,171
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Granted (in dollars per share)	$ 19.57
Additional disclosures
Compensation expense	0
Compensation cost to be expensed in the future	$ 219,000
Threshold \| Performance share units \| Executive officers
Stock-based compensation
Performance paid upon achievement of target levels (as a percent)	0.00%
Target \| Performance share units \| Executive officers
Stock-based compensation
Performance paid upon achievement of target levels (as a percent)	100.00%
Superior \| Performance share units \| Executive officers
Stock-based compensation
Performance paid upon achievement of target levels (as a percent)	150.00%