Represents details about measures that determines an executive's payout from an equity-based plan.

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Represents the percentage payout from the incentive plan upon achievement of certain goals.

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Represents the vesting percentage of stock awards vesting quarterly on May 1, August 1, and November 1, 2015, and February 1, 2016.

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Represents the executive's eligibility for payout from an equity-based plan based upon a percentage weighting of the entity's earnings per share performance as a criteria for payout.

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Represents the executive's eligibility for payout based upon a percentage weighting of the entity's return on assets as a criteria for payout.

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Represents the executive's eligibility for payout from an equity-based plan based upon a percentage weighting of the entity's total shareholder return as a criteria for payout.

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The period over which performance measures and goals are determined and associated dividends accrued and paid at the end of the period.

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based awards, other than options, awarded to employees as compensation.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards issued during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Weighted average per share amount at which grantees can acquire shares of common stock by exercise of options.

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STOCK PLANS AND STOCK BASED COMPENSATION - Performance Measures and Additional Disclosures (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended						9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016
Additional disclosures
Shares of common stock granted	0	8,204		0
Shares granted (in dollars per share)		$ 34.15
Compensation expense	$ 70			$ 103			$ 241	$ 282
Performance units \| Executive officers
Performance Measures
Performance period							3 years
Granted (in dollars per share)			$ 35.04			$ 21.41
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%
Additional disclosures
Vesting period							3 years
Shares of common stock granted	0	0	11,302	0	0	16,152
Compensation expense	$ 76			$ 55			$ 165	$ 137
Unrecognized compensation costs	$ 506						$ 506
Restricted stock
Performance Measures
Granted (in dollars per share)							$ 34.38
Additional disclosures
Shares of common stock granted							30,302
Restricted stock \| Directors
Additional disclosures
Shares of common stock granted			0
Quarterly vesting percentage of stock awards	25.00%						25.00%
Threshold \| Performance units \| Executive officers
Performance Measures
Performance levels (as a percent)							0.00%
Target \| Performance units \| Executive officers
Performance Measures
Performance levels (as a percent)							100.00%
Superior \| Performance units \| Executive officers
Performance Measures
Performance levels (as a percent)							150.00%