Investments And Restricted Investments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Apr. 28, 2012

Investments And Restricted Investments [Abstract]

Amortized Cost And Fair Value Of Available-For-Sale Securities

The amortized cost and fair value of the Company's available-for-sale securities as of April 28, 2012 were:

		Amortized		Unrealized		Unrealized
	($000)	cost		gains		losses			Fair value		Short-term		Long-term
	Investments
	Corporate securities	$	5,105	$	484	$	(51	)	$	5,538	$	397	$	5,141
	Mortgage-backed securities		510		29		-			539		66		473
	Total investments		5,615		513		(51	)		6,077		463		5,614
	Restricted Investments
	Corporate securities		1,358		81		-			1,439		258		1,181
	U.S. government and agency
	securities		3,763		421		-			4,184		-		4,184
	Total restricted investments		5,121		502		-			5,623		258		5,365
	Total	$	10,736	$	1,015	$	(51	)	$	11,700	$	721	$	10,979
The amortized cost and fair value of the Company's available-for-sale securities as of January 28, 2012 were:
		Amortized		Unrealized		Unrealized
	($000)	cost		gains		losses			Fair value		Short-term		Long-term
	Investments
	Corporate securities	$	5,080	$	501	$	(78	)	$	5,503	$	401	$	5,102
	Mortgage-backed securities		728		29		-			757		257		500
	Total investments		5,808		530		(78	)		6,260		658		5,602
	Restricted Investments
	Corporate securities		1,357		94		-			1,451		-		1,451
	U.S. government and agency
	securities		3,769		431		-			4,200		-		4,200
	Total restricted investments		5,126		525		-			5,651		-		5,651
	Total	$	10,934	$	1,055	$	(78	)	$	11,911	$	658	$	11,253

The amortized cost and fair value of the Company's available-for-sale securities as of April 30, 2011 were:

	Amortized		Unrealized		Unrealized
($000)	cost		gains		losses			Fair value		Short-term		Long-term
Corporate securities	$	7,170	$	608	$	(33	)	$	7,745	$	-	$	7,745
U.S. Government and agency
securities		6,589		80		-			6,669		2,809		3,860
Mortgage-backed securities		961		91		-			1,052		466		586
Total	$	14,720	$	779	$	(33	)	$	15,466	$	3,275	$	12,191

Investments And Restricted Investments

Investments and restricted investments measured at fair value at January 28, 2012 are summarized below:

				Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date
				Quoted
				prices in
				active		Significant
				markets for		other		Significant
				identical		observable		unobservable
		January 28,		assets		inputs		inputs
	($000)	2012		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
	Investments
	Corporate securities	$	5,503	$	-	$	5,503	$	-
	Mortgage-backed securities		757		-		757		-
	Total investments		6,260		-		6,260		-
	Restricted Investments
	Corporate securities		1,451		-		1,451		-
	U.S. government and agency securities		4,200		4,200		-		-
	Total restricted investments		5,651		4,200		1,451		-
	Total assets measured at fair value	$	11,911	$	4,200	$	7,711	$	-
Investments measured at fair value at April 30, 2011 are summarized below:
				Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date
				Quoted
				prices in
				active		Significant
				markets for		other		Significant
				identical		observable		unobservable
		April 30,		assets		inputs		inputs
	($000)	2011		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
	Corporate securities	$	7,745	$	-	$	7,745	$	-
	U.S. Government and agency securities		6,669		6,669		-		-
	Mortgage-backed securities		1,052		-		1,052		-
	Total assets measured at fair value	$	15,466	$	6,669	$	8,797	$	-

Maturities Of Investment Securities

	Investments				Restricted Investments
			Estimated				Estimated
($000)	Cost basis		fair value		Cost basis		fair value
Maturing in one year or less	$	450	$	463	$	248	$	258
Maturing after one year through five years		4,066		4,274		1,954		2,138
Maturing after five years through ten years		1,099		1,340		2,919		3,227
	$	5,615	$	6,077	$	5,121	$	5,623