Employee Retirement Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2014

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Costs and payments related to supplemental retirement plans

The table below provides, for the periods indicated, costs recognized and payments made related to our SRPs (amounts in thousands):

	Nine months ended July 31,				Three months ended July 31,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
Service cost	$	358	$	354	$	123	$	118
Interest cost	955		782		319		261
Amortization of prior service cost	486		633		164		211
Amortization of unrecognized losses	9		108		3		36
Total costs	$	1,808	$	1,877	$	609	$	626
Benefits paid	$	677	$	677	$	233	$	233