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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Additional Grants in 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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Aggregate proceeds received by the entity during the annual period from exercises of stock or unit options and conversion of similar instruments granted under equity-based payment arrangements.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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Additional share-based compensation cost recognized as a result of an occurrence of an event that accelerates its recognition.

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Description of award terms as to how many shares or portion of an award are no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, thereby giving the employee the legal right to convert the award to shares, to sell the shares, and be entitled to the cash proceeds of such sale. For example, vesting may be expressed as being 25 percent of the shares under option on each anniversary of the grant date.

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The maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) originally approved (usually by shareholders and board of directors), net of any subsequent amendments and adjustments, for awards under the equity-based compensation plan. As stock or unit options and equity instruments other than options are awarded to participants, the shares or units remain authorized and become reserved for issuance under outstanding awards (not necessarily vested).

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The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during the reporting period as calculated by applying the disclosed option pricing methodology.

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Fair value of options vested. Excludes equity instruments other than options, for example, but not limited to, share units, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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Note D - Stock Based Compensation (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Note D - Stock Based Compensation (Details) (USD $)	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012
Note D - Stock Based Compensation (Details) [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized (in Shares)					750,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights			20%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Shares Issued in Period (in Shares)			35,000
Share Price (in Dollars per share)	$ 10.25		$ 10.25
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Available for Grant (in Shares)	366,000		366,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested in Period, Fair Value			$ 180,000	$ 199,000
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense	49,000	155,000	276,000	254,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award Accelerated Compensation Cost		116,000	180,000	199,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Additional Grants in Period (in Shares)		3,000
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense, Impact on Earnings Per Share		(0.01)	(0.02)	(0.02)
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized	651,000	846,000	651,000	846,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (in Dollars per share)			$ 5.13	$ 5.96
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Cash Received from Exercise of Stock Options				55,000
Employee Stock Option [Member]
Note D - Stock Based Compensation (Details) [Line Items]
Share Price (in Dollars per share)	$ 10.44		$ 10.44
Increase in Annual Grant of Options, Number of Shares [Member]
Note D - Stock Based Compensation (Details) [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Additional Grants in Period (in Shares)			5,000	5,000
Amortization, Current Year [Member]
Note D - Stock Based Compensation (Details) [Line Items]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized	97,000		97,000
Amortization, Next Year [Member]
Note D - Stock Based Compensation (Details) [Line Items]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized	195,000		195,000
Amortization, Year 3 [Member]
Note D - Stock Based Compensation (Details) [Line Items]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized	189,000		189,000
Amortization Year 4 [Member]
Note D - Stock Based Compensation (Details) [Line Items]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized	128,000		128,000
Amortization, Year 5 [Member]
Note D - Stock Based Compensation (Details) [Line Items]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized	$ 42,000		$ 42,000