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Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

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Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans
 3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Abstract]  
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans
Note 8.   Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans
 
The Company provides defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans to certain employees. Net periodic pension and other postretirement benefit cost for the plans included the following:

 
Three months ended December 31,
 
Pension
 
 
Other Postretirement
 
 
 
2011
 
 
2010
 
 
2011
 
 
2010
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
 
$
1,424
 
 
$
1,237
 
 
$
182
 
 
$
158
 
Interest cost
 
 
1,950
 
 
 
1,867
 
 
 
321
 
 
 
313
 
Expected return on plan assets
 
 
(1,953
 )
 
 
(1,843
 )
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
Amortization:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prior service cost
 
 
(11
 )
 
 
6
 
 
 
(113
 )
 
 
(119
 )
Net actuarial loss
 
 
1,680
 
 
 
1,338
 
 
 
134
 
 
 
102
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net benefit cost
 
$
3,090
 
 
$
2,605
 
 
$
524
 
 
$
454
 

Benefit payments under the Company's principal retirement plan are made from plan assets, while benefit payments under the postretirement benefit plan are made from the Company's operating funds.  Under IRS regulations, the Company is not required to make any significant contributions to its principal retirement plan in fiscal year 2012.
 
Contributions made and anticipated for fiscal year 2012 are as follows:

Contributions
 
Pension
 
 
Other Postretirement
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Contributions during the three months ended December 31, 2011:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Supplemental retirement plan
 
$
185
 
 
$
-
 
Other postretirement plan
 
 
-
 
 
 
261
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Additional contributions expected in fiscal 2012:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Supplemental retirement plan
 
 
581
 
 
 
-
 
Other postretirement plan
 
 
-
 
 
 
868