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COMMON STOCK REPURCHASES AND CASH DIVIDENDS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Common Stock Repurchases and Cash Dividends [Abstract] |
Dividends Declared and Paid [Table Text Block] | For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, and September 30, 2017, cash dividends declared and paid were as follows:
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
(In thousands, except per share amounts) | September 30, 2018 |  | September 30, 2017 |  | September 30, 2018 |  | September 30, 2017
Dividends declared and paid | $ | 4,692 |  |  | $ | 4,164 |  |  | $ | 14,172 |  |  | $ | 12,463 |
Dividends declared and paid per common share | $ | 0.16 |  |  | $ | 0.14 |  |  | $ | 0.48 |  |  | $ | 0.42 |

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