Financial Instruments (Estimated Fair Values of Financial Instruments) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Mar. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 |
Carrying Amount [Member] | Level 1 [Member] | | | |
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | $ 101,664 | $ 82,584 |
Carrying Amount [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | | | |
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] | | | |
Long-term debt, including current portion | [1] | (586,820) | (586,756) |
Carrying Amount [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | Interest rate contracts [Member] | | | |
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] | | | |
Derivative assets related to interest rate swaps | | 1,385 | 1,395 |
Derivative liabilities related to interest rate swaps | | (219) | (91) |
Carrying Amount [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | Term Loans [Member] | | | |
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] | | | |
Long-term debt, including current portion | | (349,500) | (349,500) |
Carrying Amount [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | Senior notes [Member] | | | |
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] | | | |
Long-term debt, including current portion | | (149,335) | (149,271) |
Carrying Amount [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | Revenue bonds [Member] | | | |
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] | | | |
Long-term debt, including current portion | | (65,735) | (65,735) |
Carrying Amount [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | Medium-term notes [Member] | | | |
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] | | | |
Long-term debt, including current portion | | (22,250) | (22,250) |
Carrying Amount [Member] | Level 3 [Member] | | | |
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] | | | |
Company owned life insurance asset (COLI) | | 649 | 70 |
Fair Value [Member] | Level 1 [Member] | | | |
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | 101,664 | 82,584 |
Fair Value [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | | | |
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] | | | |
Long-term debt, including current portion | [1] | (602,036) | (601,290) |
Fair Value [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | Interest rate contracts [Member] | | | |
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] | | | |
Derivative assets related to interest rate swaps | | 1,385 | 1,395 |
Derivative liabilities related to interest rate swaps | | (219) | (91) |
Fair Value [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | Term Loans [Member] | | | |
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] | | | |
Long-term debt, including current portion | | (351,603) | (350,909) |
Fair Value [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | Senior notes [Member] | | | |
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] | | | |
Long-term debt, including current portion | | (164,250) | (164,250) |
Fair Value [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | Revenue bonds [Member] | | | |
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] | | | |
Long-term debt, including current portion | | (62,570) | (62,205) |
Fair Value [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | Medium-term notes [Member] | | | |
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] | | | |
Long-term debt, including current portion | | (23,613) | (23,926) |
Fair Value [Member] | Level 3 [Member] | | | |
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] | | | |
Company owned life insurance asset (COLI) | | $ 649 | $ 70 |
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[1] | The carrying amount of long-term debt includes principal and unamortized discounts. | |