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Show NEWS "I thought it Author Terry Tempest Williams e.3 was wonderful, it was hard, it made us stretch" Dixie to implement equipment policy By JAMIE PARMENTER THE DIXIE SUN A truck backs quickly to the entrance of the college music center. Quickly, a handful of teachers, who had d been using musical instruments, includ college-owne- ing several pianos, in their homes, unload the equip- ment. This scenario to return state-owne- d equipment at an undisclosed college was prompted by a surprise morning audit. The story surrounding the audit was related at last Friday's Dixie College Board of Trustees meeting. Meanwhile, at Dixie, a management report prepared by Wiggins & Company, Brigham City, Utah, for the WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THAT WHITE STUFF? OPINION ACCENT Dr. Kim at Dixie College. pfege 5 SPORTS TYLER THORSTEDTHE DIXIE SUN Jed Stout and Tim Scholzen help put the finishing touches on a snowman built by them, Jeremy Lister, Andy Nielsen, and Tyler Thorsted. The snack bar was gracious enough to contribute the effort. The Snowman unfortunately met an untimely demise. year ending June 30 1996, concluded Dixie College had no formal policy regarding d disposition of equipment. "The purchasing department was notified by formal memo, post-i- t notes, scraps of paper, or sometimes not at all," the report stated. "There were no approvals on any of the dispositions.. .does not provide proper safeguards of the college's property." Wiggins recommended "that the college formalize fixed asset disposition procedures. All assets should go through the purchasing office." The college agrees with that conclusion and promises to comply, the report stated. The report also referenced a related item, which had been on similar audits dating back to 1993. "The college has not yet performed a physical inventory of equipment as required by the College's Policy and Procedures Manual," the report stated. Wiggins suggests that many of the electronic items listed on the fixed assets listing are over 12 years old. There are questions as to whether they are still in the college's possession," but without the inventory having been done the whereabouts of these items remain unsure. The college has agreed to make a wall to wall inventory this year, and hopes to hire a person to perform this function, funding permitting. state-owne- See report on page 2 |