Historical Society "finds" $1.1-million

This report in Saturday's Capital Times made me think I should go balance my checkbook:

The cash-starved Wisconsin Historical Society has $1.1 million more in its endowment fund than officials thought was there.

Auditors found that the Historical Society Trust Fund had a $10.6 million balance as of June 30, 2004. That was $1.1 million more than the $9.5 million society officials reported to the society's governing board. The story