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Kidsports sliding into deficit.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 28-APR-05 		Format: Online - approximately 905 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Kidsports sliding into deficit.(Sports)(Former Mayor Torrey is given the task of making a big save)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Diane Dietz The Register-Guard

Without major change, Eugene's homegrown children's sports program will drop into a $482,000 hole by Aug. 1.

That's according to former Eugene Mayor Jim Torrey, who took on the job of trying to save the nonprofit Kidsports, which provides basketball, football, baseball and soccer seasons to 16,600 Lane County children a year.

The shortfall arose because of the agency's less-than-prudent budgeting under previous directors, Torrey said.

When the agency would project that it lacked enough money to cover expenses in recent years, it simply boosted the figure for donations that it expected to collect - up to double a reasonable estimate, said Torrey, who took over this month as executive director.

"The whole year they were supposed to do $769,000 in fund raising, and at best we're going to...

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