Baseball officials want cut of concessions

The organizers of the World Junior Baseball Championships want a slice of the concession pie from this summer's event. Warren Philp says they'd like the 15 per cent cut of the gross sales at Port Arthur Stadium that would normally go into city coffers. Philp justifies the request by pointing to the investment the Thunder Bay International Baseball Association has made to Port Arthur Stadium and Baseball Central and the huge economic impact the event will have on the city. Organizers will make their pitch to councillors at City Hall Monday evening. Also Monday, three local residents will ask the city to scrap it's electronic vote counting machines for the upcoming municipal election. One of them is Roy Willis, who wants to go back to hand counting. He says with the current system too many things can go wrong.