Bemidji, MN plans Bunyan-size Olympic fete
How big was it for Bemidji, Minn., that five fellows from northern Minnesota won an Olympic medal in curling?
Paul Bunyan
Star Tribune illustration
Last update: February 28, 2006 – 1:04 AM
How big was it for Bemidji, Minn., that five fellows from northern Minnesota won an Olympic medal in curling?
It was Bunyanesque.
In a celebration March 12, the city will honor the hometown curlers by adding a 2.5-foot replica of their bronze medal to the Paul Bunyan statue by Lake Bemidji.
"Paul was a curler," Mayor Richard Lehmann said.
And Babe the Blue Ox?
"Babe was a sweep -- a natural, with that tail."
Paul's statue already has a curling cap "like the ones our guys wore," said Teresa Vincent, a city employee. There's a 25-foot broom, too, and someone is turning an old propane tank into a curling stone.
Elaine Hoffman, a Bemidji State administrator, said the medal replica is being produced in industrial technology departments at Bemidji colleges. It will be of lighter materials "but will look like bronze, an exact copy except jumbo," and it will hang on Paul for three weeks before going to the Bemidji Curling Club.
The Olympians -- Pete Fenson, Scott Baird and Joe Polo of Bemidji and John Shuster and Shawn Rojeski from the Chisholm area -- were to return Monday night. The party in two weeks "will be a pretty substantial celebration," Lehmann said. "For us, this is like winning the World Series."
CHUCK HAGA
http://www.startribune.com/120/story/274614.html
How big was it for Bemidji, Minn., that five fellows from northern Minnesota won an Olympic medal in curling?
Paul Bunyan
Star Tribune illustration
Last update: February 28, 2006 – 1:04 AM
How big was it for Bemidji, Minn., that five fellows from northern Minnesota won an Olympic medal in curling?
It was Bunyanesque.
In a celebration March 12, the city will honor the hometown curlers by adding a 2.5-foot replica of their bronze medal to the Paul Bunyan statue by Lake Bemidji.
"Paul was a curler," Mayor Richard Lehmann said.
And Babe the Blue Ox?
"Babe was a sweep -- a natural, with that tail."
Paul's statue already has a curling cap "like the ones our guys wore," said Teresa Vincent, a city employee. There's a 25-foot broom, too, and someone is turning an old propane tank into a curling stone.
Elaine Hoffman, a Bemidji State administrator, said the medal replica is being produced in industrial technology departments at Bemidji colleges. It will be of lighter materials "but will look like bronze, an exact copy except jumbo," and it will hang on Paul for three weeks before going to the Bemidji Curling Club.
The Olympians -- Pete Fenson, Scott Baird and Joe Polo of Bemidji and John Shuster and Shawn Rojeski from the Chisholm area -- were to return Monday night. The party in two weeks "will be a pretty substantial celebration," Lehmann said. "For us, this is like winning the World Series."
CHUCK HAGA
http://www.startribune.com/120/story/274614.html
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