 Questions have been raised by residents and Bemidji City Council members over in ordinance that bans the dressing up of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox. Our Josh Peterson looks at why the City Council is planning to revisit the issue. They are one of the most iconic roadside attractions in the United States. Bemidji's statue of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox find themselves at the center of controversy after being dressed in a giant hockey jersey for Bemidji's Hockey Day Minnesota announcement. When the wild jersey went on it raised that question of they're not supposed to do that but I think fundamentally I think we maybe need to revisit that as the city council and say is it okay to use Paul and Babe and have the community use Paul and Babe for promotional purposes. For the Hockey Day Minnesota committee a lot of time and planning went into preparing the jersey for the big announcement. You know we were fortunate again the city was well aware that it was going to happen we did it in the middle of the night. Satchel Josephson an industrial tech professor over at PSU had his class come out and take measurements and make the jersey and then they participated obviously getting on Paul. Over the years many items have adorned Paul Bunyan promoting special events happening in the city. Some of those items still remain on display inside the tourist information center. Each year thousands of visitors come right here to Paul Bunyan Park to get their photograph taken with the iconic statues and some of those guests tell us that they wouldn't mind if Paul Bunyan was dressed up for an event. In fact I would encourage it because you know we are fans and you know we believe in their hockey and their school football teams and their college football teams so no I'd say do it let's let's let's have it and give everyone something to look at. At Monday's work session council members said they were ready to revisit the ordinance that was put in place back in 2014. I'd certainly support going back to what we used to do because we used to do it through the city through the parks with a safe crew with a bucket truck and and we need to take care of Paul we need to protect him. With conversations talking about repealing or replacing the ordinance either pro or con the made objective is to keep Paul standing tall and proud. In Bemidji Josh Peterson, Lakeland News. The Bemidji City Council will discuss possible changes to the ordinance at next Monday's work session. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.