Melita's new statue finally has a name.

 

The 30 foot Banana and it's Blue Jay side kick were given names this past weekend.

 

Meltia's Economic Development Officer Tanis Chalmers says 25 people went through more than 200 names submitted for the contest.

 

 

Chalmers says 4 people submitted “Sunny”, they came from the Melita area, 2 in Alberta and a person from Maine in the U-S.

 

A Winnipeg resident came up with breezy for the bird.

 

The winners get either a t-shirt of a banana tree.