The Fair Giant

Legend has it that Paul Bunyon could fell a forest with one swoop and used a hot cake griddle so large that men greased it by skating across it on slabs of bacon.Last week, it took five men most of the afternoon just to move the county`s own replica of Paul Bunyon, a giant lumberjack which has stood atop the Baldwin ServiceCenter for almost 15 years.  A familiar sight to Annapolis, The Baldwin family donated the 20-foot lumberjack tothe Anne Arundel County Fair when their store closed last fall. On Friday, he was carted gently to the county fairgrounds in Crownsville, where he will be repaired and painted before taking his place at the entrance to the fair.  ``We`re real pleased to have him. It will be a nice addition,``said fair President Fay Baase. Made of steel and fiberglass, the huge lumberjack originally traveled from one fair to another, representing the Lombard chainsaw company. In 1977, he was sold to Frank Baldwin, owner of a farm and garden supply company at Route 50 and Generals Highway. That year, Mr. Baldwin carted the figure to the Anne Arundel County Fair at Sandy Point State Park but enroute, he fell off the truck and broke his arm.