State flapjack bill flops in committee

HELENA - Lawmakers in the Senate Agricultural Committee voted 6-3 to table a bill that would make the whole-wheat huckleberry pancake a Montana state symbol.

Sen. Carolyn Squires, D-Missoula, sponsored Senate Bill 232 on behalf of third- and fourth-grade students in her district who thought that whole wheat and huckleberries represented the whole state.

Opposition to the bill said it was an unnecessary use of Montana's time and finances.

- by CNS correspondent Molly Priddy