Betty Grandy has already done quite a bit in the first nine years of her life. A fourth grader from Twin Falls, Idaho, she is editor-in-chief of her own neighborhood newspaper called the Brandy Gazette.

Recently, she added another paragraph to her resume when her father drove her 130 miles to the state Capitol building in Boise to offer testimony before a legislative hearing in support of a bill she inspired. Betty wants hunting to become Idaho’s official sport.

“I try to help people, so it makes me feel happy that I’m helping Idaho,” Grandy told KTVB-TV. "Did you know that 70 percent of Idaho's land is public hunting area?”

Betty reached out to her subscription base of 45 readers to solidify her idea.

"I ran a poll within the subscribers of the newspaper, and most of them picked archery hunting. I feel like so many people chose hunting. If there were 100 categories, it would still win," she told KTVB-TV.

Betty's desire is worded in the form of HB 652, which states, “The Legislature finds that the State of Idaho values the rights to hunt, fish, and trap and has enshrined such rights in the Constitution of the State of Idaho. The Legislature finds that the sport of hunting is historically and culturally representative of these traditions. As such, it is the intent of the Legislature to designate and declare hunting as the state sport of the State of Idaho.”

The committee unanimously advanced the bill to the House floor with a “do pass” recommendation.

Click here to watch a KTVB-TV report.

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