Jessica Haynie

Let's hear it for Jessica Haynie, the 2008 Mother Lode Round-Up Queen!

Jessica has wanted to be the Mother Lode Round-Up Queen since watching the parade as a little girl. She was the 2006-2007 California Gymkhana Association Queen and she is active at the local and state levels of 4-H and Gymkhana.

The Jamestown area resident is a self-confessed "tomboy" who will graduate from Tioga High School. Following her graduation she'll pack her bags and head for U.C. Davis where she will major in dramatic arts and hopefully minor in interior design. She also plans to compete on the equestrian team.

This is her second year competing in the Mother Lode Round-Up, Haynie prepared by practicing her riding every day and working on what she feels is her greatest weakness; public speaking.

Congratulations Jessica! It will be a busy year and one you will never forget.