Cynthia was crowned 2006 Maple Queen at the Hotel Mead in Wisconsin Rapids on Jan. 7, 2006.

Cynthia lives in Tilleda, Shawano County. Her family has been making maple syrup since the early 1900s, when her great-great-grandfather started cooking sap in an open pan in the woods. Since that time the tradition has become a family owned business in which she takes an active part.

In January of 2006, she hosted 36 Korean children through their church to visit the Voelz Sugar Bush in Tilleda. She performed the honors of the "First Tap" at Hedmark's Maple Ridge in Florence, WI. Then she oversaw the 25th Annual Maplesyrup Saturday at the Gordon Bubolz Nature Preserve in Appleton. Cynthia traveled to Viroqua on March 25 @ Kickapoo Gold's pancake breakfast. In April she visited the Stockwells S&S Sugarbush. She attended the June Dairy Breakfasts in Scandinavia, Merrill, Arkansas, and Antigo. She also attended the Wisconsin State Fair and worked the WMSPA booth. She assisted in the maple syrup judging contest in Marshfield at the Fall Maple Festival. She represented the Association at NAMSC-IMSI in Green Bay as well as at the Winter Institute this past January. Thank you so much for your outstanding effort throughout the year as it was greatly appreciated!