While a student at Indiana University, Lynnette participated in a "recruitment fair" for those interested in working at Cedar Point Amusement Park (aka "the roller coaster capital of the world") for the summer.

She thought she'd be loading people onto rides... She ended up selling gold-by-the-inch jewelry on a rope!

She became an expert at sizing necklaces and bracelets to fit every tourist perfectly, while using tiny little jewelry tools to affix clasps & charms onto these custom-made souvenirs.

Notice the chunky, gold-plated initials & symbols?... That's what people were dying to wear around their necks the summer of '87!