FOR BREAKING N EWS VISIT www.couriersun.com january 16, 2014 • The Courier SUN 33 Send us your announcements & pictures to: The Queens Courier c/o making a buzz: 38-15 Bell Blvd., Bayside, NY 11361 • editorial@queenscourier.com subject: making a buzz s people making a buzz COMPILED BY angy altamirano appointments new recruits THE COURIER/ Photo by Angy Altamirano The Guiness World Record’s “GingerBread Lane” gave away gingerbread houses and more to fans at The New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. MEMORY ‘LANE’ Gingerbread village dismantled, given away BY ANGY ALTAMIRANO aaltamirano@queenscourier.com It was a bitter sweet feeling for Jon Lovitch, as he removed the first candy covered house out of “GingerBread Lane.” Lovitch is the creator behind the 1.5 ton, 300-square-foot village known as “GingerBread Lane,” named the largest gingerbread village in the world by the 2014 Guinness World Records. The village, consisting of 160 houses made completely of edible gingerbread, royal icing and candy, was on display at the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, from November up until this past weekend. Instead of throwing out the estimated 2,350 pounds of icing, 400 pounds of candy and 500 pounds of gingerbread dough, Lovitch decided the best thing to do would be to give away pieces of the village to fans of all ages. “People are really attached to GingerBread Lane,” said Lovitch. “They can take a piece of it with them. It just seems like the best way to do this.” Fans came to the Hall of Science on Sunday, January 12 to wait in line for the chance to take home a piece of history. Along with the houses, the gingerbread village was made up of 65 trees, four gingerbread cable cars, five gingerbread train cars, an underground candy subway station, a skating rink, candy trees, a carousel, trains and more. Cole, 7, was the first lucky fan to get his pick of the village and chose a gingerbread house with a roof covered with star shaped candy. “This gingerbread village is so spectacular and my kids have fallen in love with it,” said Cole’s mother, Kam Wong, from Woodside, who also brought 7-year-old daughter Isabella to the event. “I love the holiday times and just to have a reminder of it during the year is fantastic.” Isabella was not shy to make her choice, together with her father, of the horse-filled carousel. Making sure each fan could enjoy the gingerbread houses and other edible pieces, Lovitch also gave each participant instructions on proper preservation. “If you do take that time to preserve it, it’ll last a long time,” said Lovitch. Although last year’s “GingerBread Lane” has already been taken apart, Lovitch plans on starting to work on this year’s village by the end of the month and hopes to go even bigger. The 2014-2015 GingerBread Lane will be on display at the NY Hall of Science in the fall. There will be two new faces on the board of trustees at the Queens Council on the Arts in Astoria. Victoria Schneps, president and CEO of Schneps Communications, and Armando Soto, business development associate of Yenni Capital, Inc., will be sworn in as new board members on Tuesday, January 21. The two new board members will be sworn in by Borough President Melinda Katz at the Queens Council on the Arts’ creative workspace, located at 37-11 35th Avenue. The board of trustees’ role is to offer leadership, collective dedication, expertise and creative energy that will allow the arts council Victoria Schneps Armando Soto to remain a national model and to continue to remain on the cutting edge of innovation and inspired service to artists, according to the Queens Council on the Arts. For more information visit www.queenscouncilarts.org. Photo courtesy of Twitter/@NYCMayorsOffice Mayor Bill de Blasio swore in 650 NYPD recruits during a ceremony at Queens College on Thursday, January 9. “There is no higher calling than protecting and serving others,” the mayor said. Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and New York City Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch were also on hand. CONGRATULATIONS Domenic Stephen Preuss was born happy and healthy to parents Stephen and Stephanie on December 30 at 7.9oz and 21”. Congratulations!
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