Lisa Wilson
Home: Flushing
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Hazel
Height: 5’8”
Weight: 120 lbs.
Stats: 34-24-35

Lisa Wilson is glad to finally be settling down. 

Growing up, the 23-year-old’s father was in the Navy, so she has lived in California, Michigan and Virginia and overseas in the Philippines. 

“There are more opportunities here than anywhere else I’ve lived,” said Wilson about Queens. “People in the Philippines were friendlier to me than people I meet in Flushing.”

She has modeled for runway shows and photo shoots for private artists, she told us.

A recent graduate of  Devry Institute of Technology in Long Island City, Wilson said she is looking for work as a network administrator. 

When she’s not sitting in front of a computer screen, Wilson told us her passion is music.

She enjoys singing, playing clarinet and piano. 

“If I meet the right people, I’ll definitely pursue a career in music,” she said.

In her spare time, you can catch her taking in a movie at the Midway Theater in Forest Hills or Flushing's New Main Street Cinema  — her favorite spare time activity.  

Depressed On Death Row

John Taylor, convicted mastermind of the May 24th, 2000 massacre at a Wendy’s Restaurant in Flushing, is depressed over his death sentence rendered by a Queens jury on Dec. 3.

 Jail sources tell QConf that Taylor is on a 24-hour suicide watch at the Rikers Island infirmary. He faces a sentence of death by lethal injection on Jan. 8 in Queens Supreme Court after a trial presided over by Supreme Court Justice Steven Fisher.   

He was convicted for his role in murdering execution-style five Wendy’s employees and attempting to murder two other employees.  Patrick Castro and JaQuione Johnson survived the bloodbath and returned to testify against Taylor at his capital murder trial. 

Calling All Models

The ‘Models of Queens’ recently received a call from an unidentified male who wanted to get in touch with “Dorothy, the model in the paper,” who was profiled in May of 2001. 

When the reporter who answered the phone said he could not release the information, the caller questioned why.  “If you’re calling from a modeling agency, offered the reporter, “I can mark down your contact info and forward it to Dorothy.” 

The caller said that he wanted to photograph her, and then go out with her, and should be given her number. The caller then said he was, in fact, a Federal Bureau of Investigations officer, and should be given the number, soon after which he started laughing and hung up.

Later on that afternoon, a conference call came in to the “Models of Queens” desk from two men rwho said they were calling from the State Supreme Court and wanted to hire “Dorothy” for the birthday of an associate.

Soon after, the men broke into laughter and hung up.

Editors note: The picture insert above is for their office associate.

Happy birthday, your honor!

Councilman: A Real Comedian

Never say elected officials don’t know how to throw a party.

During a recent meeting at his district office to discuss Briarwood’s sinking homes, Councilman Jim Gennaro pulled out all the stops to make sure the unfortunate residents and their lawyers got all of the information they needed  – and had a decent time.

He gave out popcorn and mints, shook everyone’s hand, and told a variety of cute and corny jokes to relax everyone.

When discussing his background as a geologist, he mentioned his expertise was in “soft rocks, not hard rocks,” and then subtly mentioned, “It has nothing to do with music.”

When discussing the victims’ lawyers, he said, “It seems you are well-represented here.” Then he added, “And well-represented in government, if I do say so myself.”

When discussing his limits in seeking City money to help the residents, he said, “I can’t bop the Comptroller on the nose and say, ‘Give us the money, do right by these people.’ I checked long and hard into my job description when I ran and it says nothing about bopping people on the nose.” And when he had a legal question, he threw on his heaviest Italian New York accent and said, “I gotta check wit’ my lawyers here, ya know.”

One resident who attended the meeting could be heard saying on her way out, “This guy’s a character. I like him.” Another could be heard saying, “What a funny man.” Yet another left saying, “He’s down to earth. He’ll help out.”

A little charm never hurts anyone – or their chances of re-election.

Toys For Africa

            John F. Kennedy International Airport welcomed hundreds of children from around the City, as well as the next Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee and Bono of the rock band U2, to help load 80,000 shoebox gifts onto a plane headed for Africa.              The toy drive, called “Operation Christmas Child,” was sponsored by Samaritan’s Purse, an international relief organization.  The gifts, which were donated by individual families, churches, scout troups and other civic organizations nationwide, left JFK en route to Uganda and Sudan for children who suffer from HIV and AIDS.  In total, the operation plans to send six million gifts to Africa this year. “Christmas is about giving and that’s what we’re witnessing today,” said Senator Frist.  “Operation Christmas Child...shows millions of children that the world cares about them, their lives and their happiness.”