The 37th country fair a great success

By: Antho­ny Zepperi 

Sep­tem­ber 27, 2019

The Wind­sor Journal 

 

The 37th annu­al Coun­try Fair at North­west Park took place Sat­ur­day, with var­i­ous com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers attend­ing the event. 

 

The fair, a Wind­sor tra­di­tion, is spon­sored by The Friends of North­west Park. The fair is a way to show­case the Park by encour­ag­ing peo­ple to dis­cov­er how the park pro­vides leisure and edu­ca­tion­al oppor­tu­ni­ties, accord­ing to the organization. 

This fair has many things to do for all ages, such as face paint­ing, a pie eat­ing con­test and live local music to lis­ten to. 

The fair’s five-year chair­man, Roger Nolter, 67, said that he is only part of the staff who put this event together.

“We have a com­mit­tee of 10 peo­ple and pre­pare for the event in Jan­u­ary,” Nolter said. “We con­tact local orga­ni­za­tions to participate.”

A Wind­sor local, Josephine Finoc­chiaro, who attend­ed the fair for the first time, said that she is impressed with it.

“This fair has var­i­ous things for peo­ple and gives peo­ple some­where to go as well,” Finoc­chiaro said. 

Deb­by Reimer, a Wind­sor res­i­dent, said that events like this are con­ve­nient for the com­mu­ni­ty to attend. 

“It is free to peo­ple for every­thing and is a good thing for the town to put on each year,” Reimer said. 

The Wind­sor Kiwa­nis Club, which has been com­ing to this fair for 20 years, was fea­tured at this year’s fair serv­ing cus­tomers deli­cious fried dough. 

One of the mem­bers of the club, John Gamache, 64, said the dol­lars go to a good cause for the town.

“The nice thing about this fair is that all funds go to North­west Park,” Gamache said. 

Anoth­er mem­ber of the club, Tom Pon­pa, 77, said that events like these are great for the community.

“This event is a fun fam­i­ly thing and brings a sense of com­mu­ni­ty to Wind­sor as well,” Pon­pa said.

Abby Dematos, whowas check­ing out dough­nuts from Brown’s Har­vest, said this fair enables her meet peo­ple in town she’s nev­er come across before, as well as recon­nect­ed with estab­lished friends.

“I like see­ing all my friends at events like these,” Dematos said. “They bring peo­ple togeth­er, which is a plus for the town of Windsor.”

The park is open dai­ly from dusk until dawn. For pro­gram and exhib­it infor­ma­tion, call the Nature Cen­ter at 860–285-1886 or the muse­um at 860–285-1888. Its web­site is: www.northwestpark.org