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Behind the Scenes at the WCFF
You can now look forward to eight days of old tyme family fun, fabulous
food, delicious desserts, exciting entertainment and agricultural
exhibits from the home and garden at the Warren County
Farmers’ Fair. The preparation, coordination and organization of
this event is made possible through the fruition of 12 directors and
3 secretaries. With everyone working to keep our ‘tractor on
course’ with our wagon full of volunteers, who unselfishly share
their special talents and commitment every year to make the Fair
bigger and better. We want to thank all of them as well as the
agents and secretaries in the RCE office who also work so diligently
on the Fair throughout the year. A special thanks to those that
coordinate other special projects like the Traditional Arts Building,
the Kids’ Corral and the Hot Air Balloon Festival.
John Slack has served on the Board since 1993 and is currently
serving as our President. Frank graciously has handled over the
keys of the tractor hopefully ‘steering’ John in the right direction
and keeping it in ‘low gear’ while ‘pulling’ us forward for the next
two years. John and his wife Mae can be found registering antique
tractors for the show on Friday or helping to scoop up ice cream at
the ice cream sundae. John will be spending more of his time in the
office this year overseeing the operation of the Fair. When not at the
Fair you can find John in the field with his son David, as they farm
over 1,000 acres outside of Bloomsbury, NJ. John has served on the
Environmental Commission for over 20 years, six years on the
Pohatcong Town Council and three years on the Industrial
Committee in Pohatcong Township.
Carl Sigler is currently serving again as Vice President and has
held other officer positions since joining the board in 1987. During
the Fair you can find him scooping up ice cream. Some of his other
appointments or elected positions in his community include being
the former Mayor of Franklin Township, member on the Township
School Board for 17 years, served on WC Community College
Planning Board for three years, appointed to the FHA Board in
2006 and is on the USDA Farm Service Agency Farm Committee.
He has been in farming his whole life, started his own herd in 1960
and farmed a total of 240 acres. Carl has been a director for over 30
years on the Livestock Auction Board in Hackettstown.
Michael Toretta has served on the Board of Directors since 1985 in
various officer positions and currently is our Treasurer, a position
he was appointed to in 1992. Mike is a dairy farmer with a herd of
about 100 head and farms 150 acres in Franklin Township. Mike
presently serves on the Franklin Township committee, WC Board of
Agriculture and the Livestock Auction Board in Hackettstown. He
works with the financial secretary throughout the year as well as
Fair week and is in charge of hiring office help, parkers, gate and
grandstand workers.
Oscar Unangst has served on the Board since 1967 and has now
earned the title of ‘senior director’ – having the most years on the
board. He has served several terms as President and Vice
President. During his tenure as a director he helped build most of
the barns and structures on the fairgrounds. He has been a dairy
farmer since 1944, starting out on his grandfather’s farm in
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