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Public Notice – Change in Meeting Date

Please take notice that the Council of the RM of Winslow No. 319 will be having the June meeting of Council at the Municipal Office on 135 2nd Avenue in Dodsland, SK at the call of the Reeve due to quorum. All regular council business will be discussed.

Office Closed June 30, 2025

Please be advised that the RM of Winslow No. 319 Municipal Office will be closed Monday, June 30, 2025. Sorry for any inconvenience.

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First Annual Paynton Rhubarb Festival

The Village of Paynton is proud to announce Saskatchewan’s first-ever Rhubarb Festival on June 21, 2025.

Long before hardy tree fruit, rhubarb was a staple in prairie pantries. It is only fitting that we have a Rhubarb Baking Competition & Rhubarb tea! The Tractor Show promises to have guests reminiscing. Disc Golf demonstrations, Bouncy Castles, Silent Auction, Local Dancers, and lots of Vendors, Food Service, and Food Trucks round out the day.
Relax and visit our Beer & Wine Garden! We will even have a Rhubarb Drink made just for the day!

Thank you for your interest in our Rhubarb Festival.

Hope to see you on June 21 in Paynton.

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Twenty-five Year Old Time Capsule Opened April 2025

A map from March 1998, a photo of the staff and council, which was taken in December 1999 and a program for a Provincial hockey game of the Dodsland Senior Stars against the Drake Canucks were in the time capsule.
A Briar ticket stub and the sports section of The Star Phoenix, indicating that Greg McAulay, of British Columbia, was the Briar winner, was put in the time capsule to illustrate events that were happening in 2000.
The Reeve’s speech from the April 2000 Rate Payer’s Meeting, pins from the 90th anniversary of the RM of Winslow #319 in 2000, a poster and pin protesting the Government of Saskatchewan’s plan for forced amalgamations of Rural Municipalities were included in the time capsule.
The Reeve’s speech outlined projects the municipality was working on, capital purchases from the prior year, and that the SARM membership voted on establishing APAS to help lobby farm issues at the Federal level of Government. The speech also shared information about forced amalgamation plans and meetings the council had attended to protest
The front section of The Star Phoenix, indicating the death of curler Sandra Schmirler, was included in the time capsule as the young curler was from the Town of Biggar, which is not far from the municipality
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