NATION: Seniors are fastest-growing group of marijuana users for pain A6 4Ɲ@>. Hampton Liquor 256 S. Pike West Sumter 803-883-4128 Mon.–Sat. 9am–7pm WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2019 | Serving South Carolina since October 15, 1894 $1.00 $20K may Up to the be spent highest height on appeal umter County Recreation and Parks held its annu- Sal kite-flying contest on Saturday at Patriot Park, cele- by district brating a sunny spring day as families brought out their col- Item requests attorney billing orful and tail-detailed kites. totals since vote by school Contest categories ranged LEFT: Onyx Torrez and Nicolas Anderson pose with their array of med- from shortest and longest tail board to reopen Mayewood als after the Sumter County Recreation and Parks Department’s annual Kite Flying Contest on Saturday at Patriot Park. to most colorful and most BY BRUCE MILLS RIGHT: Joe Joe Perry holds the kite that won most unique. A unique, and the youngest and
[email protected] family member brought it back from a national park in Isra- “most matured” participants el, and it features animals and mascots from the park. Reopening Mayewood Middle School is ex- were also awarded. pected to cost Sumter School District at least $20,000 in attorney fees, about $13,300 of which The winner of the has already been incurred as of Friday. Best In Show tro- PHOTOS BY The Sumter Item obtained legal billing totals phy poses with her KAYLA ROBINS / this week via a Freedom of Information Act re- award at the event THE SUMTER quest in connection to the discussions on re- Saturday at Patriot ITEM opening the school and the district’s appeal Park.