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Kids get vests, lessons in water safety from Hall Fire Department

Kevin Raddatz, 3, is outfitted with a life jacket with help from the Hall County fire and sheriff’s office officials. - photo by EMMA WITMAN

0518safety 1 — Kevin Raddatz, 3, is outfitted with a life jacket with help from the Hall County fire and sheriff’s office officials. - photo by EMMA WITMAN

At age 3, Kevin Raddatz is a little guy with chubby cheeks. To his dismay, the blue life jacket he most desired didn’t come in his size. It was too big, Lt. Beverly Walker explained as she outfitted him with a vest courtesy of the Hall County Fire Services.