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CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES BOARD members and Freestone county officials released balloons Monday on the courthouse square to recognize April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. Pictured are: kneeling l-r, Kayla Lump, Cynthia Gage, Pilar Harris, County Judge Linda Grant and Dudley Bumpass; back l-r, Commissioner Craig Oakes, Peace Justice Shirley Mayes, Bennie Sandifer, Commissioner Stanley Gregory, Peace Justice Debbie Hamilton, Commissioners Luke Ward and Clyde Ridge, Karen Oliver and Issac Durham.