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Taylor County's public library staff members want children to dig in - literally and figuratively.

The library will soon begin its annual summer reading program and a new program that will provide free meals to those 18 and younger.

This year's summer reading program is themed "Dig in to Reading." Events will feature programs about worms, caves and dinosaurs.

Summer reading will kick off with a registration event on Saturday, June 8, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the library.

It's been 25 years, but they haven't lost hope that one day his killer will be put in handcuffs.

And it's that hope that keeps them coming back to Campbellsville each year to remember him.

Those passing by Ransdell Chapel on the Campbellsville University campus last Wednesday might have seen a swarm of state and local law enforcement vehicles. But they weren't there to investigate a crime.

The officers were there to remember one of their own, an officer who was killed in the line of duty more than two decades ago.

Though there wasn't much flying to be had, children still had their heads in the clouds on Saturday.

Taylor County Airport hosted its annual Airport Day, with games, food, miniature airplanes and pilots on standby in case the clouds cleared and they were given the all clear to offer plane rides.

The county will once again contribute $10,000 to renaissance efforts in the community for next fiscal year. That contribution, however, isn’t finalized until magistrates give final approval to the county’s 2013-2014 budget.

Downtown business owners came to Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Taylor County Fiscal Court to ask that magistrates continue supporting them. This year’s contribution to renaissance, which is also $10,000, was discussed at a meeting of the county’s Budgets, Audits and Personnel Committee last month.